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DEFINITION: v., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.
Verboticisms
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Hollowgraham
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hawl/oh/gram
Sentence: Graham was a very shy person who could turn into a hollowgraham when confronted with his insecurities.
Etymology: hologram (three dimensional photographic image - sometimes visible, sometimes not) + graham + hollow
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COMMENTS:
heh! - galwaywegian, 2008-09-17: 07:31:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-09-18: 10:15:00
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Fauconscious
Created by: steviesteveo
Pronunciation: Faux-conscious
Sentence: As the meeting got underway Bob settled into a comfortably fauconscious state of mind.
Etymology: From French "faux" - false and Latin "conscius" - aware
Sociallusion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: so-shul-loo-zhun
Sentence: He was supposed to be filling in for his boss while he was away, but his fear of handling urgent phone calls turned him into a sociallusion, so he locked himself in the mens room for the day.
Etymology: social, illusion
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COMMENTS:
it sounds like a deivative of socialism - perhaps there are many Swedish sociallusions - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-19: 13:48:00
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Catatoniact
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /katətɒnɪəkt/
Sentence: Bob was catatoniacting the whole thing really hard. He was really trying to make his cataroniact believable...
Etymology: CATATONIACT. vb. n. From Catatonic stupor (severe psychiatric and medical condition characterized by a general absence of motor activity) + Act (A manifestation of intentional or unintentional insincerity; a pose)
Recladude
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: the recladude hid in the mens room till the meeting was over
Etymology: reclusive dude
Aloofitis
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: ah-lew-phy-tiss
Sentence: Grade 8 student James Hooligan frequently displayed a severe facial state of aloofitis to abstain from being picked by the teacher in class to come up and solve the math problem. His aloofitis tactics however never seemed to work in preventing him from being picked upon by the alert teacher.
Etymology: aloof + itis
Absillusive
Created by: deepbluenpurple
Pronunciation: Ab + zee +lusive
Sentence: His absillusive demeanour in the face of his wife's tirades seemed to enrage her further.
Etymology: absence + illusion
Zombiehaviour
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: zom-bee-heyv-yer
Sentence: Everyone knew when Matt didn't finish his portion of the project because at team meetings he'd switch into zombiehaviour mode.
Etymology: zombie (as in stunned) + behaviour
Eschewencounter
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ess-SHOO-en-count-er
Sentence: Morton had developed a broad array of eschewencounter techniques and had even been known to go to the extreme of feigning deafness to avoid having to engage an unexpected visitor.
Etymology: Blend of 'eschew' (to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid) and 'encounter' (a meeting with a person or thing)
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COMMENTS:
Great combo, Mussy! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-17: 11:28:00
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Disignor
Created by: austix
Pronunciation: dis-ig-nor
Sentence: Bob tends to disignor any calls from numbers he does not recognize
Etymology: Use of dis as in slang--disresect. Ignor a variation on ignore
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Osmosis - 2007-10-21: 23:15:00
Perhaps "denysolation" would be better for this definition and sentence.
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James