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'The place was packed when I came in...'

DEFINITION: To enter a crowded public place such as a bar or restaurant, only to find it deserted within minutes of your entrance.

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Publicenema

Created by: toralora

Pronunciation: pub/lik/eh/neh/mah

Sentence: He had a case of publicenema when he went to the local bar last night. Everyone left within minutes of his entrance.

Etymology: public + enema

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COMMENTS:

Kind of like public enemy - toralora, 2007-03-04: 21:12:00

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Evacudate

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: e-vac-u-date

Sentence: Whenever Anna wanted the dance-floor to herself, she'd call up Borat for an evacudate. He'd clear the floor in just seconds by making a rankentrance.

Etymology: evacuate (clear the building) + date (commonly occurring in bars and restaurants)

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Emptenter

Created by: Harlequin

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I told you you looked creepy! Did you see how you emptentered this place?

Etymology: Combination of verbs "empty" and "enter."

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Throngregation

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: It looked like a happening place but the throngregation took place just as we were seated.

Etymology: throng - crowd congregation - assemble migration - move

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Closedman

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: cloos-men

Sentence: When it's a pleasant affair and the bar has to close they always call the closedman, it takes a serveral minutes and the bar is complete empty

Etymology: closed and men

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Presperse

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiˌspɚs/

Sentence: Sam would always presperse the office lounge, except when he'd postsperse the room, often a result of his odor arriving a good minute before he did.

Etymology: From pre- + disperse

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Sam was always well-prepared! - wordmeister, 2007-02-26: 01:42:00

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Pubandon

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: puh-ban-duhn

Sentence: After filling my soda, I turned to find the room pubandoned.

Etymology: combination of "pub" and "abandon"

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Skeezadle

Created by: NohWoman

Pronunciation: sKEEz-adle

Sentence: Skunky the Skank was a party animal and loved company and a good time, but alas, wherever he went, he totally skeezadled everyone out of there and killed the party.

Etymology: Skeezy: sketchy, sleazy, skanky + Skedaddle: to leave hurriedly.

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Restaurout

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: rest + arr + out

Sentence: We pulled a restaurout the other day, which is what we get for showing up for dinner at 10:45 PM.

Etymology: restaurant + out

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Fundusflee

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: fundus/flee

Sentence: A vixen of vagrant volatiles, she could best be described as a fetching if not frequent flutterblaster with a keen aptitude for fundusflee at cocktail parties.

Etymology: fundus (breaking wind) + flee

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Comments:

Alchemist - 2007-02-26: 01:01:00
Strangely, this phenomenon has happened to me many times...

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-26: 00:00:31
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James