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DEFINITION: n. Strange sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night. v. To lie in bed unable to sleep because you keep hearing weird sounds.
Verboticisms
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Creepualize
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: creep/oo/uh/eyes
Sentence: Lying awake in the middle of the night, sometimes my mind wanders and I creepualize myself into hysterics with any unusual sounds.
Etymology: creep oneself out + visualize
Nighterroar
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: night/terror
Sentence: Nighterroar occurs when ordinary household noises take on an eerie roar during the night.
Etymology: night terror + roar
Audionocturn
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: aw-dee-oh-nok-tern
Sentence: Jen stared at the spot on the wall directly above her head where the spider was half an hour ago. She became rigid each time she heard the creaking of the house as it contracted in the cool night air. The shades gently moved back and forth in the draft of the window sills. She was paralized by the audionocturnic noise that the old house emitted as the night wore on.
Etymology: audio, sound + nocturnal, of the night
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COMMENTS:
Have had nights like those... - Nosila, 2008-05-12: 19:24:00
Interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:23:00
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Settlementalbreakdown
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: settle/mental/brake/down
Sentence: The persistent creaking as the house settled farther into the ground resulted in Mac suffering a settlementalbreakdown.
Etymology: settle + mental breakdown
Insomniyack
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-som-nee-yak
Sentence: Tonight Joyce is an insomniac. Her boyfriend is having his weekly poker game with his buds. While they insomniyack in the other room she lays in bed, staring at the ceiling trying to not listen.
Etymology: insomniac (a person with an inability to sleep soundly) + yack (to talk, to chatter)
Threeoclick
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: Thrēōklik
Sentence: When he inherited his uncle's house Tom didn't know he had also inherited a threeoclick. At precisely 3 o'clock every night, the house would emit a distinct clicking sound. It only lasts a few seconds but is quite enough to wake him. Despite his best his best efforts he cannot find its source. The next click you hear may be Tom's mind snapping.
Etymology: 3 o'clock (an un-goddly hour) + click (a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming quickly into contact)
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-24: 15:04:00
very clever - splendiction, 2009-06-24: 19:20:00
clever word....made me laugh...describes it exactly - mweinmann, 2009-06-24: 22:49:00
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Slumberrupt
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: Slum-ber-rup-t
Sentence: The annoying drip drip drip of that loose tap had left Kelly slumberrupted for days. Was it really that difficult to find a decent plumber in this town?!
Etymology: Slumber - sleep; interrupt - to stop/delay
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:09:00
Yep, good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:24:00
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Cacoffiny
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ka kofff in eeeeee
Sentence: The cacoffiny continued with the creaking hinge noise followed by the floorboard creaking noise and the strangest musty smell........
Etymology: cacophony coffin
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COMMENTS:
ok...I'm now sppoked! - Nosila, 2010-07-14: 00:00:00
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Creakese
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: creek - eez
Sentence: The house was speaking its creepy creakease with all its settling and contracting in the night. Wide-eyed and drowsily alert maggie lie in bed imagining ghosts and gobblins milling about.
Etymology: creak, sound of a rusty gate or noisy floorboards + ese, of a language

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