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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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Confrontavert
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kon-FRUNT-eh-vert
Sentence: When faced with unwanted visits, remarks, invitations etc, Larimer has several confrontavert techniques he employs wherein he pretends not to notice though everyone else realizes he is faking
Etymology: Blend of 'confront' (to meet face-to-fac) and 'avert' (v. to ward off; prevent)
Ignoraphobic
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: ig/nor/a/fobic
Sentence: Due to all the papparazzi and bad press, Perez Hilton now and then becomes ignoraphobic, dodging all forms of communication no matter how juicy the tip, tidbit, rumor or photo. Believe it or not, sometimes even HE tires of the "spotlight."
Etymology: Ignore + Agoraphobic Ignoring, while staying in, due to becoming phobic.
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COMMENTS:
clever blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-17: 14:02:00
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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)
Absentshun
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ab-SENT-shun
Sentence: The absentshun living at number 15 had successfully kept his neighbours thinking that his house was vacant. No one had been able to attract his attention as he spent most of his time avoiding the windows and sneaking around on rubber-soled shoes.
Etymology: absent + shun + attention
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COMMENTS:
good one Petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-19: 13:45:00
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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)
Inexcessible
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ex ses a bill
Sentence: Charlie thought The Stones were great and wore his earphones playing their hits all the time. It meant he did not hear the cries of his staff to get away from the bucket falling from the open door. When he fainted in the doorway, it was rendered inexcessible to the average man.
Etymology: Inacessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all not capable of being obtained
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
Circumatose
Created by: TheFlawlessWord
Pronunciation: sir CUM a tose
Sentence: The persistent bill collector finally deemed Bob a circumatose.
Etymology: circumvent + comatose
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