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DEFINITION: n. The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.
Verboticisms
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Betraythal
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: bee-tray-thal
Sentence: John's act of betraythal was a body blow to poor Mary. Particularly as it was with own brother. It was seriously conjuglipitous.
Etymology: betrothal (a mutual promise to marry) + betryal (to be unfaithful or disloyal)
Shitched
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sh-itch-t
Sentence: Not only was Coralie shitched, she was also shockled when she realised she was married to rake and would never be able to use the sheets her Nanna had given her.
Etymology: sh*t (exclamation of shock) + hitched (slang for married) (shock + shackled)
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COMMENTS:
love the layers in your words - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 12:22:00
Maybe should have spelt this differently though sheetched - petaj, 2007-03-28: 05:07:00
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Duplicichosis
Created by: Muttley74
Pronunciation: Do-plis-e-ko-sis
Sentence: Duplicichosis sets in when you discover your very best friend in a very uncompromising situation with your spouse. Total and utter betrayal which causes you mental anguish!!
Etymology: Taken from the words "duplicity" meaning infidelity or betrayal and "psychosis" meaning any mental state
Incenflayed
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: in-sen-flayd
Sentence: When Bella walked in on her husband of one hour and best friend of ten years lying in her bed making poor excuses, she was incenflayed.
Etymology: "Incensed" (made angry) + "betrayed" with aesthetic and semantic help from "inflamed" (made sore, set on fire, a number of other relevant meanings).
Honeylunacy
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: [HUHN-ee-LOO-nuh-see]
Sentence: Ellen felt herself slip into honeylunacy after stumbling onto Steve and Kate's little liaison.
Etymology: Honey (from E honeymoon) and lunacy (from L lunaticus [crazy])
Shortcheated
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: short - chee - ted
Sentence: Emily felt shortcheated. It had only been two weeks since her marriage and she had caught Trevor in their bed with her best friend Daphne.
Etymology: short, short sheeted, cheated, short changed
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COMMENTS:
great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-14: 09:29:00
Funny! - splendiction, 2009-10-14: 18:58:00
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Marrage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mer/rage
Sentence: On finding her new husband and the maid of honour, she went into a state of marrage throwing and breaking everything she could get her hands on.
Etymology: marriage + rage
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COMMENTS:
I considered something similar to this before deciding it didn't really allude to the sheets or the cheats as well as other words might. Marrage, to the casual observer, may as well be a nondescript form of anger directed at one's spouse (to be). It lacks specifics. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 08:00:00
Great word, simple and succinct - you just have to stress the second syllable to get the full effect - try it - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:55:00
That's nice (^^), but ditto my previous comment regarding it being too generalised for the definition, and that it makes the assumption that the mental state induced would be one of anger, as opposed to shock, disappointment, disbelief etc. For me, assigning rage as the sole emotion here is myopic. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:23:00
methinks we have a psychiatrist in our midst - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 12:19:00
No, just a fool who's seen too many shrinks in his time. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 15:31:00
Certainly not a fool - good sense of humour though - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 19:54:00
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Kildafuhls
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: kil-duh-fōōls
Sentence: Although she brutally beat her new husband and sister to death with a smart white satin heel, today's landmark ruling finds Mrs. Betty Jo Smith has been cleared of the charge of Murder Two as kildafuhls is successfully accepted for a temporary insanity plea.
Etymology: Taken loosely from the popular Mr. T tagline, "I pity the fool!" compound of kill+the+fools spelled so as to promote correct pronunciation and emphasis.
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COMMENTS:
Anyone referencing Mr T deserves credit. Plus it's outta left field (original) and quirky enough to fit the definition. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:28:00
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Sheetcheats
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sheet-cheet
Sentence: Jill was stunned to find that her new husbum was a sheetcheat. She began to suspect something when she heard that her girlfriend just happened to book a vacation the same place they were having their honeymoon.
Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding) + cheat (to deceive)
Weddinsanity
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: Wedd-in-sæn-i-ty
Sentence: As she saw them there together, her weddinsanity kicked into gear and she fired two warningshot's. Into their heads!
Etymology: Wedding + insanity. A natural symbiose.
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COMMENTS:
A perfect marriage of two words that really shouldn't go together - petaj, 2007-03-27: 05:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James