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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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Onandonandyawn
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: awn and awn and yawn
Sentence: As she went on and on and on he fealt an onandonandyawn coming on and on and on.
Etymology: on and on yawn
Igyawn
Created by: dessessopsid
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Daryl got out of the conversation with a series of well placed igyawns, leaving him to get on with watching paint dry.
Etymology: Blend of IGNORE: To refuse to pay attention to; disregard. with YAWN: to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
Uvulate
Created by: verbony
Pronunciation: ewe-view-late
Sentence: The fertilty doctor's explanation of the invitro procedure really made me uvulate.
Etymology: uvula+suff. ate
Yasperate
Created by: KatieG
Pronunciation: Yaz-pur-ate
Sentence: I was so bored I yasperated to show my boredom.
Etymology:
Communigrate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: kom-mu-NI-grate
Sentence: When Roxie's tedious tale of the Patagonian tree snail reached an ennui everest, and with yawning the only way for Bob to open his mouth, his humdrumuffle mounted. Finally, exasperated, he began to communigrate; Roxie was not impressed.
Etymology: Blend of communicate & grate: to exasperate.
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
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
Kakaribuciakiwejded
Created by: DeaniKelu
Pronunciation: Kakareeboochakeeweyded
Sentence: I am a kakaribuciakiwejded I am a retarded toilet
Etymology: Kakari=It takes(jap.) Buci=ass(romanian) aki=who(hungarian) wej=input(polish) ded=against(arab)
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