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DEFINITION: v. To find your one, true love but to be unable, or unwilling, to recognize it. n. A perfect match, warts and all.
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Alooveness
Created by: KyleHumphries
Pronunciation: a-loo-v-ness
Sentence: The beautiful, young woman was married to the old, meiserly man. Everyone wondered why but only she knew, she was in a state of alooveness.
Etymology: al as in aloof ove as in love ness as in the state
Inglove
Created by: johnnyc443
Pronunciation: In glove
Sentence: When someone has met their true love but is too ignorant to realize it
Etymology: Ingnorant (lacking of education or knowledge Love (Feeling of intense desire)
Sqeeloves
Created by: 590095
Pronunciation: sqeel loves
Sentence: You don't know it but I sqeeloves you
Etymology: sqeel loves
Ignoramoramus
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ig/nor/a/mor/ay/mus
Sentence: Sally's best friend sewed hearts on his sleeve and sculpted heart shaped topiary as a gift for her on Valentine's Day but sadly Sally was an ignoramoramus and thought he just had a fetish for hearts.
Etymology: ignore + amor + ignoramus
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COMMENTS:
she's unlikely ever to become an ignoramamorous - galwaywegian, 2009-02-12: 06:42:00
first part rhymes and the whole thing slide over the tongue and is such fun to say - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:20:00
Heart-breaking... - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:16:00
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Sowlmate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: saw el mate
Sentence: All those penned up feelings came out at last, when Sty Stallone and his partner, Piggy Lee, had a banger of a fight. Even though he snorted about her, he knew she was oinkredible. She was his sowlmate and thanks to weee-harmony.com, he had found his hamelot. And swine not? She gave him tenderloins.
Etymology: Sow (an adult female pig or hog) & Solemate (a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner)
Sloughlove
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sluff - luv
Sentence: Inez just would not take Tommy seriously. Tommy knew they were a perfect match in every way but he kept getting the sloughlove from her. Inez could not say what the problem was. She could find nothing wrong with Tommy, liked to spend time with him and felt attracted to him....she just couldn't put her finger on what was wrong.
Etymology: slough off + love + a play on the term "tough love" >>> slough off (discard as undesirable - love (be enamored or in love with)
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COMMENTS:
well-crafted word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:28:00
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Obloveious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ob luv ee us
Sentence: It was like the story of Pigmalion. Prof.Henry Piggins (he of the Swine Lake and Ham-let fame) was obloveious to the fact that his protegee, Miss Eliza Sueylittle (as played by Miss Piggy in the Hollywood movie version) had turned from an experiment into his one true love. Although he was much older than her (his nickname was Jurassic Pork)and an old boar, he was sty-mied that she had turned into sow beautiful a creation. (From a sow's ear into a silk purse, some would say. They would be linked forever and have an oinkredible relationship.
Etymology: Oblivious (unmindful,inattentive) & Love (any object of warm affection or devotion)
Spoving
Created by: superdeduperguy
Pronunciation: spu-v-ing
Sentence: The young handsome man was married to an old harpy with warts and all. People asked why and his sister said he was spoving.
Etymology: sp as in spaced out ov as in love
Falsaffection
Created by: carterbrown
Pronunciation: phals-affection
Sentence: When Sally met Joe falsaffection was in the air, but they couldn't even see it.
Etymology: Fals- decieve/dissapoint Affection- an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James