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DEFINITION: To quietly, and peacefully, pray for a giant power-vacuum to drop out of the sky and suck up every buzzing leafblower in the neighborhood.
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Wishwush
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: wish-wooooooosh!
Sentence: I closed my eyes and wishwushed him away. There was a loud roar, a crash, and then silence. I opened my eyes. A cement truck had crashed and flattened that leafblower. Not exactly what I wished for, but at least now it was quiet...
Etymology: wish+whoosh
Shhupplicate
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: shup-lik-ayt
Sentence: To get rid of all those sunday-morning leafblowers, you need to do more than pray - you need to shhuplicate.
Etymology: shhh + supplicate (to beg) to beg for silence
Belinderminate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: All true Leaf fans bowed their heads and prayed for the neighbourhood to be belinderminated.
Etymology: Belinda + exterminate
Electrolitany
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: God answered my electrolitany to give my neighbourhood peace and quiet.
Etymology: electrolux (vacuum) + litany (series of prayers)
Blowdenfreude
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: BLOW-den-froy-duh
Sentence: His blowdenfreude was palpable and frightening, only surpassed in intensity by the noise of the blowers themselves.
Etymology: blow + schadenfreude
