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DEFINITION: v. To get freaked out by falling numbers and the prophets of doom who are eternally peddling their message of imminent global collapse. n. A type of mass hysteria created by the fear of falling numbers.
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Direeah
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: d'eye reeeee ah
Sentence: The direr the news the worse the direeah. At least all of those dollars in the matress were useful for something.
Etymology: dire, diarrhoea
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-03: 12:00:00
Slick! In so many ways! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:17:00
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Necrofiscalemminged
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: NECK-roe-FISS-kull-LEM-inged (necrofiscalemmingism)
Sentence: CHICO was in a pan ic! Having scratched out a meager living as a purveyor of free-range ostriches, he foolishly sank his savings into commodities futures.(mostly corn) CHICO watched TV with a glazed eye as the balding maniacal mavens predicted an armageddon of monetary loss. CHICO was already financially beheaded, but he decided to warn his comrades by pecking out text messages as fast as possible. Wattle his friends think of him now that his amateur advice had caused their demise? He foolishly mailed his heirloom gold to an anonymous huckster, and the pittance he received stuck in his craw. CHICO wasn't steeped in investment strategies, so decided to wing it, dumping all his assets for pennies on the dollar! When the markets turned around, he realized he'd been NECROFISCALEMMINGED, and he'd been the victim of a fowl plot. As the turkeys flocked to re-invest, CHICO became sadly fatalistic. "Oh well-" He thought... "Here today, guano tomorrow"!
Etymology: NECROs+FISCAl+LEMMING(ed)=NECROFISCALEMMINGED.....NECRO:Fron the Greek NECROS(dead body.....FISCAL:of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt,Latin fiscalis, from fiscus basket, treasury (1563).....LEMMING:any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution that are notable for population fluctuations and recurrent mysterious mass migrations.
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COMMENTS:
Q: WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE IN COMMON?
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess
- metrohumanx, 2009-03-03: 08:46:00
Puntastic sentence! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:24:00
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Digitdelirium
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: did jit de leer ee um
Sentence: The chicks were all racing around when the numbers started falling down on them. It created digitdelirium and any deaths caused by the falling numbers would have been considered fowl play.
Etymology: Digit (number) & Delirium (state of violent mental agitation; hysteria)
Schizosummation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: skit + zoh + sum + mashun
Sentence: All of the predictions made by the false prophets resulted in schizosummation as the populace added up the numbers and became crazy with fear that the end was near.
Etymology: Schizophrenia + Summation >>Schizophrenia (A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion) Summation (Summation is the addition of a set of numbers; the result is their sum or total)
Soothdecay
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sueth/dee/kay
Sentence: Economic soothsayers are the harbingers of soothdecay. A positive outlook and good dollar hygiene is what the world needs now.
Etymology: sooth (reality) + decay + soothsayer + tooth decay
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COMMENTS:
thaths tho funny - petaj, 2009-03-03: 06:53:00
Clever use of a single letter. You can make a dental patient crazy. Just change the d to an m. - GlobalGallery, 2009-03-03: 07:52:00
reminds me of the old saw ... dental floss for the brain! Super sentence. Super word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:11:00
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Numbersome
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: num ber sum
Sentence: People are being hit by falling numbers from st0ckmarkets on all the continents! The falling numbers in bank asset5 are hitting people in their $avings until it hurts! The falling numbers from equit1es are hitting homes and businesses, too. A rise in price$, makes the falling numbers from inf1ati0n, a descendread that causes more headtaches. It makes Stevie wonder. Can Mariah carry on? Can Penelope cruise along? Will Russell still crow? Will Angelina remain jolly? Or is it all too numbersome?
Etymology: NUMBERS, CUMBERSOME. Numbers - intergers (falling like stars). Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy, hard to deal with or handle.
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COMMENTS:
Thank you for the laugh! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-03: 06:11:00
Try to keep a steady view while everyone else disintegerates around you. - petaj, 2009-03-03: 06:53:00
now this is clever and timely! - mweinmann, 2009-03-03: 09:19:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-03: 12:01:00
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Fiscalfright
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FIS-cuhl-fryt
Sentence: Horace and Bertha had been putting small amounts into their mutual funds for decades and were trying to ride out the current market tumble with some courage and confidence based on their brokers reassurances, but with each passing day and drop in the DJI they have begun to develop severe fiscalfright.
Etymology: Blend of 'fiscal' (of or pertaining to financial matters in general) and 'fright' (sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror)
