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DEFINITION: v. To arrange with a friend to phone you with a "crisis" during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; n. A fake "emergency" phone call that is used to end a blind date.
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Ringormorsos
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ring/or/mors/us
Sentence: Since Julie wasn't sure if she could let her phone ring or simply vibrate during the date she pleaded with her friend to ringormorsos her so she could make her escape if necessary.
Etymology: ring + morse (as in morse code) + SOS + take on rigor mortis
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COMMENTS:
Good etymology - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-28: 21:38:00
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Celltingency
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/tin/gen/see
Sentence: Jenny always arranged with Marsha a celltingcy escape on all her first dates with the latest. Marsha was to call precisely thirty minutes after the arranged meeting time to give Jenny an emergency involving my best friend, in case the guy was another loser, or mental case.
Etymology: cell + contingency (conditional on something uncertain)
Fleebyte
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flea bite
Sentence: Elena quickly discovered she was allergic to her blind date. She started scratching her arms and neck as she waited impatiently for the fleebyte text on her mobile phone. Failing miserably at small talk under the itchy circumstances, she inwardly cursed that her best friend was so slow at composing a fake emergency message even though she could plainly see from the other side of the restaurant that Elena was a damsel in serious distress.
Etymology: flee (escapte) + byte (combination of bits used for digital characters)
Amourgency
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a moor jen see
Sentence: When Penelope arranged to meet her blind date, Pierre, at Le Cafe Bistro, she was very glad that she had arranged an amourgency call with her best friend Brigitte. Brigitte was to call ten minutes into their meeting and Penelope could use the opportunity to abort the mission if her date disappointed. The foul aroma which permeated Pierre and his clothing made that ten minutes seem like an eternity. Luckily she was saved by the bell and escaped from Pepe LePew just in time...eyes watering, breath held, gorge rising...need to throw away clothes and scrub down quickly...eewwww!
Etymology: Amour (French word for "love"... an intense feeling of affection;a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
Aracknaphonya
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ah-rak-na-PHONE-ya
Sentence: Pheobe's first impression of her blind date, Winston, was that he looked like a giant insect and was actually frightening and as a result she hovered near the phone awaiting a prearranged 'just in case' phone call that would offer her an 'escape clause'.
Etymology: Blend of 'arachnophobia' (fear of arachnids), 'acck' (expression of disgust' and 'phone' (cell phone)
Liephone
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: līfōn
Sentence: Jill and Heather have a standing agreement. If either is out on a blind date the other is to liephone to report an emergency as an out from a bad evening. It’s amazing how many times Jill’s grandmother has been rushed to the hospital this year.
Etymology: lie (an intentionally false statement) + phone (short for telephone)
Fallbackcallback
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fôlbakkôlbak
Sentence: When Cindy's blind date turned out to be a screaming bore, she resorted to a fallbackcallback, secretly texting her roommate, Gloria who called her to report an "emergency". Gloria may need some practice at this. The best crisis she could muster was a lost sock.
Etymology: fallback (an alternative plan that may be used in an emergency) + callback (a telephone call made to return a call received)
Outcallibi
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: owt-call-ih-bye
Sentence: Janice kept looking at her phone. Her best friend was "giving birth" and she had to be on call to help her she told her date she just met for the first time in person. The pre-arranged outcall couldn't come any sooner she thought as he kept inching closer to her in the booth of the diner.
Etymology: out, as in giving someone a way out of a situation + call, a request or command to come + alibi, being somewhere else at a particular time
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James