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DEFINITION: v. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing.
Verboticisms
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Windower
Created by: dessessopsid
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Greg became a windower everytime he went shopping with Janine.
Etymology: Window: the display space in and directly behind a shop window. And Widower: a man who has lost his wife by death and has not remarried.
Mallschlump
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mawl-shlump
Sentence: While most men might get fidgety when their wives browse thru the stores, Marty takes great delight in an opportunity to just mallschlump, wherein he'll cruise around from business to business checking out babes, window displays and oddball people.
Etymology: blend of words 'mall' (n. large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants ) and 'schlump' (v. to loaf or idle)
Spreeander
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: spree-an-durr
Sentence: Spreeandering about the mall for hours while Sandy tried on countless pairs of jeans left Jack barely coherent, and hungry. When he saw his honey finally emerge from her umpteenth dressing room, he grunted something about "done yet" and "food court" - much to her annoyance. "Geez, Jack, don't be such a Spreeanderthal" she retailiated (retail + retaliate), handing him the most expensive pair she had found.
Etymology: (shopping) spree + meander
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COMMENTS:
Is that when he went off in perch haste? - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:47:00
At the end of a shopping spree a woman is tired as well as spent. Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:47:00
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Mallinger
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: mawl-ing-gerr
Sentence: he was simply expected to mallinger while she disappeared into an endless stream of shops
Etymology: mall, linger, malinger
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COMMENTS:
Good word.I sympathize. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:26:00
Like it - TJayzz, 2008-08-27: 03:44:00
very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:08:00
Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:43:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-08-28: 01:54:00
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Fleemarket
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flea-mar-ket
Sentence: Kevin had a low tolerance for shopping with his girlfriend. Within 2 minutes of waiting for her to inspect the goods, he was toe tapping, within 5 minutes he was watch watching, by 10 minutes he was fleemarketing.
Etymology: flee (depart, leave, escape from) + market (shop) + fleamarket (a type of market that one can spend hours picking over bargains)
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COMMENTS:
good one! - remistram, 2007-09-26: 09:33:00
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Cashtrate
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ˈkash trāt
Sentence: Leonard always felt cashtrated at the mall whilst his girlfriend Amanda took charge of his credit card and tossed him like a hangar in the dressing home
Etymology: cash ( currency, money) + castrate (to emasculate, deprive vigor)
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COMMENTS:
That's why they call money geld! - Nosila, 2012-11-02: 19:27:00
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Wonderlust
Created by: gazissax
Pronunciation: wun -der-lust
Sentence: Jane was busy trying on bras in the back room, so Jack engaged in a little wonderlust at the women passing through.
Etymology: wonder - to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel; and lust - to have a yearning or desire; have a strong or excessive craving
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COMMENTS:
Did Jane have wonderbralust? - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:43:00
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Windowschlump
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: win - doe - shlump
Sentence: Whenever Minnie would involve herself shopping she did so in a dedicated fashion that left Monty to manage for himself and he would always windowschlump, mindlessly wandrering from store to store looking at the displays.
Etymology: Blend of 'window' and 'schlump' (to loaf or idle)
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COMMENTS:
I've seen a clump of WINDOWSCHLUMPS, and shuffled right along. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 00:54:00
very descriptive - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:03:00
Ah, Metrohx: you better tell Monty where the store with the 'semi erotic mannequins' is situated. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 01:05:00
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Manshopause
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: man-SHOW-pause
Sentence: William casually browsed through the spring fashions trying to look manly while taking a manshopause holding his wife's purse as she tried on the new dresses.
Etymology: Man+ shop + (meno)pause
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COMMENTS:
very nice - cfinleyca, 2007-09-26: 17:22:00
Funny stuff! - cfinleyca, 2007-09-26: 19:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Can't you be arrested for MASTERWAITING in public?
galwaywegian - 2008-08-27: 05:56:00
Or masterbaiting at college
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James