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corpsing 

From the theater: to laugh uncontrollably and not be able to stop. (Source: Cate Blanchette on the 12/04/06 Tonight Show). Wikipedia defines it as follows: "Corpsing is a theatrical slang term used to describe when an actor breaks character during a scene - usually by laughing or forgetting his or her lines, or by causing another cast member to do so. Though the origin of the term is unknown, it refers to almost literally murdering the scene.

A BBC TV program on 18 November 2006 stated an opinion that the term "corpsing" originated when there was a corpse on stage, acted by a living actor: there was sometimes a tendency to try to make that actor laugh."
"Hugo Weaving was in a production of King Lear and he could just sat there corpsing."
corpsing by Tom McNamee December 7, 2006
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corseting 

A type of piercing in which several rings are put into the surface of skin, and ribbons are run through it
Hey, did you see that chick with the corseting done?
corseting by Allie April 19, 2005

corpsing 

To fornicate with someone who is not taking an active role, usually out of nervousness or disinterest in their partner, but because of its macabre allusion to necrophilia, it is not unforeseeable that it could be because the person is non-consenting.
"Man, last night I was with Amy, and when we went up to her bed, she just laid there like a corpse; it wasn't no fucking, it was corpsing!
corpsing by amik February 5, 2007

Corpsing 

The act of sleeping so deeply that one looks like a dead body.
My roommate David was so tired that he was corpsing on the ground, in front of the door.
Corpsing by First Stall September 17, 2011

corpseknocker 

Police in Trenton arrested a gravedigger yesterday following alleged accusations he was a corpseknocker.
corpseknocker by v3Fusion July 12, 2003

corseting 

Type of sexual preference involving squeezing someone's chest and body to the point they can't breathe. Falls within breath play group but is limited to chest and body pressure not involving neck restrictions or covering nose and mouth. The name comes from tight corsets limiting the ability to breathe.
This girls was so good at corseting, she wrapped her thighs around me so tight, I could barely breathe.
corseting by Brasla November 27, 2021