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DEFINITION: v. To worry about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the ultimate demise of our planet. n. Anxiety caused by the fear of nuclear bumblers.
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Nufearical
Created by: amberlily
Pronunciation: nu-feer-ik-al
Sentence: "We're gonna get nuked!", said Ed, his eyes wide. "Calm down!", said Jane. "You're completely nufearical."
Etymology: fear of nuclear activity, paired with hysterical behavior
Nuclefear
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nookleefeer
Sentence: Every news report about Iran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb adds to Walter's nuclefear.
Etymology: nuclear (pertaining to or involving atomic weapons) + fear (a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc)
Catastrofear
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ca/tas/tro/fear
Sentence: Every news report of trouble in the Gaza Strip sends Jenny into a state of catastrofear.
Etymology: CATASTROFEAR - noun - from CATASTROPHE (a final event, or conclusion; a disastrous end) + FEAR (concern or anxiety)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-02-04: 10:48:00
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Wmdiety
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: dub-ul-u-m-dI-e-tee
Sentence: Approaching 2012 there's an air of WMDiety amongst the peoples!
Etymology: WMD (weapons of mass destruction) + anxiety (worry, apprehension) + deity (God, divinity)
Fussion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fyoo-shun (like fusion)
Sentence: A frission of anxiety ran through Amanda as she read the magazine article on the H bombs. She did not know that is was a publication of the conspiracy theorists, and was soon in a complete state of fussion.
Etymology: fusion (a type of nuclear reaction) + fuss (worry) Frisson (a shudder of emotion) + fission (another type of nuclear reaction)
Defissioncy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: de fish on see
Sentence: Pierre was terribly afraid of nuclear war. In fact he was suffering a severe defissioncy. When people joked about nuclear holocaust to him, he always said "Fermi la bouche!"
Etymology: Deficiency (something lacking) & Fission (a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy) Enrico Fermi (Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954))
Bangxiety
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bang zy itee
Sentence: When you took Professor Atom Baum's physics class, it was hard not to develop bangxiety about the world's fate. According to Atom,the world was always on the verge of nuclear war. Of course, Professor Atom Baum was married to Professor Eva Destruction, so there was always cheery chat around their dinner table. Neither of them ever bought green bananas, just in case they were right.
Etymology: Bang (Explosion;loud noise;the swift release of a store of affective force;(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin and the demise of the universe) & Anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
Paranukia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: parənoōkiə
Sentence: Boomer is one of the few people we know who still maintains a fallout shelter. His paranukia runs deep. He tells his skeptics ”When they blow you up, don’t come running to me”.
Etymology: paranoia (a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution) + nuke (a nuclear weapon)
Kaboomominy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KA-boom-OM-ee-nee
Sentence: Whenever Bob heard the words nuclear winter, shivers of kaboomominy koreered down his back.
Etymology: KABOOM: onomatopoeia: A loud noise heard with an explosion. "With the drop of the atom bomb, a loud kaboom was heard. " & OMINY (clipping of ominous); threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions."
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COMMENTS:
Great descriptive sentence and word... we's all felt shivers of kaboomominy! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 22:26:00
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Worrywartmonger
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: WER ee WART MONG ger
Sentence: Joe is such a worrywartmonger. He thinks everyone is out to start a war. He has his whole basement lined with canned goods, and he swears his next door neighbour is having seances with Hitler.
Etymology: WORRYWART: Someone who worries about a lot of things WARMONGER: a person who tries to start wars and encourage others to start wars
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
artipt - 2018-08-19: 18:15:00
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