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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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Overpodulation
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oh-vur-pod-u-la-shun
Sentence: I liked the tune, but it just didn't sound crisp when heard via overpodulation.
Etymology: overpopulation, I-pod
Acoustencroach
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh - COOST - en - croach
Sentence: Felicia just got her ipod and knew little about it's use and she would constantly acoustencroach on anyone and everyone within 20 feet of her by having the volume turned up so high.
Etymology: Blend of 'acoustical' (Of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound) and 'encroach' (to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another)
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COMMENTS:
Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:29:00
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:34:00
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Podlution
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pod/loo/shuhn
Sentence: The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating.
Etymology: iPod + pollution
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COMMENTS:
good one!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-04: 11:20:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-04: 17:49:00
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Tracksposure
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: tr-exposure
Sentence: this morning in the bus to work, before coffee, I was tracksposed to frans bauer. I still have a bad mood
Etymology: track(s) exposure
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!
Rocophony
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: (räk ˈkäfənē) rok 'kafinee
Sentence: There is nothing more irritating to me on an early morning commute to work, than hearing the rocaphany of music from a fellow straphanger's headphones over my own!
Etymology: "rock" from loud rock music + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds: a cacophony of deafening alarm bells
Sonicooze
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: son-ik-ooz
Sentence: His grandma subjected him to deeply annoying sonicooze of Englebert Humperdinck while he crammed for his math exam.
Etymology: sonic + ooze
Earjaculate
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: eer-JAK-u-layt
Sentence: Nancy sat on the subway wearing her ipod but not listening to it. She felt odd doing it that way, but throughout the train she could hear the earjaculate headmedowns of the other passengers. The way the podjamas merged into its own kind of earjam was more soothing to her than her own musical selections could have ever been. earjam: something you fill your ears with. podjamas: the barely audible sound of another person's ipod. headmedowns: second-hand music.
Etymology: ear + ejaculate (shooting out of)
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COMMENTS:
great words - porsche, 2007-10-04: 13:35:00
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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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