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'Thank goodness you walked in!'

DEFINITION: n. The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.

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Knivesinwhitesatin

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: nyves/in/wyte/satin

Sentence: The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully "never reaching the end"

Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Knights in White Satin (Moody Blues)

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COMMENTS:

like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-27: 06:47:00

Brilliant word! Takes me to days of future passed. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-27: 09:03:00

Yep, very good word. And now I have the damn song stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-27: 09:27:00

Nights in white satin, Never reaching the end, Letters Ive written, Never meaning to send. Beauty Id always missed With these eyes before, Just what the truth is I cant say anymore. Oops - sorry Purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 09:57:00

Gets the vote for doing the job, being original (no one seems to credit that any more!) and of course the reference (which I'm clearly too young/stupid to get). - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-27: 11:26:00

emd2k3 How did this definition get approved? Seriously, it's too specific. - emd2k3, 2007-04-24: 15:23:00

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Uhnulludidnt

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Uh-Null_You_Didnt

Sentence: As Marcy stepped into the kitchen suddenly the UHNULLUDIDNT took her over. Could it be, the sheets, not the sheets!

Etymology: Anullment + UH + No You Didn't

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Matricidicalapses

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /matri-sidical-laps-ease/

Sentence: "After attempting to kill both her new husband and best friend after finding them writhing around in bed together, Sally pleaded matricidicalapses as her defence in court. The judge ruled in her favour."

Etymology: Matrimony + homicidal + lapses

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Horrormonal

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: hor-ror-mon-al

Sentence: But your honor, I was just trying to disinfect the sheets when I poured on bucket of hydrochloric acid on to bed. I didn’t know that it would completely disfigure her face. Or turn is wee-wee into a permanently shriveled-up raisin. Perhaps I was temporarily overcome by a horrormonal rage.

Etymology: horror + hormone + moan

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Somethinblue

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: Sum-thin-bloo

Sentence: She went somethinblue, a rage beyond red, an envy exceeding green, pure despair, having found the rat and his cat christening the most thoughtful gift. (my word that's pretentious nonsense)

Etymology: From the tradition that a bride wears something old, new, borrowed and blue. Also based on the idea that "blue" denotes both sexual behaviour and sadness. Note also "thin" (as opposed to "thing") as describing the sheets.

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COMMENTS:

Very colourful. Especially "the rat and his cat", wearing her white dress I imagine... - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 06:53:00

something blew - I just got it - clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 20:02:00

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Treacherysteria

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɛtʃɚɪˈstɛɹiə/

Sentence: There's absolutely nothing one can say to fend off a developing fit of treacherysteria, but it doesn't stop people from trying.

Etymology: from treachery + hysteria

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Bridegloom

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: bryd - gloom

Sentence: Coming into the honeymoon bedroom with joyful expectations only to find her new husband, Brad, and her best friend Miranda staining grandmas heirloom satin sheets, Samantha first had a hysterical fit followed by a case of very deep and foreboding bridegloom.

Etymology: Blend of bride and gloom, play on the word 'bridegroom'.

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00

good one... - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:40:00

Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 08:19:00

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Bridalpathology

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bry dal path ol ogee

Sentence: It was a nightmare when Marey found her Groom Ed in bed with her bridesmaid, Fillymena...On the satin sheets that she had begat from her Grandmare, Mustang Sally, of all places and she did not like it one bit! She yelled until she was a little hoarse, okay, just a Quarterhoarse! She experienced Bridalpathology and found a need to harness her mane anxiety and buck the trend to overlook such horseplay. Of course, she knew that Ed had to sew his wild oats, the stud, but really...wasn't he more stable than that after becoming hitched? Spurred by the thoughts of a lengthy court battle and saddled with wrangling high legal fees, she decided divhorse was out of the question, even though he was no longer no pal-o-mino! She would instead pretend to curry Ed's favour, get into her Pinto, drive through the neigh-borhood gaits and go get her sire's Colt 45. No one was going to make a foal out of her! No one was going to rein on her parade or slow her gait, once she shod him, she would remane Appaloosa, whether he ended up in horsepital, gelding better or in an anonymous plod of land. She would live on thorough bread, seabiscuits and ponies of horse liniment if she had to and run off to Canter-bury. That was her tale and she was sticking to it...even if all the horse manure to be guilty!

Etymology: Bridal (of or relating to a wedding )& Pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition;the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases ) & Bridle Path (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;a road fit for riders, but not vehicles)

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A narrative that a Mustang would surely find equinable. A tail that even a neigh sayer would consider to be a whinnying entry. - Mustang, 2008-06-11: 07:47:00

Thanks, Mustang...glad it Triggered a Champion response in you. - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:45:00

Thanks for the horseplay. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:25:00

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Incenflayed

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: in-sen-flayd

Sentence: When Bella walked in on her husband of one hour and best friend of ten years lying in her bed making poor excuses, she was incenflayed.

Etymology: "Incensed" (made angry) + "betrayed" with aesthetic and semantic help from "inflamed" (made sore, set on fire, a number of other relevant meanings).

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Matrimoanial

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /ma-truh-MOWN-ee-ul/

Sentence: Linda couldn't cry anymore — she was all out of tears by now. Having mostly gotten over the initial shock of her new husband's and her best friend's betrayal, she was now feeling matrimoanial, seeking the comfort of her family, who would listen to her complaints and try to console her. "And worst of all Grandma, they were doing it right there on those lovely silk sheets you gave us." Her grandmother patted Linda on her knee and said, "If it's any consolation dear, that wasn't real silk anyway."

Etymology: Matrimonial - of or relating to the state of marriage (from Latin, matrimonium "wedlock, marriage") + Moan - complaint or lamentation (from Old English, mænan to mourn)

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:41:00

Good word; nice story. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:29:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by sunny09.
Thank you sunny09! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-14: 04:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by sheets. Thank you sheets. ~ James