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DEFINITION: n. A person who, despite professional lessons and incessant practice, cannot dance without looking like a ruptured goose. v. To dance in an awkward or clumsy manner.
Verboticisms
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Coordinainted
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: co - ORD - in - aint - ed
Sentence: Dilwood was totally coordinainted, so much so that he gave new meaning to 'two left feet'...in fact at times he appeared to have THREE left feet and much to his consternation, he was absolutely unable to perform the footwork to any of the popular dances of the day.
Etymology: Blend of coordinated and ain't
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COMMENTS:
excellaint! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-29: 08:31:00
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Mambozo
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mam - bau - zau
Sentence: Sylvester did his best. He took lessons, he practiced and he watched famous dancers but all he could conjure up was the mambozo.
Etymology: mambo (a latin dance, similar in rhythm to the rumba), Bozo (a clown)
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COMMENTS:
Great! I read this to the husband and he did a spit-take with his coffee. LOL! - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-10: 09:42:00
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Danserine
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: Dance+ANSERINE
Sentence: It is so hard not to laugh, he is such a danserine, I will not dance with him again.
Etymology: Dance+ANSERINE ANSERINE:1. of or pertaining to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese. 2. resembling a goose; gooselike. 3. stupid; foolish; silly.
Riverdunce
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rivvv err dun ssssss
Sentence: Michael Phatttley was such a riverdunce. His salsa was unpalatable, his hiphop a hipflop and his funky chicken a health hazard.
Etymology: riverdance, dunce
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COMMENTS:
Like it!! - TJayzz, 2008-05-29: 14:46:00
No sat in the corner for you, top of the class! Good stuff. - Rutilus, 2008-05-29: 15:08:00
I'm glad an Irishman came up with this one - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:18:00
Michael's dancing sounds just like mine. Great word! - Mustang, 2008-05-29: 18:14:00
I think now he's doing the Liverdance! - Nosila, 2008-05-29: 22:16:00
I think I hear my Irish grandfather, telling me what he thinks of my dancing. Yep, sure but I much better at it, with a drop of Tullamore tonic, Longfella." - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:44:00
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Twoleftfeetwoodmac
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: too/left/feet/wood/mac
Sentence: Twoleftfeetwoodmac was a terror on the dance floor.
Etymology: two left feet + wood + fleetwood mac
Messodoble
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mess-oh-doh-blay
Sentence: Despite three and a half years ballroom dance lessons, Toby still resembled an emu with two left feet. His long suffering dance instructor had come to the conclusion that he was just a messodoble and there really was no hope.
Etymology: Mess, a state of confusion or difficuly + Pasodoble, a fast-paced ballroom dance based on a Latin American marching style. Origin, Spanish 'double step'. = Messodoble.
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-29: 11:52:00
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Pasdedoh
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pah de dough
Sentence: Kenny was now firmly entrenched as a wallflower once he had been identified as a pasdedoh. His reputation for j j j jivegawking, sambungling, disco-verhegoesagain and tangoling had spread even to the lowliest of barn dances in the country surrounding his home town.
Etymology: pas de deux (dance for two esp. in ballet) + doh (exclamation of dismay)
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COMMENTS:
didn't get it until I read the pronunciation - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:25:00
Yes a little cryptic on first look. But someone voted for it. - petaj, 2008-05-30: 03:27:00
Entertaining. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:47:00
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Gawkytrot
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gaw/kee/trot
Sentence: Jenny hates going to weddings with Joe because he always wants to dance, but he can only gawkytrot his way around the dance floor.
Etymology: GAWKY (awkward; ungainly; clumsy) + FOXTROT (a dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences)
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COMMENTS:
Fav one, but you used it as a verb in the example... of course, it could be both a noun and a verb. - marumaru, 2009-07-10: 21:12:00
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Goosegetdown
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: goose-get-down
Sentence: John loved to dance and sing along with his favorite disco song,"Goosegetdown Tonight" from Poultry and the Sunshine Band. He would move around the dancefloor and sing at the top of his voice, "Do a goosey dance, Make some goosey love, goosedown tonight, goosedown tonight." Karen, however, was so embarassed by his moves that she wished the fox would come and take this grey goose by the neck.
Etymology: Wordplay on goosedown, + KC and the Sunshine band: "Get Down Tonight" + English folksong "The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night."
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COMMENTS:
LOL sentence! - splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:43:00
Eider been so embarrassed if I was Karen! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:43:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-05-29: 18:13:00
Michael's dancing sounds just like mine. Great word!
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Whatup with the \\\\\\that appears whenever I type a quote or apostrophe?
Guest artist? New style? Reminds me a bit of Shel Silverstein.