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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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Horrormonal
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: hor-ror-mon-al
Sentence: But your honor, I was just trying to disinfect the sheets when I poured on bucket of hydrochloric acid on to bed. I didn’t know that it would completely disfigure her face. Or turn is wee-wee into a permanently shriveled-up raisin. Perhaps I was temporarily overcome by a horrormonal rage.
Etymology: horror + hormone + moan
Treacherysteria
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɛtʃɚɪˈstɛɹiə/
Sentence: There's absolutely nothing one can say to fend off a developing fit of treacherysteria, but it doesn't stop people from trying.
Etymology: from treachery + hysteria
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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Shagrin
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: shag + rin
Sentence: Oh, the shagrin I felt when I found them... well, it was more like "murderous rage," but that's hardly a verboticism.
Etymology: shag + chagrin
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COMMENTS:
Nicely done! - urbanwookie, 2007-04-01: 19:26:00
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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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Murthem
Created by: metapsyche
Pronunciation: Mur-them
Sentence: I caught 'em! I want to murthem!
Etymology: Mur (murder) + them (them!) = Murthem
Connuboil
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kuh/noo/boil
Sentence: On finding her new husband and the maid of honour in granny's gift, Jenny went into a state of connuboil, throwing and breaking every dish, piece of crystal and knick-knack she could get her hands on.
Etymology: CONNUBOIL - noun - from CONNUBIAL (Relating to marriage, or the married state; conjugal) + BOIL (rage; anger; to be in an agitated, or violent state)
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)
Knivesinwhitesatin
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nyves/in/wyte/satin
Sentence: The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully "never reaching the end"
Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)+ knights + knives and wives rhyme
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COMMENTS:
No Sir Galahad in this tale; very creative word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:28:00
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Shagrin
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: shagg ran
Sentence: Her shagrin at what she witnessed on the shagpile of the honeymoon suite was expressed in an infortinate manner. Strangulation by old borrowed blue garter was the coronor's verdict.
Etymology: chagrin (sadness) Shag (erm...)
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COMMENTS:
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:09:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00
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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