Verboticism: Afraidar

'Omigod, I'm surrounded.'

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.

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Afraidar

Created by: stache

Pronunciation: ə-frād'där

Sentence: "There he goes again. That's the third time the park ranger has circled past us. He must know we failed to properly quench the campfire last night," Julie said. "Relax. it's just your afraidar," Jim replied.

Etymology: afraid/radar

Points: 836

Comments: Afraidar

silveryaspen - 2008-03-20: 15:29:00
The child in me loves the word afraider ... it's a crackerjack creation! Excellent!

Nosila - 2008-03-20: 22:34:00
Good one, stache...just cause you're paranoid does not mean that someone isn't following you...

Tigger - 2008-03-20: 22:53:00
Oh, this is an excellent word. Perfect!

ErWenn - 2008-03-21: 01:55:00
Fantastic word. Most X-dar words (including mine) seem to imply that the detection is actually _effective_. I like that this one goes the other way.

OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-22: 03:41:00
Good word!