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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.
Verboticisms
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Carpanionship
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kahr-pan-yuhn-ship
Sentence: You know that expression "a people person"? This is the last phrase you'll hear in a description of Gary. He has all the interpersonal skills of a soggy sock. Maybe this is why he relies on his Toyota for carpanionship. He spends more on his girl, Camry than most people spend on rent.
Etymology: car (an automobile) + companionship (the relationship of friends)
Pedalphilia
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: Ped-al-filli-ya
Sentence: Although he lives in the inner city Martin's pedalphilia drove him to spend eight thousand dollars on a state-of-the-art carbon fibre mountain bike with dual racing suspension and titanium components. It remains indoors in 'as new' condition, having being ridden once in five months.
Etymology: 1.pedal - a foot operated lever on a bicycle. 2.philia - a fondness, craving or affinity for something.
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COMMENTS:
Great use of irony in your sentence. Your word too, in more ways than one. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:54:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2009-01-20: 22:03:00
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Motolust
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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COMMENTS:
Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-27: 16:25:00
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Motordoter
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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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-06-03: 06:56:00
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Contraptionation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-trap-shun-AY-shun
Sentence: Edwin had a serious case of contraptionation for his cars and garden machines that could well be described as a superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of contraption and fascination
Inanamophile
Created by: naxos22
Pronunciation: in - ana - mo - phile
Sentence: An inanamophile treats inanimate objects ashuman beings or interacts with them as if they are alive.
Etymology:
Motoroticism
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: mō'tər-rŏt'ĭ-sĭz'əm
Sentence: He was attracted, and she knew it. He telegraphed his arousal with every breath. But she played it cool; he might as well not have existed, as far as she was concerned. Of course, that made her all the more desirable. She stood there, in all her gleaming glory, and idled, her vortec V-6 rumbling, her flanks gleaming, her two-speed transfer case and four-wheel-drive tranny lying idle. "A hundred thirty k's quite a few miles," he muttered, trying to disguise the motoroticism reeking from his pores, then offered twelve hundred fifty for the '92 S10 Blazer.
Etymology: moto, middle Norse, "diminuative snapshot structure;" rot, bef. 900; (v.) ME rot(t)en, OE rotian, c. Fris rotsje, D rotten; (n.) ME, perh. < ON rot (perh. partly deriv. of the v.), "aroma of that which eminates from Denmark;" I, the nominative singular pronoun; cism, derivative of 'sizzle,' from early N. V. Peale, that which is sold in lieu of, and is percieved as preferrable to, the steak.
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COMMENTS:
I knew there was something going on with that freakin' truck. Don't forget . . . it's gonna be MINE. - doseydotes, 2008-03-27: 09:07:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:52:00
I like it too! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-27: 15:11:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2008-03-27: 18:46:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 17:30:00
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Personiffair
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: per SONE i fair
Sentence: Bob spent so much time in the garage his family started to wonder what he was up to. One night, when he missed his favourite dinner, Sally went out to see what he was doing. She found Bob gently polishing his boat motor, whispering to it in a way that he used do only with her. Yes, her worst fears were confirmed. Bob was definitely having a personiffair.
Etymology: Personi (from Personify - to give human qualities to objects) ffair (from affair - a secret, romantic encounter)
Autodolatry
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aw/toe/dol/uh/tree
Sentence: Jason spent every Saturday and Sunday cleaning, vacuuming, washing, waxing and detailing every square inch of his Alfa Romeo sports car, a car at the cutting edge of design and technology, which he truly, madly and deeply loved. Jason's wife called it out and out autodolarty.
Etymology: AUTODOLATRY - noun from AUTO (automobile) + IDOLATRY (worship of idols; excessive, or blind adoration)
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COMMENTS:
Someone just crashed into my 75 Alfetta sedan. She's-a-no more. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:55:00
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:45:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2009-01-19: 22:19:00
terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:22:00
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Carsanova
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Cars ah no va
Sentence: You'd think the old hot rod had a hot bod, the way Pat Brady spoke to his Nellybelle, his 1946 CJ-2A Willys Jeep. "There you are, my little Nellybelle! Come on" Pat would pur to her. It wasn't a blonde with a great figure, but a ragtop four-by-four, yet Pat would tell it "You are in great shape." and "You can go a little further, now!" To Pat, Nellybelle was a sweetheart giving him a sweetcart. When it came to Nellybelle, Pat was a real Carsanova.
Etymology: CARS, CASANOVA. A lover of cars is a Carsanova. Car - a term loosely used to refer to any vehicle. Casanova - one of history's great lovers, so great, his name is eponymous for lover. (Is anyone else old enough to remember Pat Brady and Nellybelle from the Roy Rogers Show? "Happy Trails to You, until we meet again!")
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COMMENTS:
Two days ago, I was trying to think of the name of that jeep. Thanks. Remember Sky King and Sgt Preston of the Yukon?
Wow! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 01:54:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-19: 10:09:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:42:00
Cute word...sadly I remember it like it was yesterday! - Nosila, 2009-01-20: 22:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-27: 01:25:00
Have these always been called "verboticisms?"
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
Domenic- go frisk 'em.
galwaywegian - 2009-01-19: 10:08:00
very high standard today :D
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
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