DEFINITION: v. To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet. n. Emotional transference.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Hissplacement: /hiss playse ment/ When Tiger vocalized his indifference, jealousy and displeasure towards Sybil, it was a catastrophe. She was
catatonic briefly before projecting her hissplacement categorically towards her boyfriend,Tom. Afterwhich, Tom was feline purrly… Etymology: Hiss (the fricative, sibilant noise cats make to express disapproval, contempt ot displeasure) & Displacement (the psychological transference of feelings from one person to another; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one) Created by: Nosila.
Dumpstir: /Dum-pah-ster/ “‘Baggage? I don’t think so. Why should I be the only person to carry this burden? I will off load this information, even if it’s mentally scaring for the receiver'”, thought Michael as he passed on the difficult news that his wife’s thrush had flared up again. Etymology: A convolution of 1) Dumpster (USually)(n) a vessel used for storing junk or unwanted items 2) stir (v) to mix or mix up, perhaps in a mischievious way (colloq). Created by: scrabbelicious.
Moodswapping: /mood – swa – ping/ Terry was an expert at moodswapping. He would get into an argument with his boss and take it out on his wife. After a wonderful day with his wife, he would be nice to the checkout clerk at the store and so on…. He always carried the most recent interaction on to the next person. Etymology: mood, swapping Created by: mweinmann.
Pissdemeanor: /pistdimÄ“nÉ™r/ She really didn\’t like her job at the Mall with its annoying, self-centered customers. She would occasionally commit a pissdemeanor by re-directing her frustration at her co-workers or when she would get home and yell at the cat. Etymology: pissed (very annoyed; angry) + misdemeanor (a minor wrongdoing) + demeanor (outward behavior or bearing, attitude) Created by: artr.
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