Madonna and Guy Ritchie?s ?secret love code?

It's possible this story is completely fabricated. It's in the Daily Mail and originated in Grazia, which has been successfully sued for fake stories in the past, so its validity is up to question. If it's fake it's one of the most creative and amusing celebrity stories I've heard so I have to repeat it. Supposedly Madonna and Guy Ritchie have a "secret love code" that involves repeating positive adjectives to each other after specific intervals of time like "macho," "beautiful," "clever," and "smart." They'll just come out randomly with the words and they don't need to be part of a real sentence or anything. Don't make me spit out my Diet Coke again today, Daily Mail:

But Madonna and Guy Richie have taken things a step further to overcome their marriage troubles.

The couple are said to have turned their relationship around by using a secret love code to help them feel more intimate.

The ritual is part of a number of changes the couple have made to get their seven year relationship back on track after speculation they were facing divorce earlier this year.

A source told Grazia magazine the pair used the technique at the premiere of Guy's new film RocknRolla in London last week.

'Madonna and Guy made sure they looked at each other every 15 minutes, touched each other every few minutes and said words to each other to show the other was the first thing on their mind.

'It's not about saying 'I love you.' It's about saying specific things. When Guy first saw Madonna come out of the car, he said the word 'beautiful' to her. She replied with the word 'macho'.

'During the evening, they whispered random words from 'clever' and powerful' (her to him) to 'mysterious' and 'smart' (him to her).

'They are their own code words reminding then what they find attractive about each other. Speaking them out loud reinforces those feelings. It's also a way of being private in a crowd, and they both think it's very, very sexy,' said the source.

[From The Daily Mail via Gossip Rocks]

Some of the commenters at Gossip Rocks, a forum that posted this story, came up with more apt words that these two could say to each other. You can guess what they focus on. The adjectives include:

"face lift"
"root touch up"
"dusty"
"played out"
"haggard"

This is likely a completely made up story. You hear about positive self talk, but it's pretty novel to reduce it down to a few happy words and say them to your partner throughout the night. It also sounds asinine. They do look pretty happy together for once. Maybe all those isolated words are having an effect.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are shown at the Rocknrolla premiere in London on 9/1/08. Credit: BARM/Fame Pictures