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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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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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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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Spirettes
Created by: Menotyou
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He has a problem he always spits he has spirettes.
Etymology:
Spittune
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spit-TOON
Sentence: Whether or not it was intentional no one knew, but folks did know a conversation with Reginald 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 and tune, play on the word spittoon, a nickname for a cuspidor.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:15:00
Hahahaha!
STRIKE HIM ! VERY ROUGHLY! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:35:00
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Unexpectorate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: un + expek + tor + ate
Sentence: Johnathon was an intellegent, kind man. Mona considered being with him more often and enjoyed his quick wit and generousity. But, she just could not get past his unexpectorate behavior. When she least expected it, the spittle would fly out of his mouth and land all over her, their friends and family. Mona did not think she could overlook this behavior on a long-term basis.
Etymology: Unexpected and Expectorate >> Unexpected (not anticipated or expected) Expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
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COMMENTS:
super combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:16:00
THROW HIM TO THE FLOOR! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:33:00
good one,mweinman, apparently we have all met people that do this! - Nosila, 2009-03-12: 20:17:00
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Spitosaurus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spit-uh-sawr-uhs
Sentence: The staff of the retirement home were finally able to track down their resident spitosaurus. They followed the trail of brown-tinted phlegm globs to the room of a retired baseball pitcher, Johnny "Spitball" Johnson. Apparently a family member had given him a gift of chewing tobacco.
Etymology: spit (to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate) + saurus (lizard: used to form the scientific names of certain genera of reptiles/dinosaurs)
Spitalkquelate
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: spi-talk-q-late
Sentence: Tony is a non-stop babbling kind of guy that while he is so into saying a lot about nothing, the "spitalkquelate" flies all over Mary's new red dress she is fumming! Tony can't slow down his constant "Spitalkquelating" and soon Mary's chin starts to drip. She is becoming more angry the longer the "Spitalkquelation" of Tony's garlic infused "Spitalkquelate" is spewed on her face. She finally has had all she can stand! So she tells Tony,"Ya know Tony,you are an obnoxious spitalkquelating fool, I have had all I can stand of your nonstop spewing spit all over me!"
Etymology: Spit; to expectorate saliva out of your mouth. talk; to speak. quelate;letting spit fly out of your mouth! Spitalkquelates ; the act of continuing the spitting. Spitalkquelation ; being spat upon repetitively.
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COMMENTS:
Spitalkquelate has a nice "bounce" to it! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:43:00
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Shootemsputum
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: shoot - um - spu - tum
Sentence: Clint and Dirk were both heavy spitters.... They could generate bucket sized quantities on a good day. Their sputum was copious and frequent but what irritated their friends was the shootemsputum that landed in places where no one would expect or intend.... Every day for them was a spewtemup at the OK Coral.
Etymology: Shoot, ShootEm and Sputum
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:14:00
Mind- numbing grossology! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:37:00
Now, loogie here pilgrim, we don't want no trouble here on the ranch. There's no place for lungfighters at the OK corral. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:24:00
Very funny. Yuch, yuch, yuch! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-14: 02:45:00
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Inhospittable
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: in hoss pit abel
Sentence: anyone that inhospittable was always going to end up in hospittle
Etymology: inhospitable spit
Spewtifulpeople
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: spu ti ful peep ell
Sentence: He was a bon vivant, a man of the world, but he was also one of the spewtifulpeople. He was the spitting image of a successful person, except for his one bad habit. We could expectorate no less from him...he was a cuspidor, not a toreador.
Etymology: Spew (spit) & Beutiful People (Wealthy, prominent people, especially those in international society)
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