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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
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Angstorm
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ang-storm
Sentence: After receiving a tongue-lashing from his wife, Bob angstormed the poor dog for getting dog food crumbs on the floor.
Etymology: angst, storm
Emollector
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "ee-moe-leck-tour"
Sentence: I am a totally emollector
Etymology: emotion + collector emollector yay!
Feelocate
Created by: Marli
Pronunciation: Fee lo kate
Sentence: Unfortunately, Mandy feelocated all over George as a result of her boss's unfair demands earlier in the day.
Etymology: Feelings + relocate
Pissdemeanor
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pistdimēnər
Sentence: 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)
Hysteriotransfer
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After being fired, he hysteriotransferred to the people around him for the rest of the day; he even told the barista to "Hurry it up--oh, wait, you can't do that, can you, you stoned slacker? You're fired. I don't need that watery crap you call coffee anyway."
Etymology:
Poorboire
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: poor/bwire
Sentence: If you can't kick a gift horse in the mouth...at least leave a poorboire they'll never forget!
Etymology: variation of "pourboire" - a gift or gratuity
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COMMENTS:
good one quip! clever... - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:02:00
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Transnubstantiation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tranz/snub/stan/siay/shun
Sentence: What a weight off my shoulders to practice transnubstatiation on an ususpecting passerby after being snubbed by another.
Etymology: transubstantiation + snub
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 12:59:00
thanks wordmeister - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-03: 16:35:00
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Emorebound
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: Emo-rebound
Sentence: He annoyed her and she emorebounded all over him.
Etymology: Emo -tional rebound
Transmiffed
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: trans-miffed
Sentence: After her poor performance evaluation, Edna transmiffed her distemper to the next person she saw.
Etymology: transmit(ted): to cause, spread or pass on as in a disease or infection + miffed: petulant bad-tempered mood; huffed -- (distemper-an infectious, viral disease affecting dogs; deranged)
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COMMENTS:
Transmiffologic response! - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:23:00
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Emopoop
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: ee-moh-poop
Sentence: Michael always had some difficulty sharing his feelings. But sooner or later, they would well up inside and he would just let it all out in one giant emopoop. It was usually a quite messy -- you wouldn't want to be trapped in the same room with him when it was happening -- but in the end, he always felt much better.
Etymology: emote + poop
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COMMENTS:
emoglopic! - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:25:00
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Comments:
Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.
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