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DEFINITION: v. To expectorate unexpectedly, especially in situations where it is not considered socially acceptable. n. A person who habitually spits, even when among polite company.
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Audaspity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: OR-DASS-pe-tee
Sentence: Boldrick had no shame. His audaspity frequently resulted in him being thrown out of parties, book groups, weddings and funerals by irate hosts still dripping with spittle.
Etymology: audacity (boldness) + spit (expel saliva and/or mucus)
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COMMENTS:
spot on! - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:13:00
Funny yet revolting imagry. Good one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Funny yet revolting imagry. Good one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Well that was a strange reduplicomment! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Jabber, should that be "spit on"?
Metro, you are really spitting out comments there. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:10:00
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Rasputum
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: rah SPYU tum
Sentence: I don't really enjoy eating with my brother-in-law or sitting anywhere with him for any length of time, because he chews tobacco and seems to think it's OK to spit anywhere, at any time. I'm always worried that he's going to accidentally/on purpose spit into my drinking cup at dinner. Worst of all, Rasputum, as I like to call him, somehow got my sister to pick up his nasty habits, too.
Etymology: sputum + Rasputin (a person who is felt to have an insidious and corrupting influence)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Nosila, 2010-09-24: 02:05:00
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Spifoon
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: spi FOON
Sentence: A lot of young women at my university don’t like anyone to know that they smoke. These women sit on the toilet and smoke their cigarettes so no one can see them. Part of the spifoon ritual in their cubicle spittoons is to spit on the floor while they smoke. It is really gross and disgusting.
Etymology: BUFFOON: a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person SPIT:
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word choice! Oh and about those washroom puffers, they're in denial; others will know they smoke even if they try to spit off the stench! - splendiction, 2009-03-12: 22:15:00
Terrific sentence and word. Agree with you and splendiction ... no matter how much they spit, kissing them would still be like cleaning out an ashtray! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 19:18:00
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Splatternitysuitor
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: splat/turn/i/tee/soot/or
Sentence: Everything was perfect about her boyfriend except that he was a splatternitysuitor.
Etymology: splatter + suitor + paternity suit
Gobbit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gawb-itt
Sentence: Sheila wished that Ray would keep his gobbits to himself, especially since the H1N1 outbreak.
Etymology: gob (as in saliva) + bit (as in pieces)
Spittune
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spit-TOON
Sentence: Whether or not it was intentional no one knew, but folks did know a conversation with Willard may well result in them being plastered with his dinner, his drinks or just his spittle and behind his back folks referred to his conversation as a spittune as the 'punctuations' of spittle resembled the beat of uptempo music.
Etymology: Blend of 'spit' (expectorate) and 'tune' (song or bit of music) Play on the word spittoon, a cuspidor
Horkule
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hork yewl
Sentence: Her blind date turned out to be a mystery date, especially after he covered her in his trachial fluids. He was none other than Horkule Poirot and her little grey cells wished she had never agreed to this outing.
Etymology: Hork (to release phlegm from nose or throat)& Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian Detective)
Spitiosyncrasy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spitēəsingkrəsē
Sentence: People have learned to give this guy on the bus plenty of personal space. It is well known that he suffers a particular spitiosyncracy. If anybody dares to engage the phlegmonster in conversation they are sure to do it from a distance.
Etymology: spit (saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person’s mouth) + idiosyncrasy (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2010-09-23: 14:26:00
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Spirettes
Created by: Menotyou
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He has a problem he always spits he has spirettes.
Etymology:
Horkiculture
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hor/ki/cul/ture
Sentence: Sam worked in a lab which always turned out inaccurate results due to his horkiculture.
Etymology: hork + horticulture + culture (as in lab specimen)
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COMMENTS:
your word reminds me of something green, and it's growing on me. ERK. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2009-03-12: 06:39:00
sometimes I worry about metrohumanx :)
mweinmann - 2009-03-12: 16:08:00
This definition really caused me to chuckle....you see, I actually met someone last week who actually did this!!
splendiction - 2009-03-12: 22:13:00
The words today are hilarious and disgusting at the same time - oh, another definition!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James