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DEFINITION: n., Second-hand sound which has escaped from a headset. v., To play music on personal listening device so loudly that it leaks out of the earphones.
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Bangnamstyle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bang nam style
Sentence: Adele was floored when her Grandma played her music so loudly on her headphones. Grandma also sang out loud and off key to whatever she gyrated to. Her current favourite was so loud, Adele called it her bangnam-style, as it would have broken most ear drums at that volume. Eh Sexy Deaf Lady!
Etymology: Bang (loud noise) & Gangnam-style (pop hit by Korean PSI’s song “Gangnam Style,” which mocks the consumerism of a rich Seoul suburb and features a horse-riding-style dance)
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COMMENTS:
clever ! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-07: 10:55:00
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Nanodribble
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: nan-uh-drihb-uhl
Sentence: Ken's Johnny Cash nanodribble was so loud that the hiphopsters were groving to it twenty feet away.
Etymology: (ipod)nano + dribble
Soundeflect
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sow-nd-ee-flekt
Sentence: When Sarah listened to her heavy metal through her earphones her mum was still able to here it due to the soundeflect, being more into classical music herself, this would drive her so mad that she had to resort to wearing earplugs.
Etymology: Sound(vibrations which travel through the air and are sensed by the ear) + Deflect(turn aside from a straight course or intended purpose) ORIGIN Latin eflectere from flectere 'to bend' = Soundeflect
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:35:00
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Incoustinence
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: in-coos-tin-ents
Sentence: The incoustinence of some people is appalling.
Etymology: incontinence+acoustic
Earjaculate
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: eer-JAK-u-layt
Sentence: Nancy sat on the subway wearing her ipod but not listening to it. She felt odd doing it that way, but throughout the train she could hear the earjaculate headmedowns of the other passengers. The way the podjamas merged into its own kind of earjam was more soothing to her than her own musical selections could have ever been. earjam: something you fill your ears with. podjamas: the barely audible sound of another person's ipod. headmedowns: second-hand music.
Etymology: ear + ejaculate (shooting out of)
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COMMENTS:
great words - porsche, 2007-10-04: 13:35:00
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Hisshop
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Hiss-hop
Sentence: In an attempt to signal her disquiet, Sally peered over the top of her book and stared directly over to the nodding girl on the opposite side of the carriage. The hisshop emanating from there was causing Sally to imagine herself breaking off the arm of her seat and bludgeoning the bitch to a pulp, all to the rapturous sound of applause from the rest of the passengers.
Etymology: Hiss - a sound like the letter 's'; a noisy leak. Hop - to jump from place to place
Icophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eye-kof-uh-nee
Sentence: The jack hammer complained to his boss that he couldn't hear the sound of his tool due to the icophony coming from his coworker's MP3 player.
Etymology: iPod (music player) + cacophony (harsh discordance of sound; dissonance)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James
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