Verboticism: Psychornithocrapulence

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DEFINITION: To imagine that you are peace dove, or maybe a pigeon, flying high above the crowd and dropping your best wishes on everyone.

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Psychornithocrapulence

Created by: vainglorious11

Pronunciation: S-eye-k-or-nih-th-oh-k-rap-you-l-en-ss

Sentence: Waiting in the massive line for the boxing day sale, I caught myself in a bout of psychornithocrapulence.

Etymology: Psych- for mental, ornitho- for bird-related, and crapulence for, well, crap.

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Comments: Psychornithocrapulence

vainglorious11 - 2006-12-18: 19:31:00
This particular case might be better termed "caterval (crowd-related) psychornithocrapulence.