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DEFINITION: n. A wayward scent or aroma which invokes distant memories of one's childhood or younger days. v. To be suddenly catapulted into the past by a very strong odor.
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Pussypooper
Created by: poopododo
Pronunciation: Pussy-pooper
Sentence: It is the satisfying sound made by heavy lifting ones body of a floosy.
Etymology: It arrived by parcel from Germany as a spellbound astonishment.
Scentamental
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sent a men tal
Sentence: Albert's talcum powder in the nursing home made Maude go all scentimental rembering her now grown children as little babies...
Etymology: Scent (Aroma, odor, smell) & Sentimental (effusively emotional;treasured memories or articles)
Historeek
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hisss tor eeeek
Sentence: the historeek led to hystereeks
Etymology: historic reek
Rejujubevenated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ree/ju/jub/ee/ven/ay/ted
Sentence: Walking through a candy store and smelling the fresh jujubes instantly rejujubevenated me. Unfortunately it also resulted in pulling out a filling which brought back other childhood memories, not so sweet, of sitting in a dentist's chair.
Etymology: rejeuvenated + jujube
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COMMENTS:
I laughed out loud good one! I used to love those :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-23: 06:51:00
And the movies, a double feature, to go with them were about 25 cents! - readerwriter, 2009-03-23: 09:43:00
Captures the heart and sweetness of youth and childhood ... so very very good! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:50:00
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Nostrilgia
Created by: BoltonAlan
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COMMENTS:
excellent - galwaywegian, 2010-10-05: 04:36:00
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Nosetalgia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nohs tahl jeea
Sentence: One is capable of experiencing nosetalgia right up to the moment of death. they say that the scent is the last thing to go, or is that grow?
Etymology: nostalgia, nose
Nostradaromagia
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: nostrad-aro-ma-gia
Sentence: Man oh man! It was a sensation so powerful...Not only did it conjur up nostalgic memories, but I'm sure to predict that memories of this experience will surface in the future in other semi-unfortunate sensual circumstances.
Etymology: nose + nostradamus + aroma +nostalgia
Aroamance
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: uh-roh-manse
Sentence: The smell of yellowed paper created such a strong aroamance in Paige, taking her to the lands, islands, stars and planets of her childhood, that she could hardly believe it when the propriator of Moldy Oldies, her favorite book shop, found her on the floor, and told her it was closing time.
Etymology: Using AROMA, meaning odor, scent + ROAM, meaning to wander, travel + ROMANCE, meaning, among other things, flight of fancy, allure, fascination
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COMMENTS:
old books - what a lovely memory - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:24:00
Sweet sentence, etymology and word ... for the aroamance that delights us for as long as we live and read! Delightful verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:31:00
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Rememaroma
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-mem-ah-ROME-ah
Sentence: Oscar's wife, Hattie, could tell by the sly smile that crossed Oscar's face when she entered the room where he was just awakening that her fragrance gave him a pleasurable rememaroma, and she blushed at the thoughts that crossed her own mind.
Etymology: Blend of 'remember' (to recall something) and 'aroma' (scent or odor)
Whiffersnapper
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wiff-a-snap-a
Sentence: Mmmm! there's something about the whiffersnapper of packaging materials, that takes me right back to the Christmas parcel Grandma used to send us half way around the world.
Etymology: whiff (scent) + whippersnaper (youth)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:30:00
Whiffersnapper conjures up the crackle of the enlightening smell in the air! Wheffervescent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 14:02:00
Enjoyed it...whiff love! - Nosila, 2009-03-23: 23:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-23: 14:34:00
The score details are a great enhancement and have helped me understand them. Thank you!
Wow! This phenomenon seems to be more widespread than i thought! Apparently it's one of our more primal instincts.
RE: Score Details. I am still looking for a bug where it fails to add some votes to our weekly totals. Hopefully the score details page will help us find it. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James