Verboticism: Gendarmealarm
DEFINITION: n. The weird feelings that rise up when you notice that you are being followed by a police officer, or a cop car, or the Special Forces Anti-Terrorist Unit. v. To feel nervous, self-conscious and guilty whenever you see a police officer.
Gendarmealarm
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jahn/darm/alarm
Sentence: I experience such acute gendarmealarm that I even break into a sweat when I see a hall monitor from a French immersion school.
Etymology: gendarme + alarm
Points: 620
Comments: Gendarmealarm
Mustang - 2008-03-20: 07:13:00
Had you been motoring about in London perhaps you'd have experienced 'bobby caution'?
petaj - 2008-03-20: 09:29:00
Or Plodduck.
Jamagra - 2008-03-20: 11:53:00
Fun to say! Nice one.
silveryaspen - 2008-03-20: 15:26:00
Double Stong'arm'ed Creation!
stache - 2008-03-21: 00:00:00
tres bien
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-22: 00:30:00
Gendarmit - i should have thought of that one!