Verboticism: Deaffluence
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.
Deaffluence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: def/flu/ence
Sentence: Many subway passengers suffer from deaffluence as a result of being in the midst of other riders with faulty earbuds.
Etymology: deaf + effluence (polluted overflow)
Points: 812
Comments: Deaffluence
metrohumanx - 2008-09-04: 09:31:00
Good word, Muzzy. "Earbuds" always sounded like a genetic defect to me.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-09-05: 01:43:00
I know the feeling. Good word
TJayzz - 2008-09-05: 04:55:00
Great!