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'Don't kitty me!'

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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Shate

Created by: kevinrio

Pronunciation: sh - ate

Sentence: Sorry I didn't mean it. I'm shating because my bloody cat.

Etymology: share + hate

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Emofection

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon

Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.

Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.

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COMMENTS:

petaj emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00

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Moodiflect

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: moo dee fleckt

Sentence: Karen was a killer moodiflect, you could bet if she'd been to visit her mom in prison, she'd be very strange that day.

Etymology: from mood and deflect

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COMMENTS:

I wonder what she was like when she didn't go to prison? - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:09:00

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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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Emorebound

Created by: bghicks

Pronunciation: Emo-rebound

Sentence: He annoyed her and she emorebounded all over him.

Etymology: Emo -tional rebound

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Premoject

sleep

Created by: sleep

Pronunciation: pree-moe-ject

Sentence: She premojected her emotional baggage on me like last week's cole slaw.

Etymology: project + emo

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COMMENTS:

Last week's cole slaw? Sounds like premojectile vomiting... Scarey girl! - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:12:00

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Emofection

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: e-mo-fek-shon

Sentence: After being dumped by a post-it this morning, Kate has emofected everyone around with her foul mood.

Etymology: I would prefer emotional Infection, or a latin emopatheogenic maybe, but emofection was more naturally understandable.

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COMMENTS:

petaj emoflection would have been good too -- emotion + deflect - petaj, 2007-01-05: 20:19:00

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Vamdump

Created by: Mechans

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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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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Transemototherapy

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The kick he received playing football really hurt his shin. Lying in bed later, his wife was less than thrilled as she felt a sharp pain and realised his foot had carried out transemototherapy

Etymology:

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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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