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'Whoa! Whoa! I thought we were breaking up?'

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

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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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Olsetose

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: ol-sa-dose

Sentence: Olsetose, number one in the years.....

Etymology: OLd SEx TO SEe

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Rebooty

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rēboōtē

Sentence: Rob and Jill know that they will never be able to get back together. There have been too many hurtful incidents for that to be possible. Despite that they can’t seem to resist the lure of the rebooty call. For a short time they can forget the past, as long as one of them departs quickly, before they can start talking.

Etymology: reboot (an act of booting a computer system again) + booty call (a sexual invitation or rendezvous)

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COMMENTS:

nice one - galwaywegian, 2011-02-11: 05:11:00

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Seperentuality

Created by: cellardweller

Pronunciation: sep-er-ent-YOU-al-it-ty

Sentence: Their relationship was charged with seperentuality.

Etymology: Seperate + Sensuality

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Humpanex

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Hump - un - x

Sentence: Jezebel knew she wasn't ever going to call Tony again, but she couldn't resist a little humpanex after not seeing him since their last date, over a year ago.

Etymology: Hump - horny, sex, make-out an - obvious ex - previous boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse

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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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Condomnundrum

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: con/dum/nun/drum

Sentence: To .... or not to .... that is the condomnundrum

Etymology: condom + conundrum

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Hindplay

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: hind.play

Sentence: "Oh, come on, stay over one last time tonight. A little hindplay has never done anyone any harm"

Etymology: combination of "hindsight" and "foreplay"

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COMMENTS:

Very nice! When I saw the definition I thought, "A word already exists for this: backsliding!" But then I saw hindplay... fabulous and useful! - NohWoman, 2007-02-16: 02:32:00

Yes, as NohWoman says, very useful! - wordmeister, 2007-02-16: 09:26:00

thanks for the flowers to both of you. I do enjoy coming up with this stuff and there are some really creative people playing here. - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 11:56:00

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Quondamboff

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: kwaan daam boff

Sentence: Keely and Kevin were known for their quandamboffing because they knew eachother so well it was easier than pulling and starting all over again

Etymology: from quondam and boffing.

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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

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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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-18: 22:38:00
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)