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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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Iptrovert
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: ip'-tro-vert
Sentence: i was listening to my sister for a while but then just iptroverted because he was complaining about her friends.
Etymology: ipod + introvert
Obsessebrate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: obb-SESS-eh-brayt
Sentence: Melanie is a totally self absorbed person who will ignore the needs or feelings of others and her worst annoying habit it obsessebrating when her favorite tunes are playing and will have the volume turned as high as it will go.
Etymology: Blend of 'obsessed' (To preoccupy the mind of excessively) and 'celebrate' (publicly acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity)
Apathedonize
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: ap-aw-thi-DO-NIZ
Sentence: Any time the world gets to be too much, she apathedonizes through her diregard for what goes on around her by focusing on her own pleasure and favorite tunes
Etymology: apathy + hedonist
Hipodnotism
Created by: lynx13
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: it is a word that contains the words "hypnotism" and "ipod" in one word
Iblissfulignorance
Created by: schleppo
Pronunciation: eye-bliss-full-ig-nor-ants
Sentence: Sally is in a state of iblissfulignorance
Etymology:
Noblivious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nob liv ee us
Sentence: Isadora was noblivious when she zoned in on her music and dialed away the world. She missed seeing so many accidents that she caused due to her inattention.
Etymology: Nob (variant spelling of KNOB,a button on a dial to adjust sound on a radio) & Oblivious (failing to keep in mind)
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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Idore
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: I-dore
Sentence: Only when I really pump it up, I can tune out all the ordinary people around me and truly iDore myself.
Etymology: iPod and to adore put together, with the "i" at the beginning also stressing the importance of the self.
Oblivasorb
Created by: Marli
Pronunciation: O-bilv-a-sorb
Sentence: Charolette had not a care in the world as she oblivasorbed her way through the day!
Etymology: oblivious + self-absorbed
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