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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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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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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
Socialosticlimation
Created by: igho1207
Pronunciation: so-shee-al-ost-icla-may-shun.
Sentence: Unfortunately, socialosticlimation happens to him a lot.
Etymology:
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"
Clusterduck
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kluh-stur-duk
Sentence: Minutes after her arrival in the crowded bar, Stacey found herself in a clusterduck. During her state of wonderwent, she pondered the wisdom of her limburger cheese diet.
Etymology: cluster, duck (and rhymes with the opposite meaning)
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COMMENTS:
I like these word-definitions that has a completely different approach by sounding right without neccesserily combining two normal words ;) - allwise, 2007-02-26: 07:20:00
Me too! Very creative purple-a - wordmeister, 2007-02-26: 09:00:00
Thanks! (aw, geez. they've left the room now.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-26: 20:15:00
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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."
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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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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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
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