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DEFINITION: n. A person who, despite professional lessons and incessant practice, cannot dance without looking like a ruptured goose. v. To dance in an awkward or clumsy manner.
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Rudeoafnerdyev
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: roo/dofe/nurdy/ev
Sentence: Anna Pavlova's boyfriend thought he was the most graceful dancer on the floor but his bone crunching side kicks earned him the nickname rudeoafnerdyev.
Etymology: rude (clumsy) + oaf (awkward lout)+ nerdy + Rudolf Nureyev
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COMMENTS:
It is tutu much for us! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:40:00
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Riverdunce
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rivvv err dun ssssss
Sentence: Michael Phatttley was such a riverdunce. His salsa was unpalatable, his hiphop a hipflop and his funky chicken a health hazard.
Etymology: riverdance, dunce
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COMMENTS:
Like it!! - TJayzz, 2008-05-29: 14:46:00
No sat in the corner for you, top of the class! Good stuff. - Rutilus, 2008-05-29: 15:08:00
I'm glad an Irishman came up with this one - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:18:00
Michael's dancing sounds just like mine. Great word! - Mustang, 2008-05-29: 18:14:00
I think now he's doing the Liverdance! - Nosila, 2008-05-29: 22:16:00
I think I hear my Irish grandfather, telling me what he thinks of my dancing. Yep, sure but I much better at it, with a drop of Tullamore tonic, Longfella." - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:44:00
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Waddlewaltz
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation: \'wä-dəl-ˈwȯl(t)s
Sentence: Elaine is such a waddlewaltz that the band launched into "the chicken dance" when she got to the wedding reception.
Etymology: WADDLE (to move forward while swaying from side to side; to move like a fowl) + WALTZ (a ballroom dance in 3⁄4 time with strong accent on the first beat and a basic pattern of step-step-close). Unsteady, flailing performers of highly choreographed, dance routines at the Indiana State Fair were privately termed waddlewaltzes by the unforgiving judges. The word circulated in the world of dance, making an appearance on the national stage when a guest judge used the term to describe a contestant on the reality TV program "So you think you can dance".
Poultrysamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pol tree sam ba
Sentence: At Gerda and Josef Gobble's wedding, Vi was a bridesmaid and was forced to dance with the best man, the obnoxious Tom, who was drunk on Grey Goose Vodka. She was mortified when he dragged her up to do the Chicken Dance and everyone in the room stopped what they were doing to take a gander at his poultrysamba style of twerpsichore. He had no trouble getting "down" but he kept honking for Vi to get him back up. That's when he start calling her his little Viagra. When the seemingly endless dance mercifully was over, Tom goosed Vi and she in turn clipped his "wings". Of course, this was caught on video and is now all over the Web!
Etymology: Poultry (Fowl) & Samba (Brazilian dance) & WordPlay on paltrey sum (a small amount)
Bleakdance
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: bleek-dance
Sentence: Steven auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance with his best Bleakdance. "They don't know what they're talking about rejecting me. Those poppers and lockers have nothing on my moves," he said to the person in 23D on his flight back to Indianna.
Etymology: Bleak, without hope or a future + Break dance, style of dancing.
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COMMENTS:
A bleakdance turned into a beakdance for this silly goose...good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-10: 17:50:00
I agree! - splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:46:00
P.S. Love your name! You\'re the tops! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:46:00
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Appallroomdancer
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ap/all/rume/dan/sur
Sentence: Jose was a famous appallroomdancer. People shrank back in horror when he was on the floor.
Etymology: appall (fill with horror) + ball room dancer
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COMMENTS:
Been there, done that. - Mustang, 2008-05-29: 18:17:00
Good one, bookowl...no doubt he danced at the Appallo Theatre, too! - Nosila, 2008-05-30: 01:10:00
Nice one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:45:00
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Honkstrot
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: honks trot
Sentence: When Xander Gander entered the local dance contest, Dancing With The Scars, he lived up to his reputation as the worst dancer in town. Jangled tangos, sad sambas, cheesy cha cha chas, jittery jitterbugs, wacko waltzes and dismal discos were all part of his dance card. What should have been a fabulous foxtrot turned into a horrible honkstrot. The judges cried fowl. Xander had to fly south to escape the dishonor he had brought on the dance academy, Poultry in Motion.
Etymology: Honks (sound a goose makes) & Trot (a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences)
Boogiewookiee
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boŏgē woŏkē
Sentence: Tremor's girlfriend is sorry she ever suggested that he take dance lessons. His new style can be best described as boogiewookiee. He now loves to get his hairy, oversized body out on the dance floor and gyrate like a bowl of Jello during an earthquake. The last time they went to a dance club, somebody called 911 thinking that his spastic twitchings were caused by an epileptic seisure.
Etymology: boogie-woogie (a dance to fast pop or rock music) + Wookiee (a hairy alien species in Star Wars)
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COMMENTS:
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-10: 14:01:00
Out of this world! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:44:00
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Choreseptic
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: kor uh sep tik
Sentence: She wanted to dance, but Emily didn't know she'd been asked by a choreseptic.
Etymology: From the Greek khoros=dance, and the Greek septos=putrefying or rotten.
Danserine
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: Dance+ANSERINE
Sentence: It is so hard not to laugh, he is such a danserine, I will not dance with him again.
Etymology: Dance+ANSERINE ANSERINE:1. of or pertaining to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese. 2. resembling a goose; gooselike. 3. stupid; foolish; silly.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-05-29: 18:13:00
Michael's dancing sounds just like mine. Great word!
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Whatup with the \\\\\\that appears whenever I type a quote or apostrophe?
Guest artist? New style? Reminds me a bit of Shel Silverstein.