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DEFINITION: v., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.
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Avacant
Created by: Stackd
Pronunciation: Ah-vay-can-t
Sentence: His avacant expression succeeded in avoiding all questions.
Etymology: Avoid and vacant
Sociallusion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: so-shul-loo-zhun
Sentence: He was supposed to be filling in for his boss while he was away, but his fear of handling urgent phone calls turned him into a sociallusion, so he locked himself in the mens room for the day.
Etymology: social, illusion
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COMMENTS:
it sounds like a deivative of socialism - perhaps there are many Swedish sociallusions - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-19: 13:48:00
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Vacunt
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Vay/kunt
Sentence: 'Dave is a such a vacunt, whenever I want to talk about where our relationship is going, he just glazes over' moaned Minnie
Etymology: Vacant + Vagina, nope sorry I mean (it's ok i'm a feminist)
Hermitate
Created by: bebaibo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why does Bob always have that blank stare at our meetings? I think he's hermitating, so the boss won't ask him any questions.
Etymology: From hermit (a person living in solitude as a religous discipline...OED)
Avoidunce
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: A-void-unce
Sentence: The avoidunce only answered the doorbell when the pizza delivery boy arrived.
Etymology: Avoid + dunce
Homelistless
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He had that homelistless look so I just walked away.
Etymology:
Fauxvert
Created by: MadTripper
Pronunciation: foh-vurt
Sentence: My father would always become a fauxvert on Halloween night by shutting the lights off in the house and refusing to answer the door.
Etymology: Faux Avert
Comavoid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: koh-ma-void
Sentence: Randy is quite skilled at dodging interactions with his co-workers. He can comavoid just about any effort to elicit a response. The only known method to break this trance-like concentration is to drop a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on his desk.
Etymology: coma (a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli) + avoid (to keep away from; keep clear of; shun)
Recladude
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: the recladude hid in the mens room till the meeting was over
Etymology: reclusive dude
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Osmosis - 2007-10-21: 23:15:00
Perhaps "denysolation" would be better for this definition and sentence.
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James