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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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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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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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Motherducker
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: mu ther DUK er
Sentence: Conn manages to be "sick" every year during inventory week. This is the fourth year that he's stayed home while the rest of us have to climb ladders with pen and paper and count every stinking widget on those dusty shelves. He doesn't even try to be creative any more - he's like, "Still have the flu... yeah, that's the ticket...." I can't believe the boss STILL hasn't caught on to that lazy motherducker.
Etymology: duck (to dodge, evade) + mother*ucker
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2010-02-16: 03:32:00
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Miraginist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: meer/ah/jin/ist
Sentence: He was such a skilled miraginist that no one ever knew if he was there or not
Etymology: mirage
Circumatose
Created by: TheFlawlessWord
Pronunciation: sir CUM a tose
Sentence: The persistent bill collector finally deemed Bob a circumatose.
Etymology: circumvent + comatose
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)
Fakecant
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fake-cant
Sentence: You could tell by the fakecant look on Bob's face that he was either trying to avoid contact with the rest of us or he was called back to his home planet. Either way, he wasn't missed.
Etymology: fake: having a false or deceiving appearance + vacant: not occupied, empty
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
Catatalkic
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: cat-a-talk-ick
Sentence: Nancy's constant catatalkic state had the entire office avoiding her. This ploy worked well for Nancy because it meant that she could actually get some work done for a change.
Etymology: catatonic + talk
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