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DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.
Verboticisms
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Spacemodicum
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: sp-a-s-mow-di-come
Sentence: Unaware of her actions, Beth's tiredness make John experience some first class spacemodicum.
Etymology:
Claustairphobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: klost aer foby ya
Sentence: Kenny travelled the world by air. YEMEN, he knew the airline FRONTIER, from EASTERN to WESTJET and from CANADANORTH to the SOUTHWEST and was a very CONTINENTAL passenger. He had flown on planes from the DELTA to a LOT of countries. He'd been in the SAS, because he was BRITISH and knew the AER LINGUS fluently from each jet he'd been on. He could say ALOHA, JAL come back now,and OMAN and other words of OLYMPIC proportions. He knew which airlines served LUXAIRious meals; where the AEROFLOTation devices were;and who had VARIGreat service. One thing he hated about all airlines were the reclining seats. The right hand apparently had not known what the LUFTHANSA was thinking when they invented them. EL AL they did was cause claustairphobia for the passenger behind. Being no VIRGIN to travel, he honestly did not know how reclining your seat just 3 inches could give you a more restful sleep. He thought all passengers who hated this should stand UNITED against the airlines in solid AIRity. He had just watched "QANTAS OF Solace" on the air movie and did not know how anyone could sleep through that...
Etymology: Claustrophobia (a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space) & Air (travel via aircraft)
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COMMENTS:
FORMIDABLE! I don't think you missed a single carrier. I'm sure they miss you. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:17:00
Has that special air flair! Your word deserves an Air Medal. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 07:47:00
Cheers...always wanted to be an Air Apparent! - Nosila, 2008-11-20: 18:54:00
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Claustraught
Created by: LordRahlsFav
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was feeling quite claustraught as the seat moved further and further back. I regretted my decision to be claustraught in economy class.
Etymology:
Closetrophobic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: klos tro fo bik
Sentence: Vivian always felt very closetrophobic while flying on Cram Air. Although a bit cheaper in price, the seats were so close together,when you reclined your chair, you were spooning with the passenger behind you.
Etymology: Close (near, crowded) & Claustrophobic (suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places;uncomfortably closed or hemmed in)
Haemorcramchotic
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Haemor-cram-chotic
Sentence: On a long-haul fligh recently i was feeling very very Haemorcramchotic
Etymology: Haemor (Haemorroids) + cram (Cramped in) + chotic (from Psychotic)
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COMMENTS:
sounds awfully painful! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:01:00
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Crammuter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kramyoōtr
Sentence: More and more people are using the public transit system. This increase has left Tom feeling like a crammuter. He was used to a quick snack on his way to work but the crowding has made him a sardiner.
Etymology: cram (put something quickly or roughly into something that is or appears to be too small to contain it) + commuter (traveler)
Scoomunched
Created by: chris0rthompson
Pronunciation: scoo-munched
Sentence: While on the plane the person in front of me leaned their chair back causing me to be very scoomunched.
Etymology:
Encroachaphobia
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Ralph was so freaked when he flew coach when the passenger in front of him reclined his seat that he was forced to spend the money and fly first class.
Etymology: encroach - to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, esp. stealthily or by gradual advances; phobia - a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it
Encroachclass
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: en-kroach-klass
Sentence: The plane hadn't even left the terminal when I realized that my bargain ticket placed me smack in the middle of encroach-class - where the person in front of me had already put his jacket over the back of my seat, thus rendering my tray table useless, and reclined all the way back. The fact that I was sitting in an exit row and could not recline made my encroach-class predicament all the more uncomfortable.
Etymology: encroach + coach class
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-29: 09:30:00
Evocative cartoon ... crushed-people like sardines in a tinned-canny airplane with that overpowering fishy smell closing in on everything! Very clever!
Hey Silveryaspen, Thanks for the kind words. Smells like croosht shoup ~ James
Excellent word. Makes me wonder who that was and what they were chanting.
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James