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DEFINITION: n. A person who, despite professional lessons and incessant practice, cannot dance without looking like a ruptured goose. v. To dance in an awkward or clumsy manner.
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Coordinainted
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: co-ORD-in-aynt-ed
Sentence: Finsterwald was totally coordinainted, so much so that he gave new meaning to 'two left feet'...in fact at times he appeared to have THREE left feet and much to his consternation, he was absolutely unable to perform the footwork to any of the popular dances of the day.
Etymology: Blend of 'coordinated' (adept - skillful) and 'ain't' (alternative to 'isn't')
Gawkytrot
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gaw/kee/trot
Sentence: Jenny hates going to weddings with Joe because he always wants to dance, but he can only gawkytrot his way around the dance floor.
Etymology: GAWKYTROT - from GAWKY (awkward; ungainly; clumsy) + FOXTROT (a dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:23:00
Looks good to me - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:39:00
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Hokahpokah
Created by: mikeysfbay
Pronunciation: hoe-ka-poe-ka
Sentence: Look at that hokahpokah makin' a fool of hisself!
Etymology: First used in New Orleans French Quarter during the early 1950's
Poultrysamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pol tree sam ba
Sentence: At Gerda and Josef Gobble's wedding, Vi was a bridesmaid and was forced to dance with the best man, the obnoxious Tom, who was drunk on Grey Goose Vodka. She was mortified when he dragged her up to do the Chicken Dance and everyone in the room stopped what they were doing to take a gander at his poultrysamba style of twerpsichore. He had no trouble getting "down" but he kept honking for Vi to get him back up. That's when he start calling her his little Viagra. When the seemingly endless dance mercifully was over, Tom goosed Vi and she in turn clipped his "wings". Of course, this was caught on video and is now all over the Web!
Etymology: Poultry (Fowl) & Samba (Brazilian dance) & WordPlay on paltrey sum (a small amount)
Waddlewaltz
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation: \'wä-dəl-ˈwȯl(t)s
Sentence: Elaine is such a waddlewaltz that the band launched into "the chicken dance" when she got to the wedding reception.
Etymology: WADDLE (to move forward while swaying from side to side; to move like a fowl) + WALTZ (a ballroom dance in 3⁄4 time with strong accent on the first beat and a basic pattern of step-step-close). Unsteady, flailing performers of highly choreographed, dance routines at the Indiana State Fair were privately termed waddlewaltzes by the unforgiving judges. The word circulated in the world of dance, making an appearance on the national stage when a guest judge used the term to describe a contestant on the reality TV program "So you think you can dance".
Jigornaught
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jig or not
Sentence: Mo thought he was one suave dancer. He thought he could dance to any kind of music. Sadly none of his partners did. He was thought of as a jigornaught. Someone who goes through dance partners like arsewipe. Besides his poor floormanship, he also was decidedly a migratory flocking fool.He put the rum in rhumba, the tan in tango, the pass in paso doble, the the swine in swing and the diss in disco! He was the belly in belly dancing, the square in square dancing and the con in the conga! Because he honked so much at dancing properly, his showmanship was fowl and when people took a gander at his awkward moves, they called him Mohatno Gander,Lord of the Glance!
Etymology: jig (dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions)& or (else)& juggernaut (a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way & naught (complete failure )
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COMMENTS:
Very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:48:00
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Honkstrot
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: honks trot
Sentence: When Xander Gander entered the local dance contest, Dancing With The Scars, he lived up to his reputation as the worst dancer in town. Jangled tangos, sad sambas, cheesy cha cha chas, jittery jitterbugs, wacko waltzes and dismal discos were all part of his dance card. What should have been a fabulous foxtrot turned into a horrible honkstrot. The judges cried fowl. Xander had to fly south to escape the dishonor he had brought on the dance academy, Poultry in Motion.
Etymology: Honks (sound a goose makes) & Trot (a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences)
Boogiewookiee
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boŏgē woŏkē
Sentence: Tremor's girlfriend is sorry she ever suggested that he take dance lessons. His new style can be best described as boogiewookiee. He now loves to get his hairy, oversized body out on the dance floor and gyrate like a bowl of Jello during an earthquake. The last time they went to a dance club, somebody called 911 thinking that his spastic twitchings were caused by an epileptic seisure.
Etymology: boogie-woogie (a dance to fast pop or rock music) + Wookiee (a hairy alien species in Star Wars)
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COMMENTS:
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-10: 14:01:00
Out of this world! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:44:00
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Coordinainted
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: co - ORD - in - aint - ed
Sentence: Dilwood was totally coordinainted, so much so that he gave new meaning to 'two left feet'...in fact at times he appeared to have THREE left feet and much to his consternation, he was absolutely unable to perform the footwork to any of the popular dances of the day.
Etymology: Blend of coordinated and ain't
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COMMENTS:
excellaint! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-29: 08:31:00
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Choreseptic
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: kor uh sep tik
Sentence: She wanted to dance, but Emily didn't know she'd been asked by a choreseptic.
Etymology: From the Greek khoros=dance, and the Greek septos=putrefying or rotten.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-05-29: 18:13:00
Michael's dancing sounds just like mine. Great word!
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Whatup with the \\\\\\that appears whenever I type a quote or apostrophe?
Guest artist? New style? Reminds me a bit of Shel Silverstein.