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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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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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Pediastare
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: pee/dee/a/stare
Sentence: Violet had the habit of creeping very quietly into her mother and father's bedroom. She had been told that she could not wake them before Mr. Sun came up, so she waited, patiently and intently. The power of Violet's unblinking pediastare could raise her mother from the deepest sleep and was so completely creepy that there was no way to return to sleep after experiencing it.
Etymology: pedia- root word meaning child + stare The word also echoes the name of a popular brand of children's over-the-counter medicine.
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COMMENTS:
Interesting etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 18:56:00
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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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Bestialarming
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: bee/styuhl/ahr/ming or bee/stee/uhl/ahr/ming
Sentence: Clarissa awoke to the feeling of being watched and abruptly sat up. Not unexpectedly therefore, it was bestialarming to see her dog and cat staring at her from the bedroom doorway.
Etymology: From bestial - of or referring to beasts (any animal other than humans) and alarming - causing fear, alarm, or fright.
Gazeboo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gah zay booooooooooo
Sentence: She was awoken from her siesta in the garden by a gazeboo.
Etymology: gaze boo
Jeeperspeepers
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jēpərzpēpərz
Sentence: Joyce sat bolt upright in her bed. There wasn't a sound. It was that spooky cat of hers. The one with the jeeperspeepers. During the day she seemed to look right through you. At night it was as though she could wake the dead. Joyce's mother told her not to buy a black cat from that scary old lady.
Etymology: jeepers creepers (used to express surprise or alarm) + peepers (a person's eyes)
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COMMENTS:
Terrific word. Jeeperspeepers captures that feeling of the heebie jeebies! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-08: 18:36:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2009-01-08: 18:45:00
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Cattygoreyes
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /kat-ee-gor-ayz/
Sentence: Max secretly delighted in mildly tormenting his 'person' — the Can Opener Lady, as he affectionately thought of her. She always wanted to go to sleep at the same time every night though, which was just strange, so it was easy to justify harassing her. He knew that staring at her while she was awake agitated her, but he'd discovered that even when her eyes were closed he could cattygoreyes her, boring his stare into the back of her head, and making her squirm. At the same time, Max would idly try to send her thoughts of getting up and work the can opener again, or making that fake mouse on a string come to life, as she sometimes did. Maybe it wasn't nice to tease the Can Opener Lady, but how else was he supposed to amuse himself late at night?
Etymology: Catty - slyly malicious (from Low Latin, cattus "cat"[-like]) + Gore - to pierce or stab (from Scottish, gorren) + Eyes - organs of sight (from Old English, ēge)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-18: 06:37:00
It's better than the cat's meow! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 09:59:00
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Glareouse
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: glair-rouz
Sentence: Never date a man who can glareouse you into making the coffee.
Etymology: from "glare" and "arouse"
Extrasensorypetception
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: x/tra/sen/sorry/pet/cep/shun
Sentence: We gave up using an alarm clock long ago because of our cat's extrasensorypetception. His ESP can drag us out of the deepest dreams.
Etymology: extra sensory perception (ESP) + pet
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COMMENTS:
Great! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-08: 18:33:00
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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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