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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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Cannedida
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kan dee da
Sentence: his cannedida was not improved by being engulfed in a dandruff blizzard every time the plane hit an air pocket.
Etymology: candida, canned.
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COMMENTS:
Canny Creation! I like it. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:06:00
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Tramcram
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: tram-cram
Sentence: Jerry had to put his car in the shop. He has already used all of his personal, sick and vacation time so he has to go to work on the transit. Now he is sitting on the bench quivering at the thought of the impending tramcram.
Etymology: tram (a streetcar) + cram (to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold)
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
Confineurosis
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: cahn-fiy-ner-osis
Sentence: Just as he was getting settled on the plane the little kid behind him kicked his seat, and he was swept up in a wave of confineurosis agitated by anything, the sleeping grandpa beside him drooling on his tray table, or the pregnant women in front of him leaning all the way back.
Etymology: confine+neurosis
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COMMENTS:
sounds serious - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 13:25:00
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Disencozy
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: dis-en-co-zee
Sentence: I was quickly disencozied by the crackhead who felt the need to sit right beside me on the bus, when there were plenty of empty benches. I'm prone to disencoziness though, which is why I usually walk to work.
Etymology: Disenchant- To free from illusion *of* Cozy- comfortable feeling
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:
Squeezychair
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: SKWEEZ-ee-chair
Sentence: As the 500lb Sumo wrestler quaked tectonically to and fro in the seat immediately in front of his, Bob, affright with feelings of crambivalence and queasychairness, focused firmly upon the likelihood of being squeezychaired, or the slim hope of having a fabulous fortnight in The Phillippines.
Etymology: SQUEEZYCHAIR: blend of squeezy: to be press forcibly together; compressed, tightly packed together & CHAIR: a seat, esp. for one person, usually having (four) legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. CRAMBIVALENCE: blend of CRAM: to press something into something else; jam or cram beyond the normal comfortable capacity, as on a plane or train & AMBIVALENCE: similar conflicting feelings; mixed feelings of uncertainty or emotion, as between safety & unsafety.
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful word for any air line seat ... or any public seat! Slips into the mind and stays with a smile then t slides off the tongue so nicely! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 08:00:00
So clever! I like crambivalence too! - libertybelle, 2008-11-20: 09:42:00
super - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:40:00
Concentrated essence of humor and fear! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:26:00
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Spaceshuffle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Spay-ss-shuff-el
Sentence: Mike was dreading the business trip to Paris, he knew he would have to spend the whole trip doing the spaceshuffle, due to his mean bosses booking his flight with Cheapo Airlines. He had been on a strict diet for the past week, so that he would hopefully not be quite as squashed as he was on previous occasions.
Etymology: Space(the dimensions,width and height of an area) + Shuffle(restlessly shift one's position in order to be more comfortable)
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COMMENTS:
Out of this world creation! Quite astro-naughty-call! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 07:53:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:44:00
Mike was the fastonaut on the spaceshuffle - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:16:00
Cheapo Airlines...all their staff took up in school was Space! Great word. - Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:33:00
A Neoclassic. Check in more often! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:23:00
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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)
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