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DEFINITION: v., To yawn or sigh repeatedly in an effort to subtly communicate one's lack of interest in the current conversation. n., A series of long, exasperated, and often escalating sighs indicating extreme boredom.
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Communocaution
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I intended to finish my rant but the listener was using communocaution.
Etymology: communication and caution
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COMMENTS:
brilliant word! Well thought out. - brimuth, 2007-10-15: 16:01:00
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Gappage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gap/age
Sentence: After twenty minutes of listening to her boss drone on and on, gappage over took Abby and she couldn't control her excessive yawning.
Etymology: gape (yawn) + age with bordom because of having to stand there and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen ..........
Borescode
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bors-cohd
Sentence: he would use borescode to signal to his partner that he needed rescuing from a dull converstion...3 sighs, 3 yawns, 3 sighs and she knew she had to quickly SMS him, then when his phone beeped he would politely excuse himself and make his getaway.
Etymology: bores, morse code
Hohumdrumming
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ho/hum/drum/ing
Sentence: Whenever a conversation got boring Stu would begin a chorus of ho hums which quickly escalated into a rythmic beat of hohumdrumming.
Etymology: ho hum + humdrum + drumming
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COMMENTS:
Beat out that rythm on the tung. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-10: 07:01:00
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Yawndom
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: yawn-duhm
Sentence: Cecil's yawndom got the better of him and duct taped a pillow to his head in case he suddenly fell asleep.
Etymology: yawn + boredom
Yawnatization
Created by: micvice
Pronunciation: yAWn-uh-tih-ZAY-shun
Sentence: By the time he had reached his third yawnatization, he realized his roomates story had been going on for 20 minutes.
Etymology: yawn, dramatization
Wompawomp
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Wom-pa-Womp
Sentence: The teacher's lecture was so boring I had to wompawomp to her face.
Etymology:
Geezcantawordgameevenspellyourecorrectly
Created by: jimmmm
Pronunciation: Geez, can't a word game even spell "you're" correctly?
Sentence: "Your" very bad at spelling, verbotomy. "Your not fooling me for one second"? Did the apostrophe and the e get "verbotomized"?
Etymology: you're = you+are
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COMMENTS:
Okay, okay....so it's irritating to purists. BUT at least they were big enough to print your criticism, yes?
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ - metrohumanx, 2008-09-12: 16:22:00
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Yawnotonous
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: yaw-NOT-n-uh-s
Sentence: Listening to the insurance salesman pitch his product became very yawnotonous.
Etymology: yawn + monotonous
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and Pseudonym. Were you two talking to each other when this idea popped into your heads? Thank you remistram and Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James