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DEFINITION: n. An incomplete sneeze; starts with a nose tickle, followed by a sharp intake of breath, but then it vanishes, leaving only a vague sense of incompletion. v. To start a sneeze, but never actually finish it.
Verboticisms
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Abortchoo
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ah + bort + choo
Sentence: You know how sometimes you feel like you have to sneeze but then it doesn't happen, well, that's an abortchoo.
Etymology: abort + achoo
Snotyet
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: snoy ee et
Sentence: a series of snot yets left her exhausted and her dinner guests strangely unhungry.
Etymology: snot not yet
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COMMENTS:
Cute -- I was thinking along the lines of snotnot, but this is much better. - petaj, 2007-04-12: 04:54:00
Does a snotyet cause brain phelm? Good word. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-12: 12:53:00
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Aahaahhalmost
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: ah-ah-all-most
Sentence: When she aahaahhalmosted, I said gesund.
Etymology: aah, aahh (as in ah-choo) + almost
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Especially when you say it like you're about to sneeze. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 18:58:00
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Nahchoo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: na-choo
Sentence: Julie felt hollow and unfulfilled when her building sneeze turned into a nahchoo.
Etymology: nah (no) + achoo (onamonapia for a sneeze)
Snutternose
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: snutter nose
Sentence: i can´t sneeze, i am having a snutternose
Etymology: sutter as in suttering and nose as in nose.
Sneeble
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: snee, from the word sneeze + ble from the word feeble = a feeble sneeze, or "sneeble"
Gezundtease
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzʊnˌtiz/
Sentence: Often, I think that I've had a gezundtease only to unexpectedly blow snot all over myself a second later.
Etymology: From gezundheit + tease
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COMMENTS:
that sentence earns you my vote. he he! - erasmus, 2007-04-12: 04:55:00
Thanks, though yours is much better. - ErWenn, 2007-04-13: 00:02:00
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Yawnchoo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yônchoō
Sentence: She felt it starting deep in her gut, a sneeze that she knew would be heard for blocks. It began with a tingling in her toes and moved up her legs to his torso. Then the required lurching, hah, hah, hah, but then it stalled just before the choo. Oh no, a yawnchoo. How unfulfilling.
Etymology: yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) + achoo (the sound as a sneeze)
Guf
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Guff
Sentence: She guffed and paused, eyes teary and unsatisfied.
Etymology: Onomatopoeia
Trunkation
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: trun-kay-shun
Sentence: Although Marvin had a huge proboscis, he often experienced trunkations.
Etymology: truncate (shorten by cutting a part off) + trunk (informal for nose)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-04-12: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
erasmus - 2007-04-12: 04:48:00
thats a great definition.
ErWenn - 2007-04-13: 00:03:00
Agreed!
Verbotomy - 2007-04-13: 01:52:00
Thanks and cheers again to ziggy41 for the great idea! ~ James'
Verbotomy - 2009-10-29: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by Ziggy41. Thank you Ziggy41. ~ James