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DEFINITION: n. An incomplete sneeze; starts with a nose tickle, followed by a sharp intake of breath, but then it vanishes, leaving only a vague sense of incompletion. v. To start a sneeze, but never actually finish it.

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Halfchoo

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: half-choo

Sentence: Jaime thought that she had to sneeze and got as far as the deep breath, but it turned out to only be a halfchoo instead.

Etymology: half + achoo

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COMMENTS:

I really like this. - lauramy, 2007-04-12: 15:19:00

good one JJ! - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 02:49:00

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Sneepause

Created by: hobodad

Pronunciation: snee-pause

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Etymology: sneeze + pause

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Atchaporate

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: atch/ah/poor/ate

Sentence: Aaah, aaah, aaah... nope, it's gone. Must have been an atchaporate.

Etymology: atchoo (bless you!) + evaporate

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Teasesneeze

Created by: tbAG84

Pronunciation: teez-sneez

Sentence: She thought i was shocked but it was nothing but another of my characteristic teasesneezes.

Etymology: tease- to evoke unresolved anticipation sneeze- godblessyou.

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Snease

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: s/niece

Sentence: Just as she was about to sneeze, she encountered a snease, that sharp nasel pain of an unfullfiled sneeze. With a snease all the symptoms of a sneeze are there, but the satisfying achoo.

Etymology: sneeze + cease

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pronounced "s/niece" - Stevenson0, 2007-04-12: 07:50:00

Niece? What about tease? I voted for it because I though it was a combo of sneeze and tease. That would perfectly capture the meaning. - lauramy, 2007-04-12: 15:18:00

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Sneezisinterruptus

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: snEEzis-inter-ruptis

Sentence: Jill experienced sneezisinterruptus bringing herself to the height of the sneeze, then pulling out and not finishing it. The story of her life.

Etymology: sneeze/coitus interruptus

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Snee

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: snee

Sentence: The bridesmaid didn't want to sneeze just as the bride and groom were taking their vows, so she pressed her finger sideways under her nose and it became a tiny snee instead.

Etymology: Start with "sneeze" but remove the end part that makes it meaningful.

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Interruptchoo

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: int-ter-up-choo

Sentence: Doug felt very unsatisfied since his unfortunate interruptchoo. After all he enjoyed sneezing.

Etymology: "interrupt" as in "coitus interruptus" and "tchoo" as in aah-tchoo.

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Sneezetease

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: sneez/teez

Sentence: A sneezetease is the greatest anticlimax

Etymology: sneeze + tease

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Teeze

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: tees

Sentence: Ironically, the atheist never sneezed- she often coincidentally teezed but nonetheless avoided being "god-bless"ed.

Etymology: from sneeze + tease (because incomplete sneezes are uber irritating)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-12: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James

erasmus erasmus - 2007-04-12: 04:48:00
thats a great definition.

ErWenn - 2007-04-13: 00:03:00
Agreed!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-13: 01:52:00
Thanks and cheers again to ziggy41 for the great idea! ~ James'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-29: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by Ziggy41. Thank you Ziggy41. ~ James