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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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Wompawomp
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Wom-pa-Womp
Sentence: The teacher's lecture was so boring I had to wompawomp to her face.
Etymology:
Borenarcle
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: bore-nar-cal
Sentence: Craig's lengthy explaination and diagram on the global migration project caused audience borenarcle for 40 minutes straight.
Etymology: boring, narcolepsy
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COMMENTS:
You guys..errr girls, are awesome! - MadTripper, 2007-10-15: 11:27:00
Good blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:42:00
Good blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:42:00
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Fawn
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: FFFF awn
Sentence: I fawn repeatly till she went home.
Etymology: fake yawn
Tonsillectoyou
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Ton-select-to-you
Sentence: "So, right, ya know wot I mean right. That thing, right, yeah? Ya know ...". A'isha felt she could communicate her interest in the "conversation" much more succinctly through tonsillectoyou ... the vocal equivalent of the V-sign
Etymology: Tonsillectomy (Ton-sill-ec-to-me) - Surgical removal of tonsils or a tonsil. You - to the person addressed.
Sighlanguage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sīlanggwij
Sentence: Bill used his best sighlanguage to try to communicate his boredom but his buddy droned on and on about his new hobby. Who knew that people could create artwork from dryer lint?
Etymology: sigh (emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness) + language (the method of human communication) a play on sign language
Yawnnuie
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: yaw nn wee
Sentence: her "yawnnuie face was brilliant, down to the ever-more-slowly fluttering of the eyelashes above the glazed eyes
Etymology: yanw, ennuie
Fascigh
Created by: MadTripper
Pronunciation: fuh-sahy
Sentence: Although the 4 girls appeared interested in the story about my spiritless dog, I could tell they were truly attempting to fascigh and were ready for me to end my ramblings.
Etymology: Facade Sigh
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COMMENTS:
You are our inspiration. YAWN. - fourgirls, 2007-10-15: 11:18:00
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Boresigh
Created by: parm289
Pronunciation: boar - sigh
Sentence:
Etymology: boredom + sigh
Sighinglanguage
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: si-ing-lang-widj
Sentence: The audience communicated their discontent with the play via sighinglanguage.
Etymology: sigh, sign language
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COMMENTS:
clever, got my vote! - remistram, 2007-10-15: 09:36:00
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Hintorude
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: hint-o-rood
Sentence: The student got his message across to the teacher by the hintorude of mega yawns during the lecture.
Etymology:
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