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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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Exsexsorry

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ex-sex-sorry

Sentence: To Karen, Bob was just an exsexsorry, something that amused her for a while then forgotten until the next time she felt like using him. Sure, she felt guilty, but only a little because he kept coming back for more.

Etymology: wordplay on accessory

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COMMENTS:

exsexellent word - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:09:00

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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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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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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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Dejascrew

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: day ja skrou

Sentence: that eerie yet strangely comforting feeling of dejascrew set her essentials a-tingling

Etymology: deja vu + screw

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COMMENTS:

This is classic! - Alchemist, 2007-02-16: 07:05:00

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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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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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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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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.

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Excupidity

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: ex/cu/pid/it/ee

Sentence: His dalliance into excupidity if not stupidity reminded him why he should never trust a lethal combination of cheap champagne, a cheeky cherub, and a chaise longue.

Etymology: ex (former spouse) + cupidity (lust)

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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)