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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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Croosht
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Cr-oo-sht
Sentence: Cubicles. in many work places, always give that croosht feeling, as one contemplates what will be the next to swoop down on you ... boss, customer, or even falling files!
Etymology: From roost meaning to sit and cramped meaning without sufficient space and crush in the sense of quashed or squashed.
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COMMENTS:
I often feel croosht - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 10:45:00
fun word to say quickly over and over! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:54:00
Pithy & pertinent- I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:15:00
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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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Shrikingspacediscomfort
Created by: verboman
Pronunciation:
Sentence: " while slying to france , the lady sitting next to me created a 'shrinkingpspacediscomfort' owing to her obesity"
Etymology: shrinking + space + discomfort
Boeingconstrictor
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: bow/ing/constrictor
Sentence: I got swallowed up by a boeingconstrictor on my last flight.
Etymology: boeing aircraft + boa constrictor
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! lol! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 18:38:00
great wordplay. There's also the tight constricted feeling for your etymology too. - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:45:00
Good one, bookowl! If the passenger is not sitting on the aisle, would that make them a window viper? - Nosila, 2008-01-29: 22:48:00
Great word for all the planes with their cramped seating ... Right on! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 23:57:00
Clever & funny! Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:14:00
Good one! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:55:00
Did you hear about the man who crossed a parrot with a boa constrictor. He didn't know what he got, but believe me, when it talks-he listens. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 19:44:00
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Compactrified
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: com=pakt-ree-fied
Sentence: i was feeling compactrified
Etymology: compact, petrified
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
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)
Tiltilated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tilt/i/lay/ted
Sentence: Since Ted loved living on the edge the discomfort he felt by the ever encroaching seat in front of him felt mildly tiltilating.
Etymology: tilt + titilated
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COMMENTS:
Almost makes those claustairphobic squeezychairs sound exciting! Nice alliteration with a bit of a tongue twist, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 08:09:00
Nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:19:00
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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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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:
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