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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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Jigornaught
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jig or not
Sentence: Mo thought he was one suave dancer. He thought he could dance to any kind of music. Sadly none of his partners did. He was thought of as a jigornaught. Someone who goes through dance partners like arsewipe. Besides his poor floormanship, he also was decidedly a migratory flocking fool.He put the rum in rhumba, the tan in tango, the pass in paso doble, the the swine in swing and the diss in disco! He was the belly in belly dancing, the square in square dancing and the con in the conga! Because he honked so much at dancing properly, his showmanship was fowl and when people took a gander at his awkward moves, they called him Mohatno Gander,Lord of the Glance!
Etymology: jig (dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions)& or (else)& juggernaut (a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way & naught (complete failure )
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COMMENTS:
Very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:48:00
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Poultrysamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: poll tree sam ba
Sentence: At the Gizzard'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 (a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl) & Samba (a lively ballroom dance from Brazil) & Play on Paltry Sum (not worth considering)
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COMMENTS:
-great details for a fresh chicken dance! - splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:40:00
I know it is cornish, but fowl play is the aim! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:38:00
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Bossanono
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bossa noh noh
Sentence: he was a total bossanono, his foxtrot was more like a cowslip and his tango went
Etymology: bossanova no no
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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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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Twoleftfeetwoodmac
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: too/left/feet/wood/mac
Sentence: Twoleftfeetwoodmac was a terror on the dance floor.
Etymology: two left feet + wood + fleetwood mac
Pasdedoh
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pah de dough
Sentence: Kenny was now firmly entrenched as a wallflower once he had been identified as a pasdedoh. His reputation for j j j jivegawking, sambungling, disco-verhegoesagain and tangoling had spread even to the lowliest of barn dances in the country surrounding his home town.
Etymology: pas de deux (dance for two esp. in ballet) + doh (exclamation of dismay)
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COMMENTS:
didn't get it until I read the pronunciation - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-29: 10:25:00
Yes a little cryptic on first look. But someone voted for it. - petaj, 2008-05-30: 03:27:00
Entertaining. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-30: 06:47:00
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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".
Goosegetdown
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: goose-get-down
Sentence: John loved to dance and sing along with his favorite disco song,"Goosegetdown Tonight" from Poultry and the Sunshine Band. He would move around the dancefloor and sing at the top of his voice, "Do a goosey dance, Make some goosey love, goosedown tonight, goosedown tonight." Karen, however, was so embarassed by his moves that she wished the fox would come and take this grey goose by the neck.
Etymology: Wordplay on goosedown, + KC and the Sunshine band: "Get Down Tonight" + English folksong "The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night."
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COMMENTS:
LOL sentence! - splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:43:00
Eider been so embarrassed if I was Karen! - Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:43:00
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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.