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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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Zombievade
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zämbēvād
Sentence: George could zombievade almost any situation. His blank stare and lack of reaction made approach nearly impossible. The few who tried to elicit human interaction were rebuffed by active indifference. Deep inside they knew that George really wanted to eat their brains.
Etymology: Zombie (a soulless corpse said to be revived by witchcraft) + evade (escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery)
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COMMENTS:
Gotta love those zombies! Good word. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-17: 11:36:00
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Faklusion
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: fey-kloo-zhun
Sentence: George saw the Jehovah's Witnesses coming up to the door, so he went into a state of faklusion.
Etymology: fake + seclusion
Miraginist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: meer/ah/jin/ist
Sentence: He was such a skilled miraginist that no one ever knew if he was there or not
Etymology: mirage
Confrontavert
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kon-FRUNT-eh-vert
Sentence: When faced with unwanted visits, remarks, invitations etc, Larimer has several confrontavert techniques he employs wherein he pretends not to notice though everyone else realizes he is faking
Etymology: Blend of 'confront' (to meet face-to-fac) and 'avert' (v. to ward off; prevent)
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)
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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Hollowgraham
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hawl/oh/gram
Sentence: Graham was a very shy person who could turn into a hollowgraham when confronted with his insecurities.
Etymology: hologram (three dimensional photographic image - sometimes visible, sometimes not) + graham + hollow
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COMMENTS:
heh! - galwaywegian, 2008-09-17: 07:31:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-09-18: 10:15:00
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Stonify
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: stone-i-fy
Sentence: Everytime i see this guy, i stonify. I just don't want him to speak to me.
Etymology: to act like stone
Hiburbate
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: high-burr-bate
Sentence: With his phone left in the car, Steve was able to enjoy the day strewn about on the grass in the park hiburbating in peace.
Etymology: Hibernate + ***********
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