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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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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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Nocturnemanations
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nock - tern - em - uh - NAY - shuns
Sentence: The nocturnemanations that continuously emitted from the walls, the outdoors, the attic and unseen places kept Gladys on edge thru the night and made sleep impossible.
Etymology: Blend of nocturnal and emanations.
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COMMENTS:
a bit of a tongue twister but nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-12: 13:55:00
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Heffabump
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: heff-a-bump
Sentence: I could hear the heffabumps made by the heffalumps, shuffling in my closet.
Etymology: heffalump, a mystical creature. Bump, a sound usually made in the night.
Earitation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: i(ə)ritāshən
Sentence: Nobody can explain why George\'s old house makes such strange noises. Sometimes it sounds like a cat caught in a trap, sometimes like somebody whispering. Whatever it is the earitation is enough to keep him awake all too many nights.
Etymology: ear (an organ sensitive to sound) + irritation (the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry)
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COMMENTS:
eary word! - Nosila, 2010-07-14: 00:02:00
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Qoise
Created by: Kallystie
Pronunciation: kwoy-ze
Sentence: I was laying in bed, unable to fall asleep, when all of a sudden I heard a noise. The noise was odd...something I had never heard before. I nudged my boyfriend and asked, "Did you hear that qoise?" He mumbled something unintellilgable, rolled over, and fell back asleep. I was left to ponder what that qoise was.
Etymology: Qoise is that combination of the word questionable and noise.
Cacoffiny
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kak off inn eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Sentence: That creaking cacoffiny coming from the attic, allied to the movement of the curtains on the hermetically sealed window led the countess to feel the need to account for the death of her husband. Unaccountably her countenance grew troubled.
Etymology: cacophony, coffin.
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COMMENTS:
Eerily good! - Tigger, 2008-05-13: 01:24:00
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Knockturnalnozees
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nok/tur/nal/no/zees
Sentence: Once again I stumbled out of bed, blurry eyed and sleepless after all the racket from the knockturnalnozees.
Etymology: nocturnal + noise + knock + no zzzs
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. Great verboticism - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:08:00
Covers the whole gamut. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:20:00
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Insomnoises
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in som noy zes
Sentence: Morphea Wakemore had moved into her first new house recently. She loved the location, the layout and features of the new place. It was an older home, with a colorful past, but it gave her the character she wanted. Everything was perfect except for the insomnoises. She might drop off at her regular bedtime, but every night at 2:45 am the sounds started. Creepy, strange and eerie noises that kept her awake for the rest of the night. When she checked with her realtor, she was assured this was a common complaint in her new home town of Amityville.
Etymology: Insomnia (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness)& Noises (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
Audiogrex
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: aww-DEE-oh-GRR-ECKS
Sentence: Her home it was haunted- of that she was sure. It creaked as it settled-she could not endure. Acoustically creepy with many defects… Madness assured by AUDIOGRE X !
Etymology: AUDIo+OGRE+X= AUDIOGRE X.....AUDIO: of or relating to sound,of or relating to acoustic, mechanical, or electrical frequencies corresponding to normally audible sound waves; Date: 1916 .....OGRE: a dreaded person or object, a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings; French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.....X: an unknown quantity; Usage: often capitalized often attributive Date: before 12th century.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.pacifier.com/~dkossy/kooksmus.html - metrohumanx, 2009-06-24: 00:58:00
WELCOME TO THE
FREEZE-DRIED
KOOKS MUSEUM.
Open for all time and
eternity, ceaseless,
all-knowing and
unchanging. - metrohumanx, 2009-06-24: 00:59:00
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