Verboticism: Tsunamurmur

'I coughed up $50 for these tickets and what do I get?'

DEFINITION: The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate audience dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus.

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Tsunamurmur

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: soo-nah-mur-mur

Sentence: prior to being cast as the 'lead' role in an all-girl version of Hamlet, she had spent 2 months playing Juliet, and it wasn't until she heard a growing tsunamurmur that she realised she had accidentally said 'to be or not to be, wherefore art thou not to be'

Etymology: tsunami, murmur

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