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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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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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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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Holostasis
Created by: doceanjo
Pronunciation: Hó + los +istasis
Sentence: This is a holographic homeostasis biological concept it means holographic equilibrium.
Etymology: Holos + stasis
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COMMENTS:
Holostasis is a great word. You should expound on it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:06:00
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Gaptive
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: gap/tiv
Sentence: He wanted to be at home watching the game but instead he was held gaptive at the Gap outlet
Etymology: gap + captive
Shoperone
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: shop/er/one
Sentence: Eugene was so disappointed in himself. He should have known it was too good to be true. When Tiffany said, "Pick me up at 6:00 big boy, and we'll paint the town" he had no idea she just needed a ride to the mall, and a shoperone to carry her bags. You could almost see the neon sign blinking "Fool" on his forehead.
Etymology: derived from chaperone: One who accompanies and supervises
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COMMENTS:
I have seen the glare of that neon sign all too often- reflected in a shoppe window. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 00:51:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:06:00
very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:56:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2008-08-28: 01:35:00
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Shopplopped
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Shop-plopped
Sentence: Harry shopplopped on a nearby bench as his wife spent four hours trying on clothes.
Etymology: Shop- To examine goods in order to purchase. Plopped- To let the body drop heavily when sitting.
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COMMENTS:
Shop- To examine goods in order to purchase. Plop- To let the body drop heavily when sitting. - abrakadeborah, 2011-06-10: 17:22:00
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Mallinger
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: Mahl-LING-er
Sentence: Two hours after the Wife entered Old Navy, Bob was seen in the food court, mallingering on the cement bench with an empty bag of Cinnabons.
Etymology: Mall: a large retail complex with no hardware stores. Linger: to pass time in a tedious manner.
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COMMENTS:
wow. my first verboticism....sniff. - kabloozie, 2007-09-26: 02:26:00
It's a good one too. No auto parts stores in a Mall either. - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:44:00
good start! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-26: 07:22:00
wow - what a debut!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 10:42:00
Perhaps Bob should have lingered in lingerie boutique. Might not have been so teduous for him ! Good start:good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:44:00
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Purchiatus
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: pur-chai-ay-tuss
Sentence: "Sorry, I can't meet you at the bar right now, I'm on a purchiatus."
Etymology: purchase + hiatus
Babiboo
Created by: kachungis
Pronunciation: ba-bee-boo
Sentence: im so babiboo!!
Etymology:
Fundressing
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: funn dress sing
Sentence: I judged that the from the frost hardening on my spectacles that the hot redhead in the queue for the changing rooms was aware that she was being fundressed.
Etymology: undressing, fun
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COMMENTS:
I think I've fundrestimated all the weary shoppers - now I'm aware of the fundertones - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 10:40:00
that should be funderestimated - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 10:41:00
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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