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DEFINITION: v. To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. n. A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep.
Verboticisms
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Ruedawakening
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Rood - uh - WAIK - en - ing
Sentence: Lucinda was left with a feeling of foreboding once again following another ruedawakening when she awoke and found her cat, Lucifer, glaring at her with firey eyes.
Etymology: A simple play on the words rude awakening.
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COMMENTS:
Is a rood-eyed cat cross eyed? Excellent pun! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:05:00
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Gazeboo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gah zay booooooooooo
Sentence: She was awoken from her siesta in the garden by a gazeboo.
Etymology: gaze boo
Hawkgawk
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: HAWK gawk
Sentence: The very large dog's hawkgawk bore through me as I lay barely awake by the tree.
Etymology: HAWK: a bird of prey GAWK: to stare
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COMMENTS:
Frightfully good! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-08: 18:38:00
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Starewait
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ster wate
Sentence: It never ceased to amaze Lucy how every morning at 5:00 am precisely, her dog, Rex, would starewait her awake. He must be a watch dog, thought Lucy, because he knows exactly when 5:00 am came, an hour before the alarm went off. No matter how late every night everyone would go to bed, Rex was positioned starewaiting her awake until she had no choice but to get up and let him out. How could he manage on so little sleep she wondered. What she did not realize was that the moment everyone left the house, Rex would sleep, all day, for 8 or 10 hours on end. This gave him the rest he needed to get up at 5:00 every day. If he did not stop, Lucy was going to wish he was on a starewait to Heaven.
Etymology: stare (look at with fixed eyes or a fixed look with eyes open wide)& wait (the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something))
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COMMENTS:
Starewelling, Rex! Great ending! Great word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 09:58:00
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Dogmateyes
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: dog/ma/tize
Sentence: It is impossible to stay in bed when your dog begins to dogmateyes.
Etymology: dogmatize (asserting opinions) + dog + eyes
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COMMENTS:
Interesting angle! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:33:00
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Esostare
Created by: DragonRider428
Pronunciation: esso-stair
Sentence: I get this creepy feeling that something's giving me the esostare.
Etymology: the word "stare" with the prefix "eso", meaning inward or within
Furboding
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fer-BODE-ing
Sentence: Sandra's dreams were interrupted by an awful sense of furboding and she became aware that her cat, Felix, was staring at her ominously as she slept.
Etymology: Blend of 'fur' and 'bode'(be an omen; portend) - a play on the word foreboding(A sense of impending evil or misfortune)
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-08: 05:16:00
Clever Create. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-08: 18:38:00
Furocious! - Nosila, 2009-01-08: 22:27:00
furshur - Mustang, 2009-01-09: 00:25:00
Love it....furunny!! - mweinmann, 2009-01-09: 08:47:00
I like this word a lot. It's funny, clever, and easy to figure out the meaning right away. - kateinkorea, 2009-01-25: 22:14:00
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Purrmeated
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: per mee ayt ed
Sentence: It happened every morning at 4:00 am. Yvonne would be deep in sleep until she felt that which purrmeated her reverie. Her tom cat would stare her awake. He would look at her enough with his big eyes until she was wide awake and wondering what happened to her. He commenced his very loud purring just after he got her attention. This would go on until she reached out to pat him under the chin and behind the ears. He made a perfect alarm clock...too bad she couldn't set Romeo for 3 hours later each morning!
Etymology: Purr (a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat; indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats) & Permeated (sinks in;penetrated; to spread through)
Gazerbeam
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: GAI zer beem
Sentence: Although I had clearly told my daughter that she was not to wake me up early on Christmas morning, I felt her gazerbeam focused on me, cutting through my dreams, and opened my eyes to see her staring at me. Next to her was the digital clock, reading 6:07 a.m. I mumbled, "Santa Claus says no one is allowed to get up on Christmas Day before 7:30 or all the presents will disappear," and she gasped and quickly ran back to her room.
Etymology: gaze + laser beam
Nightglare
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: nite'/glair
Sentence: He turned around fast, and he saw a small Who! Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was no more than two. She stared at the Grinch and said, "Santy Claus, why, Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?" (Cindy Lou Who: nightglare ninja)
Etymology: nightmare + glare
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COMMENTS:
cute! - diyan627, 2008-03-18: 01:48:00
The darling of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:34:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by banky. Thank you banky. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by banky. Thank you banky. ~ James
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