Verboticism: Quitatme
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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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
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.
Gapeathy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: gape-a-thee
Sentence: The students' gapeathy was apparent while the teacher began his unit on the Constitution. They yawned widely, texted under their desks and fell asleep. Pity.
Etymology: gape: open one's mouth wide; yawn + apathy: apathy: lack on interest or concern, especially of important matters
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)
Repetitediyawn
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ripetətēdēyôn
Sentence: Despite her coworkers repetitediyawns, Gloria didn’t get that she was boring them to tears.
Etymology: repetitive (containing or characterized by repetition) + tedium (the state of being tedious) + yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom)
Borescode
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bors-cohd
Sentence: he would use borescode to signal to his partner that he needed rescuing from a dull converstion...3 sighs, 3 yawns, 3 sighs and she knew she had to quickly SMS him, then when his phone beeped he would politely excuse himself and make his getaway.
Etymology: bores, morse code
Fawn
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: FFFF awn
Sentence: I fawn repeatly till she went home.
Etymology: fake yawn
Borishassity
Created by: wjames
Pronunciation: bor-ish-ass-ity
Sentence: George's maddening, overt, borishassity while his wife Jane tried to tell him about her day's work adventures, ended when Jane unexpectedly stuffed a sock in his mouth.
Etymology: borish= act of being a bore, ass= (need I say more)
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COMMENTS:
Strong and natural! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:44:00
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Boryawnagain
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bore-yorn-a-gayn
Sentence: When Sue began to witter on for the tenth time about the new luxury hot tub she had recently purchased, Rob started the usual boryawnagain stance. He repeatedly shifted from one foot to the other and pretended to yawn in an attempt to silence the woman. But there was no stopping her, so eventually he just had to nod his head in agreement to everything she said, while his thoughts turned to things much more interesting, like what he would be having for dinner later.
Etymology: Bore(cause to feel weary and uninterested by being dull or tedious) + Yawn(open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) + Again(repeat) = Boryawnagain
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COMMENTS:
this encompasses everything - good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-09: 11:27:00
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-09-09: 18:55:00
very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-10: 06:55:00
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