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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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Cacoughany
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kak off eneeee
Sentence: The cacoughany increased in volume and in volume.
Etymology: cacophony, cough
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COMMENTS:
best definition of the day! Genious - mweinmann, 2009-09-16: 07:54:00
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Yawnfarts
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yawn-farts
Sentence: Yawnfarts were flying all over the theatre
Etymology: yawn + farts + lawn darts
Heclear
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: heck lear
Sentence: the entire front row was trying to heclear their throats which made it look like a mass sneeze.
Etymology: from heckle and clear as in clearing your throat or making a point clear.
Crashendo
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: crash-en-doe
Sentence: Sensing an oncoming crashendo, the director of "Hasselhoff: The Musical" decided to cut the performance after only the first act.
Etymology: crash = failure & crescendo = a gradual increase in volume
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COMMENTS:
Very funny sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 11:37:00
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Afofsilen
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: afof-silen
Sentence: Through all the noise around us, we'll al become the sickness "afofsilen"
Etymology: afraid of silence
Discoughtent
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: diskôftent
Sentence: The crowd was not happy. They had paid better than the going rate to see the reunion of this **Super group**. When they were told to be quiet because the group was recording this concert for use in an upcoming album, they showed their displeasure with an act of discoughtent.
Etymology: discontent (dissatisfaction with one\'s circumstances) + Cough (make a sudden harsh noise)
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).
Distrafaction
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: dis-tra-fack-shon
Sentence: The combination of a slow plot and ticklish throats led to a raucus bout of distrafaction
Etymology: combination of distraction and satisfaction
Flocktalk
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: flok-tok
Sentence: The flocktalk that persisted throughout his entire xylophone performance was a clear indication that he needed to choose another profession.
Etymology: flock, talk
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