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'But you're just a big, fat pig!'

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

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Missmark

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: mihss-mahrk

Sentence: Petunia felt she must be missmarked. How could Porky not love her? Was she always to be a missmarkee? Maybe she was missmarketing herself? She thought she had been presenting her authentic sow on ehominy, but she was tired of gritting and boaring it. She was determined to go hog wild and set up an account on Snoutbook.

Etymology: Derived from "to miss the mark," an archery term, i.e. not hitting the bull's eye. Middle English = Sin!

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COMMENTS:

Remarkable! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-12: 13:18:00

Unmisstakeably good...shades of the legendary Miss Piggy! - Nosila, 2009-02-12: 22:13:00

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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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Disinfatuatious

Created by: kathleenlarry

Pronunciation: dis un fat u a shus

Sentence: The mans love for the woman was disinfatuated becuase of the constant ignorance from her.

Etymology: dis meaning not, infatuated- to be filled with a passion of love,

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Plooser

Created by: chrispiper

Pronunciation: plo oser

Sentence: This girl was madly in love with this guy but he was just being a plooser. someone who never acknowledged it.

Etymology: p apathy looser failed at love

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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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Obloveious

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Created by: corinneiscoolerthanzach

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)

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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

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Amourignorare

corinnecreason

Created by: corinnecreason

Pronunciation: ah-mor-ig-nor-are

Sentence: To ignore love, or to be too ignorant to see it.

Etymology: Latin/Italian roots

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Sowlmate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sow l mayt

Sentence: Porky did not recognize that Bess was his own, true sowlmate because he was sty-mied. When he finally realize what a swine and a boar he had been, he set his heart on bacon her his own.

Etymology: Soulmate (someone for whom you have a deep affinity; lifelong partner) & Sow (female swine)

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-26: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James