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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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Recladude
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: the recladude hid in the mens room till the meeting was over
Etymology: reclusive dude
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
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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Homelistless
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He had that homelistless look so I just walked away.
Etymology:
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
Faklusion
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: fey-kloo-zhun
Sentence: George saw the Jehovah's Witnesses coming up to the door, so he went into a state of faklusion.
Etymology: fake + seclusion
Flakavoid
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: God! He's such a flakevoid when it comes to introductions!
Etymology:
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
Technotian
Created by: Domhain
Pronunciation: Tech-no-shun
Sentence: You must learn the way of the technotian if you are to advance in to a managerial role within this IT department.
Etymology: Reality.
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