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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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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
Exsexsorry
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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Sexpostfacto
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sex + post + fact + oh!
Sentence: Once in a while she gets drunk and lonely and shows up at 3 AM for a little sexpostfacto.
Etymology: sex & "ex post facto"
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COMMENTS:
Oooooh. Lawguistics. Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-16: 18:02:00
This is smarter than my own word! - Discoveria, 2007-02-16: 18:23:00
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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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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).
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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Ashpoking
Created by: telebob
Pronunciation: ash poke ing
Sentence: We got caught up in a bit of ashpoking.
Etymology:
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)
Posance
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: po-zaens
Sentence: Though Shahida and Aamir had broken, still kissing each other. but all know it was just a posance to make siara jealous and nothing.
Etymology: Pose = to show or act something which is not true. Romance= related to love
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
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)