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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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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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Copudetat

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: kop/u/dey/ta

Sentence: John had no luck at the dance club, so decided to stop by his ex's place and try to pull off a copud'etat

Etymology: copulate + coup d'etat (to exploit)

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Amourgency

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: am oor jen cee

Sentence: It happened each time Tina and Tom had to meet over something. Although divorced, the old magic was still there and they found they would experience an amourgency, which needed immediate attention...kind of like what you see on those Cialis commercials on TV.

Etymology: Amour (French for love expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)

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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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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:

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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)

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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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Incinerelate

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: While they continued to incinerelate at opportune times they knew the relationship was over.

Etymology: from incinerate meaning to rekindle, burn (and to go down in flames!) and relate: to couple, connect, cojoin

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Entrex

Created by: toralora

Pronunciation: ehn/trex (like anthrax)

Sentence: He calls her whenever he wants some entrex, and she's usually up for it.

Etymology: to enter + ex (not nescesarily a rude word - it could simply be to enter an ex's life/house/bedroom ..etc).

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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)