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DEFINITION: n., Second-hand sound which has escaped from a headset. v., To play music on personal listening device so loudly that it leaks out of the earphones.
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Hearplay
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɹple(ɪ)/
Sentence: Hearplay is not admissible evidence when deciding whether or not a song sucks.
Etymology: From hearsay + play
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-04: 17:50:00
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Offenade
Created by: paolamoncadaa
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
:) - paolamoncadaa, 2018-01-24: 21:35:00
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Chantrusia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: shohn-TROO-shee-uh
Sentence: Compared to the chantrusia coming from her gran's ipod, the gratingly strepitious upstairs party was music to Roxie's ears.
Etymology: Blend of CHAN of chanson (song); CHANT; & TRUSI of intrusion and IA: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. Regal overtones... - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:26:00
very melodic - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:34:00
Probably a bit to nice to fit the definition; GRUNTRUSIA may have been more apt. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:34:00
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Audioh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: aw dee owe
Sentence: audioh is derived from the teenage phenomenon audiohmygod, but the music is older.
Etymology: audio, oh!
Audiocreep
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: aw - dee - ooo - kreep
Sentence: Tonya felt that she was suffering from audiocreep. Because her dad was losing his hearing, she could not escape his television, music or computer as he increasingly amplified everything around him.
Etymology: audio, creep (grow or spread)
Musicophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: myoōzikäfənē
Sentence: Tom’s company tried to make peace with its workers by asking that they use earbuds or headphones when listening to their chosen form of entertainment. What they didn’t expect was the musicacophony that spilled from the various listening devices with maxed-out volumes.
Etymology: music (a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
Earspitting
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: eer/spit/ting
Sentence: He was bombarded by earspitting music escaping from headphones.
Etymology: ear-splitting + spitting
Soundspill
Created by: Daneslarue
Pronunciation: Sownd- Spill
Sentence: The soundspill from her earbuds was obnoxious; I could hear her bad 80's pop music from 3 yards away.
Etymology: Sound - Music coming from MP3 Spill- Overflowing
Jamscram
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: 1.jam-skram 2.esk-i-POD-ik
Sentence: Jamscram wasn't part of gran's plan. So when her skiffle went skedaddle, and her euterpia became escipodic, gran knew that, for her, things had become too popacetic.----PS. Also, perhaps gran's chewing gum had lost it's flavour on the bed post overnight!
Etymology: Jam: tune,song, music (slang); jam: to block, scramble or distort radio waves scram to escape. Skiffle:frenetic music style; Skeddaddle:scamper, leave; Euterpia (muse of music) Escipodic:escape&ipod; Popacetic:pop vinegary: sour. (loosely on copacetic)
Audiobnoxious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Audie-ob-nox-yus
Sentence: Mildred was careless about annoying her neighbors to the point of being totally audiobnoxious.
Etymology: Audio + obnoxious
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James
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