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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.
Verboticisms
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Hokeyjokey
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hōkējōkē
Sentence: Harry is a born dancer. This is not to say he is any good at it, just that he has enthusiasm for it. His favorite form is the hokeyjokey. ”You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out. You put your right foot in while twitching all about”. More than once some well-meaning club goer has shoved a spoon in his mouth thinking he was experiencing a seizure.
Etymology: A play on hokey-pokey (a circle dance with a synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn) + joke (a person or thing that is ridiculously inadequate)
Bleakdance
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: bleek-dance
Sentence: Steven auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance with his best Bleakdance. "They don't know what they're talking about rejecting me. Those poppers and lockers have nothing on my moves," he said to the person in 23D on his flight back to Indianna.
Etymology: Bleak, without hope or a future + Break dance, style of dancing.
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COMMENTS:
A bleakdance turned into a beakdance for this silly goose...good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-10: 17:50:00
I agree! - splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:46:00
P.S. Love your name! You\'re the tops! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:46:00
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Beakdancing
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: beek-dans-ing
Sentence: Colin thought he was the epitome of 'urban' dancefloor choreography and irresistable to the ladies. In reality he was beakdancing, flapping and webbing all over the place like a hyperactive cockerel. He might find he was a hit with the birds after all; the feathered variety!
Etymology: beak - the bill of a bird; breakdancing - acrobatic street dancing, orgins related to hip hop music
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:41:00
Get Down! - Nosila, 2008-05-29: 22:51:00
Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:46:00
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Messodoble
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mess-oh-doh-blay
Sentence: Despite three and a half years ballroom dance lessons, Toby still resembled an emu with two left feet. His long suffering dance instructor had come to the conclusion that he was just a messodoble and there really was no hope.
Etymology: Mess, a state of confusion or difficuly + Pasodoble, a fast-paced ballroom dance based on a Latin American marching style. Origin, Spanish 'double step'. = Messodoble.
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-29: 11:52:00
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Twoleftfeetwoodmac
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: too/left/feet/wood/mac
Sentence: Twoleftfeetwoodmac was a terror on the dance floor.
Etymology: two left feet + wood + fleetwood mac
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: 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:
Fav one, but you used it as a verb in the example... of course, it could be both a noun and a verb. - marumaru, 2009-07-10: 21:12:00
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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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Rudeoafnerdyev
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: roo/dofe/nurdy/ev
Sentence: Anna Pavlova's boyfriend thought he was the most graceful dancer on the floor but his bone crunching side kicks earned him the nickname rudeoafnerdyev.
Etymology: rude (clumsy) + oaf (awkward lout)+ nerdy + Rudolf Nureyev
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COMMENTS:
It is tutu much for us! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:40:00
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Rudeoafnerdyev
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: roo/dofe/nurdy/ev
Sentence: Anna Pavlova's boyfriend thought he most graceful dancer on the floor but his bone crunching side kicks earned him the nickname rudeoafnerdyev.
Etymology: rude (clumsy) + oaf (awkward lout)+ nerdy + Rudolf Nureyev
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.