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DEFINITION: To enter a crowded public place such as a bar or restaurant, only to find it deserted within minutes of your entrance.
Verboticisms
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Dispersify
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: dis-PERS-uh-fie
Sentence: I don't know if it was the leather, the chains, or the haunch of elk he was dragging behind him, but no one could dispersify a busy tavern like Bad Bob. We always got a seat!
Etymology: from the Nez Perce "das parses" meaning "bad mojo"
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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Barsmell
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Dude, get a load of that barsmell, let's leave.
Etymology: Bar + Smell
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.
Egressivate
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: e-gres-si-vate
Sentence: Moe often caused the other patrons of the bar to egressivate not long after his arrival.
Etymology: egress - the act of exiting
Evacudate
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)
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
Crowdispersing
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: craw-dis-pers-ing
Sentence: People shunned Andrew, but it wasn't until he got a job in the police as a crowdisperser that he was happy about it.
Etymology: crowd + dispersing
Decrowderize
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: dee-kraud-er-ize
Sentence: The funk on him was so strong he could decrowderize a room in a nanosecond.
Etymology: de(undo) + crowd + erize(make into)
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."
Comments:
Alchemist - 2007-02-26: 01:01:00
Strangely, this phenomenon has happened to me many times...
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James