Verboticisms

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: am-or-a-vor

Sentence: Rachel gets jealous just when Doug goes through checkout if the checkout person is female. She is a bit of an amoravore

Etymology: "amora" from the Latin for word "amore" (love); "vore" as in eater.

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kon-troll-of-er

Sentence: Controlovers are stalkers in training.

Etymology: control + love

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dom/i/mate/or

Sentence: Because of Jenny's insecurities, when she is in a relationship she needs to be a total domimator. She domimates to the point of completely controlling and smothering Joe, her boyfriend.

Etymology: DOMIMATOR - noun - from DOMINATOR + MATE

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COMMENTS:

I think I dated her way back when. - Mustang, 2008-06-24: 08:17:00

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Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: deer-uh-nee

Sentence: When she hired a spy to watch my every move, I knew her love had become an unbearable dearanny.

Etymology: dear + tyranny

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: unk-el-hun-e-bag-s

Sentence: Monica knew Zoltan was a total unclehoneybags when he asked her to stay at his place and have a "snugglefest" instead of attending her mother's 84th birthday party.

Etymology: "Uncle Moneybags" - the little guy in the top hat from Monopoly, and "Honey" - an affectionate nickname for a significant other

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Cher-hol-der

Sentence: David thinks he can hold on to Cher as his girlfriend. His plan is to spend every minute with her so she can't get interested in any men.

Etymology: Cher, david's girl/ hold, to hang on/shareholder, people that hold stock in, or part ownership in something.

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: amor-der

Sentence: Alex knew from the start that Linda was a bit controlling. His friends warned him, but he prided himself in making his own decisions about women. It was when Linda started to amorder him around that he exited..."stage left."

Etymology: amor:Spanish for Love order: to demand

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COMMENTS:

Welcome back, lumina...you light up my life...wait that was an old song.... - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:43:00

Hail, Luminati! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:26:00

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: MUG-wub

Sentence: When Clarence scolded her for kissing her brother, Serena knew he was a mugwuv, and told him to take a hike.

Etymology: mug-to steal, wuv, mugwump

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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)

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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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