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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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Cannedida
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kan dee da
Sentence: his cannedida was not improved by being engulfed in a dandruff blizzard every time the plane hit an air pocket.
Etymology: candida, canned.
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COMMENTS:
Canny Creation! I like it. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:06:00
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Crammuter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kramyoōtr
Sentence: More and more people are using the public transit system. This increase has left Tom feeling like a crammuter. He was used to a quick snack on his way to work but the crowding has made him a sardiner.
Etymology: cram (put something quickly or roughly into something that is or appears to be too small to contain it) + commuter (traveler)
Croosht
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Cr-oo-sht
Sentence: Cubicles. in many work places, always give that croosht feeling, as one contemplates what will be the next to swoop down on you ... boss, customer, or even falling files!
Etymology: From roost meaning to sit and cramped meaning without sufficient space and crush in the sense of quashed or squashed.
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COMMENTS:
I often feel croosht - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 10:45:00
fun word to say quickly over and over! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:54:00
Pithy & pertinent- I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:15:00
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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
Disencozy
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: dis-en-co-zee
Sentence: I was quickly disencozied by the crackhead who felt the need to sit right beside me on the bus, when there were plenty of empty benches. I'm prone to disencoziness though, which is why I usually walk to work.
Etymology: Disenchant- To free from illusion *of* Cozy- comfortable feeling
Rampantransit
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ram pan tranzit
Sentence: Ricky often wondered, just for the halibut, how much deeper a sleep the passenger in front could possibly get by going 3 inches back to encroach on his tiny space???
Etymology: rampant (uncontrolled) & transit (passage or journey)
Crimpinge
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: krim-PIN-ge (crimpingement,crimpinged)
Sentence: RedundantRay was pleased and delighted with his new job as an undercover consumer satisfaction consultant for SkyHigh Airlines. In his short yet brief career he had suggested many small, tiny improvements and modifications which had saved the airline a lot of money and cash. The greatest and most important of these were his recommendations that by slowly and gradually reducing and decreasing the size and dimensions of the fold-down trays and shrinking the available leg room available to each passenger, SkyHigh could eventually increase the number of seats on each L-1011 and no one would notice. On his latest undercover flight from Tierra Del Fuego, the small yet diminutive Korean tourist in front of him began to CRIMPINGE on his personal space, slowly ratcheting her seat into the reclining horizontal position which stifled and cut off the blood supply to Ray's lower extremities and legs, inducing an accidental Heimlich Manoever that propelled the tiny Sardinian fish he was choking on the length of the cabin. RedundantRay's CRIMPINGEMENT made it impossible to hail a flight attendant or stewardess. Imprisoned thus, Ray was only able to regret his stupid, foolish space-saving suggestions which had turned this tedious, arduous flight into a flying airborne version of The Black Hole Of Calcutta. Just before he blacked out into unconsciousness, Ray wondered if his frequent-flier miles would be awarded posthumously after he was dead and gone.
Etymology: CRIMP+imPINGE=CRIMPINGE.....CRIMP: to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched,to form into a desired shape, to pinch or press together (as in passengers) in order to seal;Dutch or Low German krimpen to shrivel; akin to Middle Dutch crampe hook, cramp.....IMPINGE: to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision or a slow squeezing action;Latin impingere, from in- + pangere to fasten, drive in.
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COMMENTS:
Save BIG monies! Fly with confidence:
http://www.skyhighairlines.com/main.asp - metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:06:00
Correct me if I'm wrong. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:07:00
I like this word best! Voted for it! - logarithm, 2008-11-20: 08:40:00
Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:13:00
tAIRiffic word! I could hardly t'AIR my eyes away from it. - Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:00:00
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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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Crambivalence
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: kram-BIV-uh-luh ns
Sentence: As the 500lb Sumo wrestler quaked tectonically to and fro in the seat immediately in front of his, Bob's crambivalence faltered between the fear of being squeezy-chaired, and the hope of having a fabulous fortnight in The Philippines.
Etymology: Blend of CRAM: to press something into something else; jam or cram beyond the normal comfortable capacity, as on a plane or train & AMBIVALENCE: similar conflicting feelings; mixed feelings of uncertainty or emotion, as between safety & unsafety.
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COMMENTS:
Another good combo! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:11:00
once again, I'm wowed by your extra words - love squeezy-chaired - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 13:26:00
great word! - bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:27:00
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Ampak
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ampak
Sentence: As Monday morning approaches Jason dreads his trip on the Ampak commuter train. Never one to enjoy crowds, this rolling sardine can is no fun. He*s torn as to which is worse, standing or sitting. If he stands he is treated to breakfast on the breath of at least 6 fellow commuters, seated he gets vestiges of last night*s dinner. Phwew!
Etymology: Amtrak (a federal passenger railroad service in the U.S.) + packed (cram a large number of things into a container or space)
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COMMENTS:
Clever word that so effectively conveys the definition! - splendiction, 2010-04-19: 21:43:00
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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