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DEFINITION: v. To turn up the volume on your ipod and zone out all exterior noise, chatter, distractions, and focus on what's really important - your own feelings! n. A person who is humming their own tune, and ignoring everything else.
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Applesmack
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: ap ul smak'
Sentence: Applesmack my weird brain, I can't take it anymore.
Etymology: Apple (computer) + smack (heroin or slap)
Meetime
Created by: kaprikornbabe
Pronunciation: mee-time
Sentence: huh? i'm sorry i don't believe i was paying attention, for i was indulging in some MEETIME.
Etymology:
Iternalize
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /I-'t&r-n&-"lIz/
Sentence: Iternalizing is a good way to avoid annoying small talk with the person sitting next to you on the bus.
Etymology: From i- (as in iPod, iTunes, and iMac) and internalize
Mypod
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: My-Pod
Sentence: Belle was a Mypod, and not a thing else mattered.
Etymology: I-pod, the popular mp3 player, and my pod, denoting ownership of the self imposed bubble one listening to an ipod inhabits.
Myopera
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: My-op-er-ah
Sentence: Maria's myopera did not mean she needed to wear her headphones ALL the time, no, it was just whenever she was awake.
Etymology: Rythmic fusion of 1) Myopia - condition commonly referred to as shortsightedness (which is quite a long word) and 2)Opera - musical which is very small (or far away) and requires the audience to use binoculars in order to see the players on the stage.
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COMMENTS:
Based on myopia? - artr, 2009-08-06: 11:11:00
Diva-licious word!!! Does this mean the Presbyopera means when you sing in a Protestant Church??? - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:29:00
Presbyopera, some kinda weird Elvis convention, probably would've could've should've been the subject of a Fr Ted Christmas special. - scrabbelicious, 2009-08-08: 09:43:00
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Obmusicate
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: Verb: ob-mUs-i-kait Noun: ob-mUs-i-kuht
Sentence: Verb: Travellers on the London Underground frequently obmusicate. Noun: (Usually teenager) "Please turn off your music at the dinner table - you're such an obmusicate".
Etymology: From 'ob' (against).
Egonore
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: E-go-nor
Sentence: While the clerk was robbed, I egonored her while listening to the new song from Justin Timberlake.
Etymology: Ego - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others Ignore - to refrain from noticing or recognizing
Exclufect
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Ex-clu-fect
Sentence: I was walking along and it was exclufect
Etymology: Exclu from the word Exclusion and fect from perfect..perfect exclusion
Ituneout
Created by: celeron450
Pronunciation: "eye-toon-owt"
Sentence: On stressful Subway rides, Glenda would often ituneout.
Etymology: iTunes, tune out
Noblivious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nob liv ee us
Sentence: Isadora was noblivious when she zoned in on her music and dialed away the world. She missed seeing so many accidents that she caused due to her inattention.
Etymology: Nob (variant spelling of KNOB,a button on a dial to adjust sound on a radio) & Oblivious (failing to keep in mind)
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