Verboticism: Pandepneumonium
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.
Pandepneumonium
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pan-de-nyew-moan-ee-um
Sentence: Despite the attendance figures steadily declining, pandepneumonium could be discerned as the flu took hold eliciting the full gamut of coughs, sneezes, growls and snorts.
Etymology: pandemonium + pneumonia
Points: 869
Comments: Pandepneumonium
remistram - 2007-08-14: 09:26:00
not to be confused with pandeplutonium!