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DEFINITION: v. To engage in intimate activities with your "ex", even when you know that you will never, ever, get back together again. n. Intimate activities undertaken with an ex-lover
Verboticisms
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Retrobound
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹoˌbaʊnd/
Sentence: GILMORE GIRLS SPOILER: As expected, Lorelai's fling with Chris turned out just to be a retrobound.
Etymology: From retro- + bound, as in "rebound"
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COMMENTS:
I switched to IPA for pronounciation. It makes it seem more professional, which makes it seem funnier to me. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:38:00
The funny thing is that I don't even watch Gilmore Girls. All I know, I pick up from snippets overheard from the other room while doing my homework while my better half watches. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:40:00
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Nookiepact
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: noo-kie-pact
Sentence: Buffy intended to enforce a nookiepact because she was lonely and Brad, her recent ex, was still available.
Etymology: nookie (i.e. hanky panky) + pact
Ashpoking
Created by: telebob
Pronunciation: ash poke ing
Sentence: We got caught up in a bit of ashpoking.
Etymology:
Forniclosure
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: for-knee-cloe-zyer
Sentence: it felt nice and familiar but she couldn't forget how irritraiting he'd become...this was strictly forniclosure
Etymology: fornicate, closure
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COMMENTS:
Very nice, sum's up the definition impressively! - allwise, 2007-02-16: 05:42:00
I agree. Here's a vote. By the way, I've looked all over this place and can't find a single teller to cash in my points. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 15:26:00
Yeah, but if I could just get some forniclosure, that would be ok... - allwise, 2007-02-19: 02:55:00
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Flinger
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: fling-grr
Sentence: Judy and Mark broke up in March, but flingered together until Mark decided to get together with Robert.
Etymology: fling + linger
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COMMENTS:
Hehe! From flingo to flingering. It has been a very short romance. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 15:20:00
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Formermoans
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for mer moanz
Sentence: Although they had officially broken up, Dick and Mona always enjoyed their Friday nights. Their deal had been that if either had no current love interest, they would get together for a formermoans session. It sounded like a friends with benefits relationship but carried on much further. One had to wonder why it still occurred after each had been happily wed to others for a number of years? What if their prospective grandchildren found out?
Etymology: Former (ex, previous) & Moans (an utterance expressing pain or disapproval or joy or sexual desire) -Wordplay on Pheromones (a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or sexual behavior of other animals of the same species)
Retrosex
Created by: RebelNovice
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "I ran into my ex last night at the bar, and one thing led to another... and we ended up back at my place for a little retrosex."
Etymology:
Exootycall
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Ex-oot-e-call
Sentence: Time for an exootycall with Meghan.
Etymology: Ex+(b)ooty call
Exchecker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/chek/ur
Sentence: Dan was never satisfied that his current relationship was as good as the last so he became an avid exchecker. He refers to himself as Chancellor of the Exchecker.
Etymology: ex + check+ exchequer
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COMMENTS:
check, mate! - Nosila, 2011-02-11: 15:15:00
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Amortification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: amor/ti/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: They secumbed to amortification knowing that their love was dead and gone - how sad
Etymology: amore + mortification
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-17: 08:10:00
You know, if everyone could vote an unlimited number of times, or if there was a ranking system, instead of a voting system, that would take care of several problems at once. It would fix the late-post deficiency as well as the too-many-good-words problem.
Discoveria - 2007-02-17: 09:33:00
Maybe no new words should be displayed until there are at least 10, so you won't be tempted to vote until there's a sizeable batch of words.
ErWenn - 2007-02-18: 10:16:00
Or even just switch the vote to yesterday's verboticisms while people are creating today's.
Discoveria - 2007-02-18: 18:37:00
That would have the added (mostly good) effect of giving me something to do on Verbotomy on Saturdays.
Hey ErWenn and Discoveria, We could try either of these options. Would you be interested in a test week using an alternative voting sytem? Let me know ~ James (james@verbotomy.com)