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'It's called team work!'

DEFINITION: n. A specially coded language, which newly dating couples use to describe their relationship when they don't want other people to realize that they have "the hots" for each other.v. To talk about sex in a code words.

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Associamittal

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: ah-sew-see-ah-mitt-al

Sentence: The boss doesn't know they're associamittal. If he finds out, they'll be in... separate doghouses.

Etymology: from associates + committal

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Obfuscationshipspeak

bailandi

Created by: bailandi

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Sentence: "Oh man, did you hear Tom and Mary at the office yesterday, I thought they were talking about work but when I listened closely, it was more obfuscationshipspeak than anything else!"

Etymology: Using the word Obfuscate, meaning to make unclear and relationship, to indicate it's between two people. adding "speak" to indicate a new type of language comes from Orwell's 1984.

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Codate

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: ko-deit

Sentence: They said they were just a team, but everybody could sense Dave and Ann was codating; the way they snickered when they talked, how they appeared at work at the same time every day and of course the strange sounds from the locked copying-room.

Etymology: code + dating/ co-working

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Trystcipher

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'trist-"sI-f&r/

Sentence: Despite their careful trystcipher, all of Peter's friends knew he was sleeping with Thelma.

Etymology: From tryst + cipher

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COMMENTS:

I could do better, but I'm tired and the late bird catches no votes. - ErWenn, 2007-02-13: 08:14:00

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Cryptolust

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: krip/toe/lust

Sentence: Their cryptolust comments raised suspicions among the secretaries, leading to rumours that the two were definitely "involved".

Etymology: cryptic + lust

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Infatuspeak

dancemonkey

Created by: dancemonkey

Pronunciation: In-FAT-Chew-Speak

Sentence: Katie and Arnold's infatuspeak got annoying, especially since the entire office knew what they'd done in the break room.

Etymology: From the noun infatuation and the verb to speak. Like you needed that explanation.

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Lovercover

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: luv-er-cuv-er

Sentence: in order to organise where they were going to hook up after the work function they needed to apply some lovercover

Etymology: from the italian 'loverco' and the french 'ver'...both of which mean 'to attempt to build a sand castle with dry sand'... so clearly this word is inappropriate

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COMMENTS:

I LOVE the etymology! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 19:09:00

super etymology, and bonus for rhyming!! - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 19:13:00

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Sinnuendo

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sinyoōendō

Sentence: They had only been dating for a couple of days but they already have developed an entire vocabulary of sinnuendo. They can get each other charged up with the most common of phrases. It’s gotten to the point that that many in the office are uncomfortable if they speak to each other at all.

Etymology: sin (an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law) + innuendo (an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one)

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COMMENTS:

in you end? Oh! great word - galwaywegian, 2011-02-09: 07:31:00

artr Beats youth in Asia... - artr, 2011-02-10: 12:09:00

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Desighfor

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dee sy for

Sentence: The 2 cryptographers at the remote intel-gathering outpost in Canada's wilds were in the business to decypher enemy codes. When they fell in love, it was very hard for them to desighfor anything!

Etymology: Decipher (convert code into ordinary language: & Sigh For (yearn after)

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Erogloss

kaenif

Created by: kaenif

Pronunciation: [ˈɛrəglɒs] /EH-ruh-gloss/

Sentence: Their erogloss is becoming so subtle it is hard to understand, but they seem to be enjoying the decoding game.

Etymology: Ancient Greek ἔρως Eros - sexual desire γλῶσσα Glossa - language

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Comments:

petaj petaj - 2007-02-13: 05:41:00

Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:34:00
Rhyming verboticisms should get Bonus points! great etymology!

Alchemist - 2007-02-13: 07:38:00
oops. that comment was for rikboyee's word "lovercover"