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DEFINITION: v. To turn up the volume on your ipod and zone out all exterior noise, chatter, distractions, and focus on what's really important - your own feelings! n. A person who is humming their own tune, and ignoring everything else.
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Idore
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: I-dore
Sentence: Only when I really pump it up, I can tune out all the ordinary people around me and truly iDore myself.
Etymology: iPod and to adore put together, with the "i" at the beginning also stressing the importance of the self.
Ituneout
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: "eye-toon-owt"
Sentence: On stressful Subway rides, Glenda would often ituneout.
Etymology: iTunes, tune out
Obmusicate
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: Verb: ob-mUs-i-kait Noun: ob-mUs-i-kuht
Sentence: Verb: Travellers on the London Underground frequently obmusicate. Noun: (Usually teenager) "Please turn off your music at the dinner table - you're such an obmusicate".
Etymology: From 'ob' (against).
Iternalize
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /I-'t&r-n&-"lIz/
Sentence: Iternalizing is a good way to avoid annoying small talk with the person sitting next to you on the bus.
Etymology: From i- (as in iPod, iTunes, and iMac) and internalize
Igone
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: Eye-Gawn
Sentence: Don't even try and talk to her, she's iGone.
Etymology: iPod + Gone
Ipodicate
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'm going to ipodicate, I may be sometime.
Etymology:
Ivoid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ahy-void
Sentence: Mary loves her music. Once she sticks her earbuds in she can ivoid anything unpleasant or bothersome.
Etymology: i (from iPod/iPad) + avoid (to keep away from; keep clear of; shun)
Exclufect
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Ex-clu-fect
Sentence: I was walking along and it was exclufect
Etymology: Exclu from the word Exclusion and fect from perfect..perfect exclusion
Audiosamigo
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: aw-dee-OHS-a-MEE-goh
Sentence: Jim sat behind his desk, closed the textbook, took out his MP3 player, smiled at the class, and -- audiosamigo!
Etymology: audio + adios + amigo
Narcisstatistic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nar sis stat tis tik
Sentence: No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn't know it!
Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)
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