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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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Yawnfarts
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yawn-farts
Sentence: Yawnfarts were flying all over the theatre
Etymology: yawn + farts + lawn darts
Crowdstirring
Created by: joshk
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: When discontent seemingly crowd surfs over an audience.
Coughendo
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: coff-en-do
Sentence: Doug and Rachel joined in the coughendo to show their displeasure with the outcome.
Etymology: cough, crescendo
Exponoxious
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ex.poh.noksh.us
Sentence: It was an unintentional wheeze at first, and a tiny little cough, followed by couple of sneezes and a suppressed burp. Then the cougher lost control, went into a fit and was joined by a second and a third. A groan could be heard amid the harrumph and a barely suppressed belch in close harmony with an embarassingly long, sonorous fart broke the surface of the growing murmur and unrest. From there on the noise grew exponoxiously until, finally .... the star pianist came out of his preparatory meditation, sat up straight and started playing.
Etymology: exponentially obnoxious
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COMMENTS:
Sorry people, that sentence ran away with me!! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-21: 12:23:00
I LOVE the sentence!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 19:23:00
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Disgrurmurs
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boss's speech set off the disgrurmurs.
Etymology: Disgru: Disgruntled, Urmurs: murmurs, Disgruntled murmurs.
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COMMENTS:
Cute one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 10:48:00
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Hackle
Created by: NohWoman
Pronunciation: hackle
Sentence: At first there was just a lone hackler in the audience, but like a virus, the hackle spread across the crowd into a symphony of hackling.
Etymology: hack: a short, rasping dry cough + heckle: to harass a public speaker or performer. Works well as a verb and in noun form "hackler", as in the producer of a hackle.
Cruckus
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: cruck-us
Sentence: And suddenly, a cruckus arose amoung the crowd.
Etymology: from cough + ruckus
Recitachoo
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ress-it-choo
Sentence: As the conductor raised his baton before the next movement, a low rumble of recitachooing from the fourth row disturbed the expectant silence.
Etymology: recital (musical movement) + achoo (sneeze)
Bewailance
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Bee - wale - uns
Sentence: The bewailance started softly but reached a crescendo as the crowd realized their favorite performer was too drunk to sing.
Etymology: Bewail -- Performance
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian. Thank you galwaywegian. ~ James