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'What are you doing to the lawnmower?'

DEFINITION: n. The strong feelings of devotion and affection which a person feels towards their favorite mechanical device or appliance, such as a car, boat, power tool, or toilet. v. To lavish a machine with affection, attention and an imagined personality.

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Motolust

kashman

Created by: kashman

Pronunciation: moto-lust

Sentence: After returning from a long vacation Jack rushed to his tool shop while leaving his wife struggling with the luggage. The amount of motolust in Jack'e eyes made his wife think that if she would have seen even half of Jack's motolust during their vacation she would not be having an affair with their neighbor.

Etymology: Motor + Lust

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Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-27: 16:25:00

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Nymphotech

Created by: Kevin0719

Pronunciation: nim-fo-tek

Sentence: The way Janie looks at her toaster makes me think she just might be a nymphotech, Steve.

Etymology: "nymphomaniac" and "technology"

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Carmitment

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kar mit ment

Sentence: When Duane met his new vehicle, Stella, it was automatic carmitment. Not only was she a lovely looking little number, she was easy on his wallet, purred when he turned her on and never gave him any trouble. He practically lived in her and was so proud to be seen with her. His wife was not amused and eventually left him, citing irreconcilable differentials.

Etymology: Car (automobile) & Commitment (devotion)

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Mechaneyes

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: MEK uhn ize

Sentence: "I only have mechaneyes for you," Carson crooned softly, as he stroked the side of his '78 Buick Century. "Those sleek new snazzy cars have nothing on you. They have but a shadow of your beauty and grace." His car was like an old friend to him. When people asked if he was getting a new car anytime soon, he would snap, "Would you trade in a friend of 32 years for someone you had just met?" Behind his back, people would say that if they had a friend of 32 years that smelled as bad as Carson's car did, they probably WOULD get rid of that friend.

Etymology: mechanize + eyes

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Transamorous

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tran zam oh russ

Sentence: He was very transamorous. whch was probably just as well, as he resembled the back end of one of their 70's creations

Etymology: transam amorous

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COMMENTS:

nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:47:00

Well-crafted! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:57:00

Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:21:00

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Munitionwoo

Created by: doseydotes

Pronunciation: myu-ˈni-shən-ˈwü

Sentence: Just before she went to sleep, Josephine reached under her pillow one more time and pulled out the Sig Sauer P228 9mm she had bought at H&H Gun Range three days ago. She turned it back and forth in the lamplight, admiring the black powdery smoothness of its surface, the crispness of the grooves on its grip, the sporty ridges on its slide. She lifted it, sideways, to her nose, to catch the sweet fragrance of the gun oil she had applied earlier today while cleaning from it the traces of metal and burnt gunpowder that had collected on it from the range. “Good LORD, woman! Are you sniffing that thing again? You’ve got the worst case of munitionwoo I’ve ever seen. It’s a TOOL! GET OVER IT!” Leon flopped on the bed and turned over with a snort. “It’s okay,” Josephine whispered to the Sig. “He doesn’t understand us, that’s all.”

Etymology: From the Greek, mu, meaning "the cry of frightened and cold feline companions locked out of the bedroom at night"; from the La Petite, nit, meaning "tiny irritating creature of great power, the mere mention of which can influence one's head into itchiness"; and from the Chinese, shun woo, meaning "great creator of melodic cacophony sent directly into one's ears without damaging one's wallet as badly as, for instance, Bose would do."

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Personifate

Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: pur-sahn-i-fate

Sentence: Rick personifates his new computer: he sent out birth announcements

Etymology: personify+hallucinate

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Motordoter

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mōtərdoʊdər

Sentence: Larry is a motordoter. He has a strange attraction to things with engines. He has names for his car, his lawnmower, even his dishwasher. The day he traded in his car he was almost in tears.

Etymology: motor (a machine, esp. one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts) + doter (be extremely and uncritically fond of)

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:) - galwaywegian, 2010-06-03: 06:56:00

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Propencilty

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pro/pensil/tee

Sentence: Percy demonstrated proprietary propencilty towards his new mechanical pencil that had been awarded him for his long years as a bookkeeper. Having been a slave to pencil sharpeners and messy shavings, he was enthralled with it's elegant shape and its never ending supply of lead.

Etymology: propensity + pencil + pro

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Wiiroticism

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: weeeee rit issss isum

Sentence: The wiiroticism with which he acted around the console was worse than when he used to have nookia with his first mobile phone.

Etymology: wii eroticism

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COMMENTS:

Is that like Blackberi-beri? - Nosila, 2010-06-03: 10:39:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-03-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

stache - 2008-03-27: 01:25:00
Have these always been called "verboticisms?"

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-03-28: 06:00:00
Yes that's the word we use to describe our invented words. Of course you can also use "neologism". And I think we should create a subcategory for invented words with sexual undertones like your winning word today. It would be "verberoticisms". ~ James

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2009-01-19: 01:52:00
Domenic- go frisk 'em.

galwaywegian - 2009-01-19: 10:08:00
very high standard today :D

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-06-03: 00:09:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

gendiamJent - 2018-06-03: 14:27:00
Алмазное бурение за разумные деньги.

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