Verboticism: Dejaheard
DEFINITION: n., Second-hand sound which has escaped from a headset. v., To play music on personal listening device so loudly that it leaks out of the earphones.
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Podlution
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pod/loo/shuhn
Sentence: The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating.
Etymology: PODLUTION - noun - from iPOD + POLLUTION
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COMMENTS:
brilliant1 - galwaywegian, 2008-09-04: 06:11:00
great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:35:00
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Audioruption
Created by: grondak
Pronunciation: aw-dee-oh-rup-shun
Sentence: I couldn't sleep on the plne because of the audioruption coming from the passenger next to me.
Etymology: "audio" related to hearing; "ruption" from "interruption" - to break into.
Audiocreep
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: aw - dee - ooo - kreep
Sentence: Tonya felt that she was suffering from audiocreep. Because her dad was losing his hearing, she could not escape his television, music or computer as he increasingly amplified everything around him.
Etymology: audio, creep (grow or spread)
Nanodribble
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: nan-uh-drihb-uhl
Sentence: Ken's Johnny Cash nanodribble was so loud that the hiphopsters were groving to it twenty feet away.
Etymology: (ipod)nano + dribble
Chantrusia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: shohn-TROO-shee-uh
Sentence: Compared to the chantrusia coming from her gran's ipod, the gratingly strepitious upstairs party was music to Roxie's ears.
Etymology: Blend of CHAN of chanson (song); CHANT; & TRUSI of intrusion and IA: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. Regal overtones... - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:26:00
very melodic - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:34:00
Probably a bit to nice to fit the definition; GRUNTRUSIA may have been more apt. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:34:00
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Podlution
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pod/loo/shuhn
Sentence: The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating.
Etymology: iPod + pollution
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COMMENTS:
good one!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-04: 11:20:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-04: 17:49:00
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Audiobnoxious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Audie-ob-nox-yus
Sentence: Mildred was careless about annoying her neighbors to the point of being totally audiobnoxious.
Etymology: Audio + obnoxious
Podlution
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pod/loo/shuhn
Sentence: The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating.
Etymology: iPod + pollution
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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2010-01-23: 00:55:00
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Exudio
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: egz-OO-dio
Sentence: Waiting at the bus stop with no portable music device, I laughed at the exudio from my fellow travellers. Cyndi Lauper's True Colors mingled with "all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey" and a dash of James Brown.
Etymology: exude -- leak out + audio -- sound
Grandaudio
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: grand-ah-dee-oh
Sentence: Here she goes again...getting grandaudio with her iPod! "Hey, Grandma you're walking into the path of a bus!"
Etymology: Grand- Taken in part from 'Grand'mother and also as in impressive in size, appearance, or general effect. Such as a grand/big sound. Audio- Of, pertaining to, or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound.
