Verboticism: Nocturnalaudity

'What's that dripping sound?'

DEFINITION: Weird sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night.

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Darnks

bjorn

Created by: bjorn

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: dark + clanks/clunks

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Paranoise

Created by: deadpanwalking

Pronunciation: par-a-NOIZ

Sentence: I kept checking the locks all night but it was just paranoise.

Etymology: paranoia + noise

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Knockturnals

qwerty

Created by: qwerty

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Drounds

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: drownds

Sentence: She thought the drounds came from a leak in the roof, but fortunately it was just carpenter ants.

Etymology: drowning sound

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COMMENTS:

Fortunate indeed! - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00

Sounds like she needs pest control - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00

What do you think? - jrogan, 2006-11-01: 11:11:00

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Rattells

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: rat-tell

Sentence: Something big was rattelling in the attic. She fell asleep by imagining it was sheep, not rats...

Etymology: rat tails tell tales

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Klumbets

Created by: goodinson

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Hesnorking

Created by: queeny

Pronunciation: He snor king

Sentence: The hesnorking and gurgling were enough for me to put him out of misery.I pushed him out of bed.

Etymology: He + snores +(like a )King = Hesnorking. If there are dripping sound in my house I can't hear it over the roar of the snore! can I get an AMEN, Ladies.

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COMMENTS:

I LOVE this game. It clears out the cobwebs in the morning. - queeny, 2006-11-01: 10:11:00

Funny! - wordmeister, 2006-11-01: 10:11:00

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Nozees

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: noyzs

Sentence: With all the nozees around her, she couldn't sleep

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Dej

Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: dej

Sentence: your dej.

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Nocturnalaudity

Created by: peterm

Pronunciation: nocturnal oddity

Sentence: that nocturnalaudity is keeping me from my naughty dream.

Etymology: nocturnal (audible) oddity

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