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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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Noisezzzs
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: noi - zeezs
Sentence: Jeremy was woken by the creepy noisezzzs in the old Jameson house. It was his first night there and were rumors that the 18th century mansion was haunted had circulated for years.
Etymology: noises, zzzs
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COMMENTS:
Best word today! - splendiction, 2009-06-24: 19:21:00
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Creepsitation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: creeps-i-ta-tion
Sentence: Sue endured several long nights of creepsitation until she discovered that the dog had found a bag of corn chips and was eating them under the bed.
Etymology: creeps: a sensation of fear or repugnance as if your skin was crawling + crepitation: snapping or crackling noises
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.
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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Nightbumps
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌbʌmps/
Sentence: We decided that the poltergeist haunting our house must be either blind or clumsy when the nightbumps started sounding more like night-bump-ow-crash-$#!+s.
Etymology: from "things that go bump in the night"
Apprehensound
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: APPREHENsion+SOUND
Sentence: Just when you want to sleep, especially if you are alone, the apprehensounding begins, and you have to account for them all before you can relax.
Etymology: APPREHENsion+SOUND
Nocturnemanations
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nok-tern-em-eh-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 (during the night) and emanations (. Something that issues from a source; an emission)
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
Oddiability
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: odd ee abil it ee
Sentence: Diurna woke up every morning absolutely drained. Just after she drifted off each evening, she experienced oddiability, that sense she heard weird noises that set her imagination into overdrive. The sensation also left her with the remnants of strange dreams. Casey at the bat, waiting for the vampire's ruling on a play, flying mice...
Etymology: Odd ( not easily explained;beyond or deviating from the usual or expected) & Ability ( possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done) & Audible (heard or perceptible by the ear)
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.
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