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DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.
Verboticisms
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Claustrofied
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: closs - truh -fide
Sentence: Knowing he was unable to leave the plane and truly frightened by the weird chanting of the strange looking person in the seat next to him, Chauncey was thoroughly claustrofied.
Etymology: Mix of claustrophobia and terrified
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COMMENTS:
It's got a good ring to it. - ErWenn, 2008-01-29: 07:05:00
Chauncey probably progressed to being claustrof[r]ied! Fun word! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:59:00
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Scoomunched
Created by: chris0rthompson
Pronunciation: scoo-munched
Sentence: While on the plane the person in front of me leaned their chair back causing me to be very scoomunched.
Etymology:
Repososis
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ree/po/ZO/sis
Sentence: Larry felt a twinge of repososis as he took the window seat behind the sleepy sumo wrestler.
Etymology: repose + neurosis
Seatraction
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: seet/trak/shun
Sentence: Whenever John flew and had to sit in the middle isle, Murphy's Law of seatraction always seemed to come into play. On either side of him twin 300 pounders always made him feel cozy and crushed for the full six hour flight.
Etymology: SEATRACTION - from - SEAT + CONTRACTION
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COMMENTS:
Who needs a seatbelt, eh? Good Word! - Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:13:00
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Spotight
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: spaht tie t
Sentence: Bo sat in the small seat of the air plane, hoping to have a quiet drink, unwind, and relax. Soon seated at his side, Blondie psycho-can-kneesd him, constantly. Then desperately seeking Susan, jambacked him from behind, breathing down his neck. Jordan shoved his seat back, laplancing him with it. Bo abhorred being in the spottight!
Etymology: Spot - your space or place. Tight - diminished or reduced as much as possible. Antonym of spottight: spotlight.
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:19:00
Good word and terriic sentence - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:18:00
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Claustraught
Created by: LordRahlsFav
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was feeling quite claustraught as the seat moved further and further back. I regretted my decision to be claustraught in economy class.
Etymology:
Tiltilated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tilt/i/lay/ted
Sentence: Since Ted loved living on the edge the discomfort he felt by the ever encroaching seat in front of him felt mildly tiltilating.
Etymology: tilt + titilated
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COMMENTS:
Almost makes those claustairphobic squeezychairs sound exciting! Nice alliteration with a bit of a tongue twist, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 08:09:00
Nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:19:00
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Haemorcramchotic
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Haemor-cram-chotic
Sentence: On a long-haul fligh recently i was feeling very very Haemorcramchotic
Etymology: Haemor (Haemorroids) + cram (Cramped in) + chotic (from Psychotic)
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COMMENTS:
sounds awfully painful! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:01:00
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Narrowbinded
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: nhar-oh-byn-ded
Sentence: Zinnia liked to think of herself as open-minded but her commute to work, via public transport, had slowed changed her mind. Indeed, she was now so anxious of being narrowbinded that she would go to great lengths to assure a seat by herself. The fake dog stool she found at a gag shop was a good deterrent, but she left it on too many buses and was arousing suspicion among the drivers. She finally discovered that the best way to protect her person space from breech was to softly sing while eating canned tuna.
Etymology: narrow (small space) + binded (sic. secure by tying) play on "narrow minded"
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! - splendiction, 2010-04-19: 21:47:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-29: 09:30:00
Evocative cartoon ... crushed-people like sardines in a tinned-canny airplane with that overpowering fishy smell closing in on everything! Very clever!
Hey Silveryaspen, Thanks for the kind words. Smells like croosht shoup ~ James
Excellent word. Makes me wonder who that was and what they were chanting.
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James