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DEFINITION: To enter a crowded public place such as a bar or restaurant, only to find it deserted within minutes of your entrance.
Verboticisms
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Expodorous
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ex.poh.d.rous
Sentence: In his earlier years he had sometimes wondered about that expodorous effect he had on other people. He had completely changed his diet a couple of times, had driven home at lunch time to take a shower and put on a fresh shirt. It hadn't made the least bit of a difference. He pored over the injustice of fate while he chomped on yet another clove of fresh garlic.
Etymology: expel+odorous
Diasporate
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Die-ass-spore-rate
Sentence: "That's odd," said Fred, whose hazmattire was a bold fashun statement. "The place looks diasporated - it was full a minute ago!"
Etymology: Diaspora + evaporate. Diaspora: refers to the spread of the Jewish peoples all over the world before the creation of the state of Israel.
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COMMENTS:
good word~ - Alchemist, 2007-02-27: 02:57:00
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Evacudate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: e-vac-u-date
Sentence: Whenever Anna wanted the dance-floor to herself, she'd call up Borat for an evacudate. He'd clear the floor in just seconds by making a rankentrance.
Etymology: evacuate (clear the building) + date (commonly occurring in bars and restaurants)
Decrowderize
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: dee-kraud-er-ize
Sentence: The funk on him was so strong he could decrowderize a room in a nanosecond.
Etymology: de(undo) + crowd + erize(make into)
Dispersify
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: dis-PERS-uh-fie
Sentence: I don't know if it was the leather, the chains, or the haunch of elk he was dragging behind him, but no one could dispersify a busy tavern like Bad Bob. We always got a seat!
Etymology: from the Nez Perce "das parses" meaning "bad mojo"
Gastroevacuation
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: gas-trO-evac-q-A-tion
Sentence: David's lunch consisted of chili, hard boiled eggs, and a tall glass of chocolate milk. Thinking he could secretly release his gas to relieve his stomach cramps, David noticed his guests exiting the party, due to gastoevacuation.
Etymology: gas/gastro/evacuation
Publicenema
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: pub/lik/eh/neh/mah
Sentence: He had a case of publicenema when he went to the local bar last night. Everyone left within minutes of his entrance.
Etymology: public + enema
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COMMENTS:
Kind of like public enemy - toralora, 2007-03-04: 21:12:00
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Presperse
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiˌspɚs/
Sentence: Sam would always presperse the office lounge, except when he'd postsperse the room, often a result of his odor arriving a good minute before he did.
Etymology: From pre- + disperse
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Sam was always well-prepared! - wordmeister, 2007-02-26: 01:42:00
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Fundusflee
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: fundus/flee
Sentence: A vixen of vagrant volatiles, she could best be described as a fetching if not frequent flutterblaster with a keen aptitude for fundusflee at cocktail parties.
Etymology: fundus (breaking wind) + flee
Emptenter
Created by: Harlequin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I told you you looked creepy! Did you see how you emptentered this place?
Etymology: Combination of verbs "empty" and "enter."
Comments:
Alchemist - 2007-02-26: 01:01:00
Strangely, this phenomenon has happened to me many times...
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James