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DEFINITION: v. To expectorate unexpectedly, especially in situations where it is not considered socially acceptable. n. A person who habitually spits, even when among polite company.
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Spituation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spi ch oōˈā sh ən
Sentence: As a baseball player Charlie was used to chewing gum and letting the spit fly. If he was nervous, he could be a regular phlegm fountain. When his team won the World Series a visit to the White House was in order and sure enough Charlie had the jitters. As he went to shake the President's hand habits took over. The Secret Service radios crackled to life. "We have a spituation in the Oval Office!" Before he could muster another loogie, Charlie found himself on the floor. Who knew that Secret Service agents carried tasers?
Etymology: spit (saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth) + situation (a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself)
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COMMENTS:
Looks like the couple in the picture are about ready for a spatuation. - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-12: 07:09:00
Absoloutely TOP-NOTCH! That's why I have difficulty watching TV baseball.
It makes me salivate. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:46:00
Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-14: 02:34:00
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Inhospittable
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: in hoss pit abel
Sentence: anyone that inhospittable was always going to end up in hospittle
Etymology: inhospitable spit
Spittune
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spit-TOON
Sentence: Whether or not it was intentional no one knew, but folks did know a conversation with Reginald may well result in them being plastered with his dinner, his drinks or just his spittle and behind his back folks referred to his conversation as a spittune as the 'punctuations' of spittle resembled the beat of uptempo music.
Etymology: Blend of spit and tune, play on the word spittoon, a nickname for a cuspidor.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:15:00
Hahahaha!
STRIKE HIM ! VERY ROUGHLY! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:35:00
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Audaspity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: OR-DASS-pe-tee
Sentence: Boldrick had no shame. His audaspity frequently resulted in him being thrown out of parties, book groups, weddings and funerals by irate hosts still dripping with spittle.
Etymology: audacity (boldness) + spit (expel saliva and/or mucus)
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COMMENTS:
spot on! - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:13:00
Funny yet revolting imagry. Good one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Funny yet revolting imagry. Good one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Well that was a strange reduplicomment! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:40:00
Jabber, should that be "spit on"?
Metro, you are really spitting out comments there. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:10:00
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Spittune
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spit-TOON
Sentence: Whether or not it was intentional no one knew, but folks did know a conversation with Willard may well result in them being plastered with his dinner, his drinks or just his spittle and behind his back folks referred to his conversation as a spittune as the 'punctuations' of spittle resembled the beat of uptempo music.
Etymology: Blend of 'spit' (expectorate) and 'tune' (song or bit of music) Play on the word spittoon, a cuspidor
Mucustomer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mew/cus/tu/mur
Sentence: Sally looked out the window in dismay as she saw Mrs. Smith heading toward her fine linen shop. Mrs. Smith was such a mucustomer that she had become a liability.
Etymology: mucus + customer
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COMMENTS:
clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 14:16:00
Very ominous vignette. We like! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:38:00
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Salivationarmy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sali vay shun armee
Sentence: When Judy Drench went out for dinner with Rudy B. Havior, she did not understand that she would be dating the salivationarmy. Rudy shlurped and shpittled his way through the meal. By the end of the evening, she was a human spittoon. Judy had more DNA samples on her than a CSI lab.
Etymology: Salivation (the secretion of saliva) & play on Salvation Army (a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless)
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COMMENTS:
:D - galwaywegian, 2010-09-23: 14:26:00
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Muculeptic
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: m-yoo-ka-lep-tick
Sentence: My brother is a muculeptic, he spontaneously and perpetually spits all over the place.
Etymology: Muc-derived from mucus; leptic-to compulsively and persistently be afflicted VERB:Muculactate
Horkiculture
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hor/ki/cul/ture
Sentence: Sam worked in a lab which always turned out inaccurate results due to his horkiculture.
Etymology: hork + horticulture + culture (as in lab specimen)
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COMMENTS:
your word reminds me of something green, and it's growing on me. ERK. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:18:00
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Malapropel
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: mahl-APP-row-PELL (malapropeller)
Sentence: Hank was quite gross in his youth- and now he's so crude and uncouth. He hacked up some moisture- and launched a thick oyster- so hard it included his tooth. Yes, Hank the Skank would belittle- all those who would swallow their spittle- For him it was sport- to land one in the port- We hope that he gags on a Skittle. (Hank was a MALAPROPELLER of the worst kind. An unrepentant DISGUSTOLAUNCHER, he would decorate the sidewalk with loathome lung by-products, repellent dollops of drool and vulgar volumes of vile vapours, too.)
Etymology: MALAPROpos+proPEL= MALAPROPEL.....MALAPROPOS: in an inappropriate or inopportune way; French mal à propos (1668).....PROPEL: to drive forward or onward by or as if by means of a force that imparts motion;Middle English propellen, from Latin propellere, from pro- before + pellere to drive.
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COMMENTS:
Ptyalize expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:31:00
Metrohumanx, I was imagining the graphic details as I read your sentence :)~ EWWW WEEE Old Hank is one Malapropel type Fella! I just hope he doesn't smoke as he starts to choke and fling out something YELLOW! (GOOD one!) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-12: 21:05:00
excellent create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:14:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2009-03-12: 06:39:00
sometimes I worry about metrohumanx :)
mweinmann - 2009-03-12: 16:08:00
This definition really caused me to chuckle....you see, I actually met someone last week who actually did this!!
splendiction - 2009-03-12: 22:13:00
The words today are hilarious and disgusting at the same time - oh, another definition!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James