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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.
Verboticisms
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Musolate
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: moos-o-layt
Sentence: Emma really loved to listen to music, taking refuge from problems, annoyances and real life in general, usually musolating herself from everything else.
Etymology: music + isolate (to seperate something from its surroundings, in this case usually oneself)
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COMMENTS:
Just for the record, I made this before I went to read the other verboticisms, so the similarity to the submission "musisolating" is coincidental. - Krixwell, 2013-09-11: 09:26:00
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Hitune
Created by: hairydoginparis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I HiTuned my iPod until I couldn't hear the baby's screams.
Etymology: Hi-from high, like high volume iTune-from the music played on iPods
Inarcisdissociate
Created by: bokashiman
Pronunciation: eye-nar-sis-dis-so-she-ate
Sentence:
Etymology: from narcissism - love of self and dissociation - zoning out
Oblivego
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: oh bliv eego
Sentence: Melody had shortened her name to MeMe and it suited her well. She could not pass a window or mirror without gazing adoringly at herself. It was always all about her. Until that day when she strapped on her i-pod and went running, dancing down the busy street oblivego to all else around her. Too bad the loud rendition of "I did it my way" prevented her from hearing that Greyhound Bus heading her way...oops!
Etymology: Oblivious (Unaware of anything else;forgetful;unmindful)& Ego (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others;your consciousness of your own identity;vanity;self-importance)
Tonezoner
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: TONE-ZONE-UR
Sentence: SHE'S SUCH A TONEZONER I'M SUPRISED SHE DOESN'T GET RUN OVER
Etymology: TONE-BEING TONED IN TO TUNES BEING ZONED OUT AS IN IN HER OWN WORLD
Dinsulate
Created by: durananrananran
Pronunciation: Din-SOO-late
Sentence: So she could focus on her yoga, Jane dinsulated herself from the traffic accident outside with a bit of Bon Jovi. Jane never joins in the conversation, she's always dinsulating.
Etymology: portmanteau of din and insulate
Ivoid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ahy-void
Sentence: Mary loves her music. Once she sticks her earbuds in she can ivoid anything unpleasant or bothersome.
Etymology: i (from iPod/iPad) + avoid (to keep away from; keep clear of; shun)
Iblissfulignorance
Created by: schleppo
Pronunciation: eye-bliss-full-ig-nor-ants
Sentence: Sally is in a state of iblissfulignorance
Etymology:
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