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Eric Falden's avatar

This gave me a laugh πŸ˜†

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erniet's avatar

Ugghh....I once had a co-worker who always stared at my crotch when I would come in to her office. She was truly krukolibidinous.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Maybe you had something worth staring at. XD

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erniet's avatar

I used to think my fly was open...I used to check every time before I'd go into her office!πŸ˜‚

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Alex J. Cavanaugh's avatar

I don't often see new words but that's a first for me.

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

It was definitely one of those words that when I saw it, I knew I had to write something for it.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

β€œMy eyes are up here,” said Brad to Claire with a sniff. β€œThere’s a word for what you’re doing, you know. Krukolibidinous. Look it up. You’re gonna say it’s as American as apple pie. And speaking of apples, it’s in Genesis. I’m aware. First thing our original mom and dad did in the Garden when their eyes were opened was check out their respective down-belows . I know, it’s instinct. Like bugs to a headlight. But I’d like to think you af all people could overcome such baser instincts.”

β€œDude I’m just trying to tell you your fly is open.”

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

That gave me a chuckle.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Amazing prompt!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

Thanks. You wrote a great little story to go with it.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thank you!

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S. L. Linton's avatar

Where's that soundbyte of that guy screaming, "PATRICIA!!"?

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Tui Snider's avatar

Good one! I’ve never heard of that word, but I did just meet a lady who makes β€œSpeedo style” trunks for bodybuilders. She had some hilarious krukolibidinous tales to tell!

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I bet she does. LOL

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Tyrean Martinson's avatar

When he stared at my chest, I returned the favor with krukolibidinous. I didn't really see much there, but it made him squirm, which was my whole point.

Finally, he said, "What are you staring at?"

"Not much that I can tell, but since you were staring at my chest, I figured I'd make you uncomfortable, too."

(BTW, with the exception of using the word, this is a memoir and not fiction.)

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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I hope he learned his lesson.

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Tyrean Martinson's avatar

He never did it to me again, but we didn't stay friends much longer after that, so I'm not sure he did.

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