Verboticism: Cacoffiny
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.
Cacoffiny
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kak off inn eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Sentence: That creaking cacoffiny coming from the attic, allied to the movement of the curtains on the hermetically sealed window led the countess to feel the need to account for the death of her husband. Unaccountably her countenance grew troubled.
Etymology: cacophony, coffin.
Points: 7562
Comments: Cacoffiny
Tigger - 2008-05-13: 01:24:00
Eerily good!