Typo inspired neologism

[autographedcat]

I type very well, though you'd not know it to chat with me on IM.

So I'm having a conversation with rslatkin about relationships, and particularly long-distance ones. I pointed out that I haven't actually started a non-LDR in over 15 years, though it wasn't on purpose. I wrote: "I don't seek out LDRs. i don't tend to seek relationships at all. i tend to meet people, get to know them, eventually realize there's a lot of connection, and the relationship just evoloves."

Now, "evoloves" was a typo, but it's just begging to be a word, so I thought about it and formulated this:

Evolove (v): undergo the process by which a friendship turns into a romantic relationship over a period of time, often without the direct effort or intention of the parties involved. :)

I've been happy with the way things have been evoloving in my life recently.

Comments

[rms-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Nice word. :-) And, I really like your poly icon. *hugs*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I used to say that was how I work, but my last few relationships have come on really suddenly. It doesn't fit with my self-image, though, so much so that I almost chimed in with a "me, too" that really doesn't apply. Weird.

[rowanlyn-mirrim.livejournal.com]

Ninia thefting the word and definiton...

Thanks
K-

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Please, use it in good health. That's why I through it out to the world.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I type very well

though your spelling occasionally bites! "Threw" :-)

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Ah, but was that a mistake, or was I intentionally introducing a spelling error as a bit of irony.

Actually, it was a mistake. But you don't know that for sure. ;)

[musicmutt.livejournal.com]

Want to talk to someone who understands? Let's discuss "Pig Pillows," shall we? You should see my living room couch, now.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Yah, but look on the bright side. Whenever someone is unsure what to get you for a Christmas or Birthday gift, they'll have something to fall back on. ;)

I'd love to see your living room couch. No idea when I might make it to Minneapolis, but you bet I'll be visiting my roomies if I do. :)

[musicmutt.livejournal.com]

Of course, you are welcome at our house, anytime. You should think about coming to "Convergence"

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Right now, I'm looking to get through May. I'm not even *thinking* about anything past that right now. :)

[rdmaughan.livejournal.com]

One of my sister-in-laws is involved in running Convergence and keeps inviting me and Grey_Lady to come to it. If you do decide to go let us know as it might tip the balance and get us to turn up as well.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Well, that certainly WOULD be an incentive to go!

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Excellent sniglet!

[radiantbaby.livejournal.com]

Great word!

[pondside.livejournal.com]

We could have used that at the Poly panel this weekend at RustyCon :)

I really like that imagery!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Cue a certain annoying Disney tune...

(I used to know rslatkin when she was at GaTech.... )

Some of the best words are typos. See also, Filk. Or, mrakg. (Another fellow Techie and typoist. :)

[rdmaughan.livejournal.com]

Pass the insulin.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Heh. "I’ll tell thee what, prince; a college of witcrackers cannot flout me out of my humour. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?" :)

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I very seldom like 'clever' neologisms, especially once about romance, but that one is sort of fun. :)

[poltr1]

I think I'm the first person here to notice that evolove is a palindrome.

I think for the time being, I should partake in evolove. After all, love comes to me when I'm *not* looking for it.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

oh, beautiful!

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

*grin* Well, I certainly didn't notice until you pointed it out. That just makes the wordgeek in me extra-happy. :)

[aiela.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly not complaining about any of the evolove in my life, considering all three of my partners could probably be described as such.

:)

[vila-resthal.livejournal.com]

Beautiful word and definition! Just one more item of proof for why ACat is one of my favorite Wit-Slingers.

PS: Lyn sends hugs to you and Larissa. Add them to mine for you both.

Dan

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

And hugs right back to you both!

[ohikennedy.livejournal.com]

"...friendship turns into a romantic relationship over a period of time, often without the direct effort or intention of the parties involved."

*groan* That's how my current-&-beloved husband & I fell in love; & tho' evolove is lovely & unexpected, it certainly can complicate your life at least in the short run. See, I found myself becoming fascinated with him while I was still engaged to my previous-&-beloved sweetie... & neither one was willing to co-exist with the other.

Still, I evoloved my former sweetie too, as well as my first husband come to think of it. I think you've hit on a very useful shorthand for what a lot of folks do! It really seems like the only reasonable way to sneak up on a relationship involving great trust & longing. I'm sorry, love at first sight doesn't make any sense to me even tho' I'm a hopeless romantic (partly due to folkmew). Now lust or infatuation at first sight -- that's a different story....! ;-)

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

This is such a great word that I've had to share it with others. Of course when I was musing on the pronunciation, I found myself thinking of the adjectival form, frequently used by one of the early Marvel Comic characters: the Evoloving Blue-Eyed Thing.

*ducks*