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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.
Verboticisms
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Adorababble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ədôrəbabəl
Sentence: John and Jill (she apparently dumped Jack) are just the cutest couple. They are slightly embarrassed to talk about their intimacy so they speak in adorababble sounding ever so much like a couple of toddlers.
Etymology: adorable (inspiring great affection) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way)
Infatuspeak
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.
Flurtive
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: flur-tiv
Sentence: Anna knew John only wore his pink glasses when he was feeling particularly flurtive
Etymology: flirt+furtive
Secretoric
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: seek.re.torik
Sentence: "would you like to swish the monkey?" she asked him secretorically. He grinned and they left the room.
Etymology: secret + rhetoric
Flinguistics
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Their cover was blown after being caught making out in the elevator, but they still insisted on using flinguistics in front of the boss.
Etymology: fling & linguistics
Romanshh
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: row-man-shh
Sentence: Bill and Barbara fooled no one after emerging flushed from the photocopying room, despite their secretive romanshh language.
Etymology: romance (a romantic affair) + shh! (request to be silent)
Boofemism
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: boof-uhm-iz-uhm
Sentence: Karen and Walter said that they were just coworkers on very good terms with each other, but the way that they touched each other's derrières suggested that they were giving me boofemisms.
Etymology: euphemism (a word used in place of a more vulgar word) + boof (a certain kinky sexual act)
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COMMENTS:
- purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 14:14:00
Nice sounding word. (running to dictionary to look up "boof") - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 14:21:00
try the urban dictionary (urbandictionary.com) - sodium, 2007-02-14: 11:45:00
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Sneakitius
Created by: wordnerd
Pronunciation: snee-ki-tee-us
Sentence: Those two are suffering from sneakitius!
Etymology:
Obfuscationshipspeak
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation:
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.
Cryptamore
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: cripped a more
Sentence: He tried not to be overly defensive, but his sentiments for her were obvious in his cryptamoric rationalizations.
Etymology: crypto + amore
Comments:
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"