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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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Icophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eye-kof-uh-nee
Sentence: The jack hammer complained to his boss that he couldn't hear the sound of his tool due to the icophony coming from his coworker's MP3 player.
Etymology: iPod (music player) + cacophony (harsh discordance of sound; dissonance)
Handmesound
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: HAND-mee-sound
Sentence: Alex's understanding of what he called "popular music" came entirely from handmesound hip-hop he picked up on the bus.
Etymology: hand-me-down + sound
Nanodribble
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: nan-uh-drihb-uhl
Sentence: Ken's Johnny Cash nanodribble was so loud that the hiphopsters were groving to it twenty feet away.
Etymology: (ipod)nano + dribble
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
Audiobnoxious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: awd-ee-ob-NOCKS-yus
Sentence: Great Aunt Sadie knew her headphones were spewing unwanted sounds throughout the room and were interfering with other folks serenity but she maintained her audiobnoxious ways in spite of the intrusion.
Etymology: Blend of 'audio' (is an electrical or other representation of sound) and 'obnoxious' (odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive)
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!
Offenade
Created by: paolamoncadaa
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COMMENTS:
:) - paolamoncadaa, 2018-01-24: 21:35:00
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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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Grandaudio
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: grand-ah-dee-oh
Sentence: Here she goes again...getting grandaudio with her iPod! "Hey, Grandma you're walking into the path of a bus!"
Etymology: Grand- Taken in part from 'Grand'mother and also as in impressive in size, appearance, or general effect. Such as a grand/big sound. Audio- Of, pertaining to, or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound.
Bangnamstyle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bang nam style
Sentence: Adele was floored when her Grandma played her music so loudly on her headphones. Grandma also sang out loud and off key to whatever she gyrated to. Her current favourite was so loud, Adele called it her bangnam-style, as it would have broken most ear drums at that volume. Eh Sexy Deaf Lady!
Etymology: Bang (loud noise) & Gangnam-style (pop hit by Korean PSI’s song “Gangnam Style,” which mocks the consumerism of a rich Seoul suburb and features a horse-riding-style dance)
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COMMENTS:
clever ! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-07: 10:55:00
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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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