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Dave swore he was over his ex-girlfriend, but the words he kept putting on UD about her were contractions- he was projecting again.
by Meadow Soprano October 14, 2005
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Contraction

A way to combine to perhaps unrelated words in a way that combines their meanings to some capacity and creates a whole new word with a compounded meaning.

A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word.
I combined two existing legitimate words to create a new word with a similar or conjoined meaning. Effective-Applicable Efficable. Contraction of things to become more dense. such as dense meaning or dense information aka Data.
by Onsofo May 19, 2018
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Contraction of the mind

When a middle aged mom of three gets a wicked bad headache and needs some "me time" so she can get her body/mind/soul straightened out so she can get back to Zumba-ing.
Lisa went to the ER and after a battery of tests was unfortunately diagnosis with severe case of a contraction of the mind. The doctor prescribed her 2 Tylenol and ensured she'd be getting her groove back before she knew it...
by Dr . Rob Parkway Party March 19, 2023
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Shit Contraction

Prior to taking a dump, you get horrible pains in your stomach. Those pains sometimes get so bad that you just want to lay on the ground and get into the fetal position.

Pregnant women get contractions and they must hurt a shit load and so do shit contractions.
Duder 1: Dude, hurry up in that bathroom, I have to take a dump!
Duder 2: Hold on, I'm only brushing my teeth.
Duder 1: I'm having shit contractions, please hurry up!
by FoulMe January 4, 2012
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Celebrity Contraction

When the Mass Media and/or tabloids combine the names of linked celebrities to save precious column space. ie. Bennifer, Brangelina
Guy: Did you hear Demishton just got married?
Girl: What?
Guy: Demishton, you know Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.
Girl: Oh that is the Worst Celebrity Contraction ever.
by Ben Faulding September 27, 2005
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double contraction

A unique weapon of grammar combining words in a fashion similar to a contraction, but with three words and two apostrophes instead of two and one, respectively. Usually used by people who are too important to speak with any normal regard for english.
"I wouldn't've used a double contraction."
"I'd've told you about double contractions, but I would have had to kill you."
by A. Robert Dowson September 11, 2008
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