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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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Guf
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Guff
Sentence: She guffed and paused, eyes teary and unsatisfied.
Etymology: Onomatopoeia
Sneat
Created by: willster
Pronunciation: sn-eat
Sentence: She let out a small sneat before speaking.
Etymology: the incompleteness of
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.
Snee
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: snEE
Sentence: Weird must be duplicate...lol
Etymology: the word sneeze unfinished
Ahdieu
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: ah-dyoo
Sentence: Lavender's blue, but it makes me ahdieu.
Etymology: Ahchoo + Adieu When your sneeze bids you farewell.
Sneepause
Created by: hobodad
Pronunciation: snee-pause
Sentence:
Etymology: sneeze + pause
Achoops
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: a-choops
Sentence: "Ah- ah- achoops," said Jeanine as her sneeze suddenly aborted.
Etymology: "achoo" sneeze + "oops" mistake.
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COMMENTS:
Okay, this one totally trumps mine. - LonePaladin, 2007-04-12: 23:53:00
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Sneesappointment
Created by: meatloafster
Pronunciation: snee sa point ment
Sentence: Man... I had a sneesapointment earlier today. It was a bummer, I almost had it.
Etymology: sneeze + dissapointment
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
Snee
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: s nee
Sentence: as Carol snee'd for the 7th time that day due to hay fever the irritation became too much and she poked herself in the eye to force a full sneeze out.
Etymology: snee, half a sneeze.
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COMMENTS:
snee hee! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-12: 04:48:00
Brilliant! - pinwheel, 2007-04-12: 04:54:00
Very creative! I can use this type of verbotomy to describe all kinds of projs started around the house. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 06:47:00
Cute! - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-12: 07:29:00
I am ashamed by how good this word is. - ErWenn, 2007-04-13: 00:02:00
Cute word. Vicious remedy. Nice work! - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 02:51:00
thanks all! I like half words. - erasmus, 2007-04-13: 05:40:00
Love it! - Rochelle, 2007-04-13: 12:57:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
thats a great definition.
ErWenn - 2007-04-13: 00:03:00
Agreed!
Thanks and cheers again to ziggy41 for the great idea! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by Ziggy41. Thank you Ziggy41. ~ James