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'I coughed up $50 for this concert!'

DEFINITION: n. The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus. v. To clear one's throat

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Ughmentation

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: ug/men/ta/shun

Sentence: As the ughmentation level reached epic proportions in the performance hall, he realized that he was allergic to hard-core chamber music.

Etymology: ugh: interjection used to indicate the sound of a grunt or cough to express disgust or horror + augmentation: synonymous with increase

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Growss

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: Grose

Sentence: Every time I go to see the symphony the growss factor of the croud increases; it's extremely annoying, since I'd rather hear the music than the hacking of some hack in the concert hall.

Etymology: Grow (increase) + Gross (disgusting) -- also works with the gross meaning total, although not as well (and not originally intended).

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Coughlingo

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: coff-ling-go

Sentence: David used his large vocabulary of coughlingo, consisting of cough muffled obsenities, to express his thoughts on the opera Jill insisted he attend.

Etymology: cough/lingo, as in language

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Boredsicles

Created by: officespace162

Pronunciation:

Sentence: when paying $50 for bad tickets, you may suffer from the boredsicles

Etymology: bored because of the dissatisfaction, and sicles as in disease

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Yawnfarts

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: yawn-farts

Sentence: Yawnfarts were flying all over the theatre

Etymology: yawn + farts + lawn darts

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Crowdstirring

Created by: joshk

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: When discontent seemingly crowd surfs over an audience.

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Heckspectorate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hek spek tor ayt

Sentence: By the 12th act of the one man autobiographical play, the audience was starting to heckspectorate a lot. The haughty performer was convinced that a nasty virus was circulating throughout the theatre...he just did not realize that it was he who was making them all sick.

Etymology: Heckle (to try and embarrass someone speaking or performing by making noises, or wisecracks) & Expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

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Cruckus

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: cruck-us

Sentence: And suddenly, a cruckus arose amoung the crowd.

Etymology: from cough + ruckus

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Mobmumble

Created by: chickenassassin

Pronunciation: Mob-mum-bull

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Etymology:

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Yelpiglottis

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: yellp - eh - glot - tis

Sentence: When Francie grew bored with the subject material or plot of a movie, she expressed her displeasure with a yelpiglottis sound. Those around her did not know if they should call a doctor or call her rude.

Etymology: yelp (An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance; To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise, The basic call of the wild turkey) epiglottis (A flap of tissue (cartilage) located in the throat just above the larynx)

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-21: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-21: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-21: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-15: 08:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian. Thank you galwaywegian. ~ James