Verboticism: Hackoughony
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.
Hackoughony
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ha-koff-un-ee
Sentence: What started as a small harumph soon escalated into a hackoughony. Apparently, Big Bird does Shakespeare was not going to be a box office hit.
Etymology: hack, cough, cacophony
Points: 935
Comments: Hackoughony
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-14: 21:18:00
It's much easier to quote Shakespeare than read him. Let's stick with Big Bird.