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DEFINITION: n. The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus. v. To clear one's throat
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Grumplitude
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: grump-leh-tude
Sentence: The grumplitude of the audience had steadily risen during the second act of the bad play.
Etymology: grump (i.e. grumble) + litude (i.e. applitude)
Disgrurmurs
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boss's speech set off the disgrurmurs.
Etymology: Disgru: Disgruntled, Urmurs: murmurs, Disgruntled murmurs.
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COMMENTS:
Cute one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 10:48:00
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Yawnfarts
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yawn-farts
Sentence: Yawnfarts were flying all over the theatre
Etymology: yawn + farts + lawn darts
Murviling
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mer-VYL -ing
Sentence: What began as barely audible hissing and grumbling grew to outright murvilign as the audience grew more and more displeased with the cheesy and unprofessional performance of the cast of the play.
Etymology: Blend of 'murmur' (a mumbled expression of discontent. ) and 'revile' (to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively)
Boredsicles
Created by: officespace162
Pronunciation:
Sentence: when paying $50 for bad tickets, you may suffer from the boredsicles
Etymology: bored because of the dissatisfaction, and sicles as in disease
Infexicanwave
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-fex-ee-can-wayv
Sentence: sadly for him, when it finally got to his ONE line in the play, the audience was in throes of an infexicanwave
Etymology: infectious, mexican wave
Exponoxious
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ex.poh.noksh.us
Sentence: It was an unintentional wheeze at first, and a tiny little cough, followed by couple of sneezes and a suppressed burp. Then the cougher lost control, went into a fit and was joined by a second and a third. A groan could be heard amid the harrumph and a barely suppressed belch in close harmony with an embarassingly long, sonorous fart broke the surface of the growing murmur and unrest. From there on the noise grew exponoxiously until, finally .... the star pianist came out of his preparatory meditation, sat up straight and started playing.
Etymology: exponentially obnoxious
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COMMENTS:
Sorry people, that sentence ran away with me!! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-21: 12:23:00
I LOVE the sentence!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 19:23:00
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Heckspectorate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hek spek tor ayt
Sentence: By the 12th act of the one man autobiographical play, the audience was starting to heckspectorate a lot. The haughty performer was convinced that a nasty virus was circulating throughout the theatre...he just did not realize that it was he who was making them all sick.
Etymology: Heckle (to try and embarrass someone speaking or performing by making noises, or wisecracks) & Expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
Hohumdrum
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ho/hum/drum
Sentence: Hohumdrum often sweeps over bored audiences causing sighs and halitosis
Etymology: ho hum + humdrum
Coughmment
Created by: pedrofpardo
Pronunciation: /kɒfment/
Sentence: She's been all day doing coughmments about my hair cut.
Etymology: Cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound) + Comment (Remark expressing an opinion or reaction)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian. Thank you galwaywegian. ~ James