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DEFINITION: v. To arrange with a friend to phone you with a "crisis" during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; n. A fake "emergency" phone call that is used to end a blind date.
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Catrastrophoney
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuh-tas-truh-foh-nee
Sentence: Joan was not at all sure about going out on a date with a guy she met through an online dating service. Even though one of her girlfriends swore by it, Bubba's Buds didn't feel quite right to her so she arranged for June to give her a catastrophoney call just to be safe.
Etymology: catastrophe (a sudden and widespread disaster) + phone (telephone) + phoney (not genuine; fake )
Punctumate
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: PUNCTUate+MATE
Sentence: He sounded fine on the internet, but please punctumate me in an hour, just in case.
Etymology: PUNCTUate+MATE
Cellafeign
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: cell uh feyn
Sentence: Marsha, please remember to cellafeign at 8:00 and we'll see if I need it.
Etymology: From the Modern American cell, indicating a phone area since 1977, and the Old French feindre meaning to pretend, represent, imitate or shirk.
Liedescape
Created by: edgegirl
Pronunciation: lie-de-scape
Sentence: I need to come up with a liedescape before tonite.
Etymology:
Blindoneone
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bl ine d wun wun
Sentence: Flossie arranged that Marcy would make a blindoneone phone call to her sometime during the evening of her blind date with Harold. Flossie could then easily extricate herself on pretense of an emergency, if Harold proved to be an unpleasant experience.
Etymology: 911 (emergency phone number, emergency call), blind (blind date)
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COMMENTS:
- excellent! - splendiction, 2009-07-09: 12:02:00
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Araccknophonya
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Arr - accck! - na - fon - ya
Sentence: When her blind date, Delbert, showed up looking like some kind of insect, Phoebe had a major case of araccknaphonya and hovered near the phone awaiting a phonus interruptus call from her friend, Alberta offering an escape 'clause'
Etymology: Blend of arachnophobia, Acck! and phone.
Simulurgent
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: simyəˈlərjənt
Sentence: Bob had a standing arrangement with his buddy Jim to give him simulurgent phoneycall to give him an escape if a blind date was not going well. This one was going very badly but no call was coming. If he had checked his voicemail, Bob would have known that Jim was on a blind date of his own and was expecting Bob to use his cellphoney to create a bogusaster.
Etymology: simulation (imitate the appearance or character of) + urgent (requiring immediate action or attention)
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COMMENTS:
lots of great words - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-09: 13:13:00
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Ringsquirm
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Ring-sqworm
Sentence: The blind date seemed to be going quite well until Bob mentioned his schizophrenia. Luckily for Sue she had arranged with her best mate to ringsquirm her with a phony emergency, so when her mobile rang to tell her that her 'cat' had been run over she made her excuses to leave immediately, leaving Bob in 'two minds' about what to do next.
Etymology: Ring(to contact by telephone)Squirm(to wriggle out of something) =Ringsquirm
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COMMENTS:
She'd always wonder which one she was out with...good word! - Nosila, 2008-05-28: 08:25:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James