Verboticism: Acriscendo

'I coughed up $50 for these tickets and what do I get?'

DEFINITION: The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate audience dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus.

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Acriscendo

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ak-kri-SHEN-do

Sentence: A euphorical blisscendia warmed up the wonder of fans as they eagerly awaited the appearance on stage of their fire-eating idol. But after an hour had passed, and still he had not appeared a slow, rythmic handclapping began. The bliss had bottomed out; the acriscendo was almost apexical. And, by the time the riot squad arrived, some aggrescendic, fired-up fans had turned the stadium into conflagrational chaoscendico.

Etymology: Acriscendo: blending of acriminious & crescendo ("rising bitterness"). Blisscendia: blending of bliss & incendiary ("fiery bliss") Aggrescendic: blending of aggression & crescendo ("growing aggression") Chaoscendico: blending of chaos, crescendo & ic (

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Comments: Acriscendo

Kyoti - 2007-08-14: 09:33:00
Resplendently discordant and transcendent and stuff. Hot too!