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DEFINITION: The happy period in a marriage, which occurs once the husband has been fully domesticated.
Verboticisms
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Blisspecked
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: bliss - pecked
Sentence: The blisspecked husband looked fondly at his wife as he wiped the kitchen sink over.
Etymology: Bliss and henpecked.
Husbunderthumbery
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: hus-bund-er-thum-ery
Sentence: All the fighting and nagging stopped, his resistence was finally ended and they were happy once they had entered a period of husbunderthumbery
Etymology: husband+under-the-thumb = husbunderthumbery
Eraticulopture
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: ee-rat-i-cule-lope-chure
Sentence: Their eraticulopture happened as soon as he realized how much he loved his wife.
Etymology: American
Malectomy
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: mAAl-ec-to-mee
Sentence: "What's his problem," Jim asked. "Malectomy," hissed Joseph. "Oooohhh..." said Jim as he backed out the door.
Etymology: akin to lobotomy, but different.
Adaptage
Created by: fashionista
Pronunciation: Ad/apt/age
Sentence: I knew we had reached the adoptage stage in our marriage once my husband began putting his dishes in the dishwasher.
Etymology: Adapt + Age
Captivacation
Created by: oohisay
Pronunciation: kap-tiv-eh-kay-shun
Sentence: Our captivacation ended once Rodney discovered a laundry service.
Etymology: captive - prisoner + vacation - holiday period (also implicit is captivation - fascination with)
Emascrimony
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ee-mask-ri-mo-nee
Sentence: After enduring several months of his wife's nagging to help her out around the house, Bob realized he should enter into the state of emascrimony, or face further exile to the couch.
Etymology: emasculate, matrimony
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Wish I hadn't already voted...I would have voted for yours... - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-28: 12:09:00
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Mistermoment
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: mis-ter-mahm-ent
Sentence: When Alice's husband insisted that he clean the dishes, she knew that he had reached his mistermoment.
Etymology: From the phrase 'Mister Mom' and the word 'moment'.
