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DEFINITION: To flirt with a purpose or ulterior motive -- as opposed to casual flirting, which is just for fun.
Verboticisms
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Alluruse
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: al yoo roos
Sentence: When Vincent and Julius finally made it, they stopped to think. The brothers were at least an hour behind, they had the umbrellas, and the sun wasn’t up yet. Sure of themselves they went forwards. They hadn’t counted on the farmer’s daughters. A tangled web of alluruses quickly enraptured Julius, but Vincent had true love!
Etymology: allure + ruse
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COMMENTS:
I'm curious to find out what the umbrellas are for - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-18: 10:16:00
"early morning rain?" - administraitor, 2007-07-18: 17:30:00
SPF300? - Kyoti, 2007-07-18: 22:02:00
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Delure
Created by: Wiserhinoceros
Pronunciation: de-LURE
Sentence: He was delured into giving her everything she wanted.
Etymology: delude/lure
Flirtentional
Created by: MJ0009
Pronunciation: FLURR TEN' SHUN AL
Sentence: This chick ovah heah -- her compliments are flirtentional.
Etymology:
Foxnuzzle
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: FOCKS nuzz uhl
Sentence: My secretary just foxnuzzled me into giving her a three day weekend.
Etymology: from "fox," a crafty animal or attractive woman, and "nuzzle," to rub with the nose.
Flirching
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: flur ching
Sentence: Her flirching always managed to decrease the bulge in men's pockets, unless of course they wore a plastic.
Etymology: flirting Ching!
Platry
Created by: Soulian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She is platrying with someone.
Etymology: Play and Try
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COMMENTS:
and flattery? - jadenguy, 2007-07-18: 09:25:00
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Redirectillation
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Ree-dur-eck-til-lay-shun
Sentence: Buddy's attempt to woo Michelle after the ball game resulted in an unexpected redirectillation when they stopped by the Porsche dealership on the way home and bought her a convertible instead.
Etymology: Redirection + titillation
Vamploitation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: vam/ploi/tey/shun
Sentence: At a party she had her vamploitation so well refined that she always had two, or three unattached guys running around waiting on her. It never occurred to her that the vamploitation and sexploitation of her hangers-on was in any way wrong.
Etymology: vamp + exploitation
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COMMENTS:
The guys were vampadmirers. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-18: 11:45:00
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Flirtplan
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: FLIRT + PLAN
Sentence: She flirtplans so simply: her sweet-nothings are part of her get-rich-quick plan to marry a wealthy octogenarian - and get everything!
Etymology: Flirt + plan
Chumptivate
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: Chum - ti - vate
Sentence: Bambi was a pro. In less than ten minutes Roger had bought her three $12 cocktails, a large bowl of mixed nuts, and queued up 16 awful pop songs on the jukebox. It was abundantly clear to his friends that she was playing him for a complete nincomdupe, but he was completely chumptivated and refused to listen to a word they said.
Etymology: Chump (someone easily taken in) + captivate (to attract and hold the interest of)
