Verboticism: Nightbumps
DEFINITION: n. Strange sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night. v. To lie in bed unable to sleep because you keep hearing weird sounds.
Nightbumps
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌbʌmps/
Sentence: We decided that the poltergeist haunting our house must be either blind or clumsy when the nightbumps started sounding more like night-bump-ow-crash-$#!+s.
Etymology: from "things that go bump in the night"
Points: 1223