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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.

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Transpurrance

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: trans-pur-uhns

Sentence: Cindy is very close to her cat. Unfortunately Mr. Furball often sets her mood for the day. If he treats her poorly everybody in the office will do their best to stay clear. The emotional transpurrance can be deadly.

Etymology: tansferance (the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, especially the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst) + purr (to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does)

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Transemosupernova

Created by: spacemonkeymafia

Pronunciation: trans-i-mō-sōō'per-nō'va

Sentence: The transemosupernova has been the cause of many arguments started by my girlfriend.

Etymology: Trans - From the Latin meaning "across, over, or beyond. Emo - from emotion, French émotion, from Old French, from esmovoir, to excite, from Vulgar Latin *exmovēre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin movēre, to move. Super - Latin, from super, over, above.

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Ran out of room for the etymology for nova. Here it is. Nova - New Latin (stēlla) nova, new (star), nova, feminine of Latin novus, new. - spacemonkeymafia, 2007-01-02: 12:38:00

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Emotiredirection

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: e-moti-redirection

Sentence: I've been a bit emotiredirectional lately

Etymology: emotion redirection

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Lovelessantilica

Created by: tempermon

Pronunciation:

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Kissplace

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kiss plays

Sentence: When Shania was dissed by her cat, she instead decided to kissplace her resentment on Roger and broke up with him. Now she is catatonic and not feline anything...

Etymology: Kiss (the act of caressing with the lips) & Displace (take the place of)

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Pissdemeanor

artr

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)

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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

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Collectiveemotions

Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: Col-ec-tive-E-mot-ions

Sentence: Due to her collective emotions, any people that rub her the wrong way leave a negative feeling that propegates.

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Transapplicate

Created by: seifip

Pronunciation: transapplicate

Sentence: I have transapplicated my feeling on him... He just reminded me of my lazy cat!

Etymology: trans + applicate

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Cathext

Created by: norallama

Pronunciation: Kuh-theckst

Sentence: I burned the toast, ripped my hose, and then, of course, cathexted all over my assistant the very first chance I got.

Etymology: From "cathexis," meaning "emotional energy" ... and "Next!"

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Comments:

Carole - 2007-01-02: 22:55:00
Good one Peta, yours has the same meaning as mine. Emotedump.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-08-07: 09:28:00
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