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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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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)
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
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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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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Weddoplexy
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: WEDD-o-PLE-xy
Sentence: She had expected to feel many emotions today - but weddoplexy had not been one of them....
Etymology: From "wedding" and "apoplexy"
Murthem
Created by: metapsyche
Pronunciation: Mur-them
Sentence: I caught 'em! I want to murthem!
Etymology: Mur (murder) + them (them!) = Murthem
Maidricide
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: may dree side
Sentence: Janice was about to commit madricide when she found out what had been going on.
Etymology: er from maid and homicide
Prenupenvy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pree nope envee
Sentence: it was just the prenupenvy that kept him alive as she fingered the stainless steel kitchen knife set her aunt had given them.
Etymology: prenup envy
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like she got some wonderful gifts... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 06:50:00
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Matricidicalapses
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /matri-sidical-laps-ease/
Sentence: "After attempting to kill both her new husband and best friend after finding them writhing around in bed together, Sally pleaded matricidicalapses as her defence in court. The judge ruled in her favour."
Etymology: Matrimony + homicidal + lapses
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James