Verboticism: Airboreditis

'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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Airboreditis

Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: air-bored-eye-tis

Sentence: After the critic reported how airboreditis ran rampant during opening night, calls for ticket sales were replaced by those from the media and the Center for Disease Control.

Etymology: airborne (in the air) + bored + itis (swelling of)

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