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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
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Loveipulator
Created by: missashley
Pronunciation: luhv-ip-yuh-ley-ter
Sentence: It was hard for Cindie get The Bachelor's attention because her fellow reality show competitor was such a loveipulator.
Etymology: love:a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection manipulator: a person who manipulates
Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Attentioneer
Created by: javex
Pronunciation: Uh-ten-shun-eer
Sentence: Look, I'd love to stay and talk with you, but my attentioneer of a wife is running over here, and she doesn't really look too happy...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Bleachy keen, Javex! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:44:00
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Occupassion
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: OCCUpy+PASSION
Sentence: Almost leech-like, she was consumed with being my occupassion, even closely following my eyes trying to see what or who I was looking at, besides her.
Etymology: OCCUpy+PASSION
Slaveheart
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slayve-hart
Sentence: Mark was an obsessive slaveheart, becoming insanely jealous over Leigh Ann even spending time with her beloved Verbotomy.
Etymology: slave, brave heart
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COMMENTS:
Love the sentence! - toadstool57, 2007-04-17: 07:45:00
Almost as perfect as the film, which, contrary to mindless popular belief, is more than a wee bit better than Lord of the Rings. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 08:18:00
I know a mindless popular who was a swoonatic for Mel Gibson until she found out he was a cathaholic. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-17: 18:07:00
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Amogarchy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌæməˈɡɑɹki/
Sentence: We told him that his significant smother wasn't really controlling enough to constitute an amogarchy, but it was just a foma.
Etymology: from amo- (romantic love) and -archy (government)
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COMMENTS:
Significant smother works better than amogarchy, which I'd have as "a system of rule by lovers"- a truly scary notion. Still, the sentence alone is worth a vote. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 13:17:00
Thanks, and I agree that "significant smother" is better, but I never like having to cram two-word terms into a one-word entry. - ErWenn, 2007-04-17: 14:05:00
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Wildoatstamer
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer
Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.
Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)
Romantisieze
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: roh-man-tah-seez
Sentence: Candice knew that Barry was no longer being playfully protective, he was thoroughly romantisiezing their relationship
Etymology: romanticise, sieze
Domimator
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dom/i/mate/or
Sentence: Because of her insecurities, when she is in a relationship she needs to be a domimator. She domimates to the point of totally controlling and smothering her boyfriend.
Etymology: dominate + mate
Porcamor
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Poor-sah-more
Sentence: His porcamor girlfriend never let him go out with his friends on Saturday nights.
Etymology: Porc-from porcine or piglike Amor- love
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!