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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.
Verboticisms
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Sneesappointment
Created by: meatloafster
Pronunciation: snee sa point ment
Sentence: Man... I had a sneesapointment earlier today. It was a bummer, I almost had it.
Etymology: sneeze + dissapointment
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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COMMENTS:
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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Gezundtease
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzʊnˌtiz/
Sentence: Often, I think that I've had a gezundtease only to unexpectedly blow snot all over myself a second later.
Etymology: From gezundheit + tease
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COMMENTS:
that sentence earns you my vote. he he! - erasmus, 2007-04-12: 04:55:00
Thanks, though yours is much better. - ErWenn, 2007-04-13: 00:02:00
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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.
Snotyet
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: snoy ee et
Sentence: a series of snot yets left her exhausted and her dinner guests strangely unhungry.
Etymology: snot not yet
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COMMENTS:
Cute -- I was thinking along the lines of snotnot, but this is much better. - petaj, 2007-04-12: 04:54:00
Does a snotyet cause brain phelm? Good word. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-12: 12:53:00
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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
Sneecap
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: snee/cap (like kneecap)
Sentence: I've had a problem with sneecap ever since I had my nose pierced. I'll have to get some sneeagra
Etymology: sneeze + cap
Yawnchoo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yônchoō
Sentence: She felt it starting deep in her gut, a sneeze that she knew would be heard for blocks. It began with a tingling in her toes and moved up her legs to his torso. Then the required lurching, hah, hah, hah, but then it stalled just before the choo. Oh no, a yawnchoo. How unfulfilling.
Etymology: yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) + achoo (the sound as a sneeze)
Anticlimactisneeze
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ann-tee-cli-mack-ti-sneez
Sentence: Pearl always anticlimactisneezed whenever she thought of her ex-boyfriend Hal and his dust bunny filled apartment.
Etymology: anti + climax + sneeze
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
thats a great definition.
ErWenn - 2007-04-13: 00:03:00
Agreed!
Thanks and cheers again to ziggy41 for the great idea! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by Ziggy41. Thank you Ziggy41. ~ James