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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.
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Snoozvoidance
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: snews-voy-dance
Sentence: Jerry usually begins his snoozvoidance ritual of getting drowsy right after dinner so he can get out of doing the dishes.
Etymology: snooze + avoidance
Glistant
Created by: mayblossom
Pronunciation: glist-ant
Sentence: "oh look, Marks gone all Glistant again!
Etymology: glare+distant.
Hermitate
Created by: bebaibo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why does Bob always have that blank stare at our meetings? I think he's hermitating, so the boss won't ask him any questions.
Etymology: From hermit (a person living in solitude as a religous discipline...OED)
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
Hiburbate
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: high-burr-bate
Sentence: With his phone left in the car, Steve was able to enjoy the day strewn about on the grass in the park hiburbating in peace.
Etymology: Hibernate + ***********
Avoidiepeer
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: the pronunciation of this word is the words ' avoid ' the letter e and 'peer'
Sentence: Tom is such an avoidepeer !
Etymology:
Incommuninogo
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: im-ca-mewn-i-no-go
Sentence: Caller ID was the best thing to ever happen to Jason, who was able to to incommuninogo with a mere glance at the phone to confirm to whom he did not feel like talking. In person, friends could tell by a quick look at Jason's face if he was ready to engage or incommuninogo
Etymology: Incommunicado--In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate; In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness--replaced with no go at the end to imply a willful removal from interaction.
Shutninja
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shətninjə
Sentence: Once Harry gets home from work he becomes a shutninja. Knocks on the door nor ringing of the phone will secure a response. If not for lights going on and off and seeing him leave and return from his job, his neighbors wouldn’t know that anybody lived in his house.
Etymology: shut-in (a person confined indoors, esp. as a result of physical or mental disability) + ninja (mercenaries of feudal Japan known for their ability to be invisible/hidden)
Availabhor
Created by: verbony
Pronunciation: avail-ab-whore
Sentence: "you've got mail" or the latest ringtones really brings out the availabhor in me
Etymology: available+abhor
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