Verboticism: Hackoughony

'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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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.

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