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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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Throngregation
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It looked like a happening place but the throngregation took place just as we were seated.
Etymology: throng - crowd congregation - assemble migration - move
Stinkmata
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stink ma ta
Sentence: the aura of her stinkmata coccooned her like a forcefield, keeping her safe from human contact.
Etymology: stink, stigmata
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COMMENTS:
I like this galwaywegian - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-26: 15:57:00
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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."
Closedman
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: cloos-men
Sentence: When it's a pleasant affair and the bar has to close they always call the closedman, it takes a serveral minutes and the bar is complete empty
Etymology: closed and men
Pubandon
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: puh-ban-duhn
Sentence: After filling my soda, I turned to find the room pubandoned.
Etymology: combination of "pub" and "abandon"
Crowdispersing
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: craw-dis-pers-ing
Sentence: People shunned Andrew, but it wasn't until he got a job in the police as a crowdisperser that he was happy about it.
Etymology: crowd + dispersing
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
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)
Egressivate
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: e-gres-si-vate
Sentence: Moe often caused the other patrons of the bar to egressivate not long after his arrival.
Etymology: egress - the act of exiting
Restaurout
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: rest + arr + out
Sentence: We pulled a restaurout the other day, which is what we get for showing up for dinner at 10:45 PM.
Etymology: restaurant + out
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