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DEFINITION: v. To discover that one of your "just friends" friends maintains a lovingly tended shrine in their bedroom, consisting mostly of compromising photos and/or videos of you. n. A private collection of "private" photos and/or videos.
Verboticisms
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Perviewed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: PER - vewyd
Sentence: Miranda was both dismayed and angered to discover that her casual friend, Antoine, had a virtual altar containing compromising pictures and videos of her in his bedroom and she became very concerned as she contemplated whom else may have perviewed his rogues gallery and just how much more extensive it might be.
Etymology: Blend of pervert and viewed, also play on both 'purview' (the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc) and 'preview' (to view or show beforehand or in advance)
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COMMENTS:
Antoine must be a purveyor...good word! - Nosila, 2008-07-02: 19:35:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:23:00
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Flattergasted
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: fla-tur-gas-ted
Sentence: Jill was flattergasted when she saw the number one video of the day, "Jill Does Dallas."
Etymology: flattered, flabbergasted
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COMMENTS:
gas! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-25: 05:18:00
You've really captured pythinahabernos' original idea: "The sensation of combined flattery and horror engendered when..." - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:21:00
Yep. This one gets my stamp of approval. :) - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-25: 11:37:00
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Mediaghast
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: mee dee ah gast
Sentence: Penny was more than horrified when she saw Tom's photographic display. In fact her moment of mediaghast had rendered her completely speechless.
Etymology: media (collective noun for information storage - photo, video etc) + aghast (struck with fear, dread, or consternation)
Voyeurastalker
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: voy-er-a-staw-ker
Sentence: One who has been watching and photographing a "friend" and then spends time at home obsessed with looking through and creating art with photographs of the person about whom he obsesses.
Etymology: Derived from voyeur, "one who likes to watch" and stalker, "one who obsessively follows, terrorizes, or harrasses another"
Kodakattack
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: koh-dak-ah-tack
Sentence: Sue had a major kodakattack when she discovered Bob's bedroom shrine of her half-clad images.
Etymology: Kodak, heart attack
Risqusted
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: RIS-GUS-TED
Sentence: Sarah was RISQUSTED when she saw the disturbingly demented collection of photos and dismemberabilia Ted had salvaged from the sorry rubble of their stunningly disfunctional relationship. "Can we still be friends, my Goddess"? Ted asked, with a rodentlike smile. In her many years of volunteer work with the criminally insane,Sarah had never seen a pornoshrine like this. She replied: "I'd rather have a lobotomy".
Etymology: RISQue+disGUSTED risque:pruriently offensive+ disgusted
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COMMENTS:
"To discover" necessarily implies a verb form. However the sheer creativity shown by the creators of the nouns trumps my humble contribution. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-02: 03:09:00
Hahaha I've said this same exact word before...too funny :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:15:00
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Creepiphany
Created by: airlie
Pronunciation: kree-PIF-uh-nee
Sentence: Oh my gosh Susan, I was over at Jeremy's house and he showed me all these photos and videos of me. I'm totally enschwined there! My head was even photoshopped on his sister's body and he has a video of me in the shower at the gym! I'm so freaked out, it was a total creepiphany! I can't believe I thought he wanted to be "just friends"!
Etymology: CREEP: a boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person who is frightening or repellent + EPIPHANY: a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something.
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COMMENTS:
Like the sound of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:36:00
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Datenouement
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: dAt-nü-'män
Sentence: His protestations that he'd invited me over just for beer and pizza continued until the datenouement - looking for the bathroom, I found an entire wall devoted to enlarged photos from my facebook page.
Etymology: denouement & date
Revelationslip
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: revel/ay/shun/slip
Sentence: The revelationslip that made her aware that Jim had feelings for her caused her to hurl all over his new laptop
Etymology: revelation + relationship + slip
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-02: 19:26:00
Not all newa is good news -but good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:33:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by PythianHabenero.
Thank you PythianHabenero! ~ James
suzanne - 2007-04-26: 12:31:00
friendorfoto
Excellent! I voted too soon. gotta stop these 3 am verbotomizings... Carry on!
Disregard that last comment. It was intended for another verbotomizer.
Wondering when some new definitions will be happening. Not really motivated to do these oldies a second time over.
I guess she WAS really Enschweined, eh?
A creepy stalker. Nice way to start the day.