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DEFINITION: v., To yawn or sigh repeatedly in an effort to subtly communicate one's lack of interest in the current conversation. n., A series of long, exasperated, and often escalating sighs indicating extreme boredom.
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Sighgnal
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: si-gnal
Sentence: As Andrea droned on about her film class, Mark began to drift. he sighgnaled her repeatedly but she, rapt in her subject, was undeterred. Mark's subtle napathy was ignored. napathy: to pretend to sleep in an attempt to signal disinterest.
Etymology: sigh + (si)gnal
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COMMENTS:
we must both be napathetic - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-15: 15:55:00
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Irksomegaping
Created by: 526630
Pronunciation: erk-some-gaping
Sentence: Alyssa irksomegaped during history class to show she wasnt interested in the subject.
Etymology: irksome-annoying;exasperating;tiresome -gaping-to stare with an open mouth;yawning
Tediashun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tee dee ay shun
Sentence: In absolute tediashun, Marco would yawn and sigh in a bored manner whenever Gwen went into one of her longwinded tirades about her job.
Etymology: Tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Goredom
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: gore-dum
Sentence: After years of watching even the most ardent Democratic yawn repeatedly during his speeches, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore found a way to take goredom up a notch. His loud, exasperated sighs during a presidential debate became a new standard for goredom, which has yet to be matched.
Etymology: Boredom combined with Gore, as in the formerly monotonous, droning vice president of the U.S.
Sighlencing
Created by: Navalon
Pronunciation: sigh-lens-ing
Sentence: It was around 15 minutes into Mindy's riveting tale about her grocery exploits that John began his repeated attempts at sighlencing her seemingly unstoppable barrage of words.
Etymology: To sigh with the effect of silencing another.
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COMMENTS:
good word - Nosila, 2008-09-09: 19:24:00
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Passagyawner
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: Pass-AG-yahner
Sentence: John is such a passagyawner; whenever I speak he starts yawning to let me know hes bored of the conversation.
Etymology: Contraction of PASS(ive) + AGG(ressive) + YAWNER
Getoutofmyfaceism
Created by: Kat43
Pronunciation: get-out-of-my-face-ism
Sentence: As my friend was going on and on about their history homework, I suddenly realized that I caught a bad case of getoutofmyfaceism
Etymology:
Comoanication
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.)kə-mōn'-nĭ-kā'-shən; (tr. v.) kə-mōn'-nĭ-kāt'
Sentence: "Ezra, try telling people how you feel by using your words rather than wasting our time with your puerile comoanication!"
Etymology: com[mun]ication + moan
Gapeathy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: gape-a-thee
Sentence: The students' gapeathy was apparent while the teacher began his unit on the Constitution. They yawned widely, texted under their desks and fell asleep. Pity.
Etymology: gape: open one's mouth wide; yawn + apathy: apathy: lack on interest or concern, especially of important matters
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and Pseudonym. Were you two talking to each other when this idea popped into your heads? Thank you remistram and Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James