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DEFINITION: n. The embarrassing situation which occurs when a someone says "I love you" and you cannot say it back because you don't "love them", you just "like them". v. To feel uncomfortable when someone says "I love you."
Verboticisms
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Pricklypair
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: prik lee pare
Sentence: Peter said "Cabbages are red, they can be green, too. By the natural slaws of selection, Bunny, I love you." Sweet as the poem was , Bunny wanted to curse ... for like, not love, filled her ... I must tell him, but not in a dieverse. Now, how can I put a spin-nachurely, and preserve our green peace, Oh, help me a-spare-agus from a rude-a-bega, please. "Dear Peter, my friend, two-mate-toes, we can never be ... for in me, all that sprouts ... is a rosyred comradish for thee." Even though Bunny said it affectionately, I must report to you very sadly: They remained awkward over their differences to care, ... living everafter, not happily ... but as a pricklypair.
Etymology: PRICKLY, PAIR being a word play on 'prickly pear' cactus ... both can be thorny and uncomfortable.
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:26:00
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Cupidoom
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Kew-Pee-Doom
Sentence: With Bob's words "I hope we remain lifetime friends", an erostaut Teresa instantly understood the shattering signifance between being in 'cupid-dom' and facing the reality of 'cupidoom'.
Etymology: Cupid: the roman god of passinate love & doom - ruin, destruction; and Cupid and dom: the realm of Cupid. Erostaut: Eros: physical love, sexual love & taut: expierencing stress or anxiety.
Blushoff
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bluu-sh-off
Sentence: When Richard declared his undying love for Anna, she was mortified and a little embarrassed. Although she liked him, she had to give him the blushoff as there was no way she could think of him as anything other than a friend.
Etymology: Blush(to be embarrassed) Play on give someone the brush off.
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COMMENTS:
cute and hits the meaning well. - mweinmann, 2009-02-10: 09:37:00
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:24:00
Perfection! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:36:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2009-02-10: 21:31:00
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Solemate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sole mayt
Sentence: Lucretia's prince turned back into a frog when he vowed his love for her and she refused him. Once again she was a solemate, as he hopped back into the dating pond.
Etymology: Sole (alone;lonesome)& Soulmate (soeone for whom you have an affinity)
Fearvor
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: feer/vor
Sentence: Sally had an aversion to intimacy and experienced tremendous fearvor when anyone mentioned the 'L' word.
Etymology: fervor (intense emotion) + fear
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COMMENTS:
fiercesome - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:44:00
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Thatshamore
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: that-sham-MOR-ay
Sentence: When Ralph told her he loved her with all his heart, Marissa shuddered in revulsion, but she did have sympathy for the poor oaf and momentarily considered telling a little white lie and saying she loved him too, but was silently singing to herself, Thatshamore', and in the end stuttered and stammered in an effort to change the subject.
Etymology: Blend of 'that's', 'sham' (fake or phony), and amore' (Italian for 'love')
Reciprocant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: reh sip row kant
Sentence: the reciprocant of his love damned him to eternal frogdom
Etymology: reciprocate, can't
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COMMENTS:
chuckling over eternal frogdom ... well put. Reciprocant is so spot on the definition and the meaning is so readily apparent. Superb create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:59:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2009-02-10: 21:31:00
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Floof
Created by: Meganja
Pronunciation: Flew-oof
Sentence: I am such a floof when someone says I love you, because I just stare blankly and wonder why.
Etymology:
Imheartial
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: im/heart/ial
Sentence: Brett is imheartial to Jenny's advances.
Etymology: IMHEARTIAL - noun - from IMPARTIAL (uninvovled; detached; neutral) + HEART (love)
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COMMENTS:
very fitting etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:52:00
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Inheartend
Created by: catalina
Pronunciation: IN-HART-END
Sentence: Sal was telling his friend Lisa about how infatuated he was with her when she became slightly inheartend.
Etymology: Loving someone and and not having that reciprocal feeling
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James