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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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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
Excopulation
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ex-cop-u-lat-shun
Sentence: Robert had heard that excopulation was very satisfying, but none of his ex-girl friends would give it try...
Etymology: ex+copulate
Exsex
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ECKS-seks
Sentence: "I had the best exsex with Mona last night," Travis beamed. "I shoulda divorced her YEARS ago!"
Etymology: ex + sex
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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Nodoe
Created by: shrimp
Pronunciation: noo-doe
Sentence: this is something you really won.t do!
Etymology: no = no, to do, so..don't do this
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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Exsexive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ekseksiv
Sentence: Now that they have separated, every thing they do together is exsexive. John and Mary can*t seem to meet for a simple dinner, go out to a movie or even go to church together without ending up engaging in a session of canoodling. They are no longer welcome in a number of local restaurants or movie theaters. They are scheduled for a chat with their minister next week.
Etymology: ex (a former husband, wife, or partner in a relationship) + sex (intercourse) + excessive (more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate)
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COMMENTS:
Someone needs to hose them down... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:11:00
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Exaction
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Ex-action
Sentence: Looks like he'll be getting a little ex action with his old girlfriend.
Etymology: ex: ex-girfriend/boyfriend, action: well, duh.
Bonusex
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: bo-nus-eks
Sentence: They ha a horrible break-up, but since neither of the cared to please the other anymore, the bonusex was amazing!
Etymology: bonus + sex
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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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)