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Drounds
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: drownds
Sentence: She thought the drounds came from a leak in the roof, but fortunately it was just carpenter ants.
Etymology: drowning sound
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COMMENTS:
Fortunate indeed! - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00
Sounds like she needs pest control - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00
What do you think? - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00
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Nozees
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: noyzs
Sentence: With all the nozees around her, she couldn't sleep
Etymology:
Hesnorking
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: He snor king
Sentence: The hesnorking and gurgling were enough for me to put him out of misery.I pushed him out of bed.
Etymology: He + snores +(like a )King = Hesnorking. If there are dripping sound in my house I can't hear it over the roar of the snore! can I get an AMEN, Ladies.
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COMMENTS:
I LOVE this game. It clears out the cobwebs in the morning. - queeny, 2006-11-01: 10:11:00
Funny! - wordmeister, 2006-11-01: 10:11:00
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Paranoise
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: par-a-NOIZ
Sentence: I kept checking the locks all night but it was just paranoise.
Etymology: paranoia + noise
Rattells
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: rat-tell
Sentence: Something big was rattelling in the attic. She fell asleep by imagining it was sheep, not rats...
Etymology: rat tails tell tales
Nocturnalaudity
Created by: peterm
Pronunciation: nocturnal oddity
Sentence: that nocturnalaudity is keeping me from my naughty dream.
Etymology: nocturnal (audible) oddity