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DEFINITION: v. To love someone forever and a day, despite the fact that they have some rather annoying and seemingly intractable imperfections. n. A couple which has been together for a long, long, long time.
Verboticisms
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Romantique
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rōmantēk
Sentence: Despite their flaws and foibles the elderly couple still have romantique feelings for each other. The fact that they occasionally call each other by the dog’s name seems to make no difference.
Etymology: Romantic (inclined toward or suggestive of the feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love) + Antique (having a high value because of considerable age)
Matrimoany
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mat rim moan ee
Sentence: It's true, thought Louise, marriage is like a deck of cards. You start out with a diamond and 2 hearts and after many years of matrimoany, all you want is a club and a spade!
Etymology: Matrimony (marriage) & Moan (complain, whine)
Dinospouse
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dahy-nuh-spaʊs
Sentence: Jim and his wife have been together for quite some time. They have a good sense of humor about their relationship. They will often refer to each other as their dinospouse.
Etymology: dinosaur (any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile) + spouse (either member of a married pair)
Couploldhearts
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: cup old hearts
Sentence: They had indeed become a couploldhearts, having endured many decades of marriage. "Agreeing often not to agree" was once their tacit way of pushing through to peace; now they had reached a state of calm complicity, fortunately no longer able to see (or hear, for that matter) each other's follies, quirks and...wrinkles!
Etymology: couploldhearts n. This word is from "couple of old farts" as a way of irreverently referring to an old couple and "hearts".
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COMMENTS:
I like your verbotomy version ever so much better than the old saw! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-13: 13:11:00
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Oldazdirters
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: old-as-dirt-ers
Sentence: Mr. Marvin Molded and his sweetie, Mayof Molded were celebrating breathing and their eleveteen hundred years of being oldazdirters and married on Valentine's Day.
Etymology: Old - Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life. As - To the same extent or degree; equally. Added "er" to Dirt - Earth or soil. People who are as old as dirt are "oldazdirters" ;)
Partnersintime
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: part ners in tyme
Sentence: Connie & Clyde had been together so long, they could barely remember their first date. They were partnersintime and it turned out, they had robbed their first bank together and escaped on their getaway horse. That Pony Express guy was no match for them. It just shows that in love, anything is posse-ble!
Etymology: Play on "Partners in Crime" (collusion;people who plot, conspire and stay together) & Time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities.
Habitter
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: hah-bitter
Sentence: her mouth formed this habitter smile when -once again- he came in and delightfully exited gave her the red roses. she thought she mentioned hating red roses over a thousand times. o well getting all dolled up and start hanging in bars getting drunk and hooked up didn't seem like the best idea also. so she gratefully accepted and told that he didn't have tot do that. really he didn't...
Etymology: habit + bitter
Amourotic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: am/orr/ro/tic
Sentence: George and Clara, in their late eighties, have a 62 year amourotic relationship.
Etymology: AMOUROTIC - from AMAUROTIC (blind; total loss of vision) + AMOUR (love)= BLIND LOVE - - - OR ---AMOUROTIC - from AMOUR (love) + EROTIC (devoted to; dominated by love, or desire)
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COMMENTS:
Wow! good for them! - splendiction, 2009-02-13: 11:55:00
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Valentimes
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: val en tymes
Sentence: Catherine & Eddy had been together for over 50 years. Through good times and bad, they remained in love and were perpetual valentimes.
Etymology: Valentine (a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day) & Times (ages, long periods)
Duocomplicity
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: do/oh/com/pli/si/tee
Sentence: The secret to the longevity in their marriage was a result of duocomplicity and they thrived forgiving each others innumerable faults.
Etymology: duo + duplicity + complicity
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COMMENTS:
Apt...I just finished reading Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy! - readerwriter, 2009-02-13: 09:32:00
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Comments:
Here is the last "Love Verbotomy" for Valentines week. Now I admit the definition sounds a little like marriage. But hey, every marriage is different, and if the Inuit can have 100 different words for snow, we could use a few more for this type of "relationship". Happy Valentines to all! ~ James
mweinmann - 2009-02-13: 08:14:00
Thanks for all of your wonderful cartoons and definitions and for keeping this all going. I think we would all be blessed if we had this type of relationship.... Happy Valentines Day everyone!!
Thank you mweinmann. And I "heartily" agree, a little bit of acceptance goes a long way towards making love stronger. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by verbotomy. Thank you verbotomy. ~ James