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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
Cleardahouse
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Clear-duh-house
Sentence: I came in the restaurant and everybody left. Eventually i realized I cleardahouse
Etymology: Clear(ed)+da(the)+ House
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"
Vamooseffect
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: va moo see feckt
Sentence: it was astonishing how fast the vamoosefect took place when "smelly Simon" entered a crowded small room with the windows shut.
Etymology: from effect and vamoose
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
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
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)
Barsmell
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Dude, get a load of that barsmell, let's leave.
Etymology: Bar + Smell
Abracadabreath
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ab/ra/ca/da/breth
Sentence: Never brushing his teeth, using mouth wash, or mints cleared a room in minutes because of his foul odour. The few friends he had called it abracadabreath.
Etymology: abracadabra + breath
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COMMENTS:
Did you say he was using mouse wash as breath freshner? - wordmeister, 2007-02-26: 01:06:00
Or was it mince? - petaj, 2007-02-26: 04:19:00
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Comments:
Alchemist - 2007-02-26: 01:01:00
Strangely, this phenomenon has happened to me many times...
Verbotomy - 2007-02-26: 00:00:31
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James