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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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Spewtrid
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: spew trid
Sentence: When people cannot converse without being spewtrid, I avoid them like the plague.
Etymology: SPEW - to spit forth from the mouth. PUTRID - disgusting; spoils everything.
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COMMENTS:
Life is nicer when things are just ducky ... not yucky! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 00:58:00
I actually met a person last week who kept spitting on me when they talked so this brought back memories and I, too, just couldn't stick around very long!! - mweinmann, 2009-03-12: 08:18:00
Moral of the story - never stand in a corner at a party - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:15:00
Clever word! - splendiction, 2009-03-12: 15:56:00
Ick! Good word! - Mustang, 2009-03-13: 06:06:00
"spewtrid"-ific! word there Silveryaspen! spewtrid + terrific :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 22:50:00
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Gobbit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gawb-itt
Sentence: Sheila wished that Ray would keep his gobbits to himself, especially since the H1N1 outbreak.
Etymology: gob (as in saliva) + bit (as in pieces)
Spitosaurus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spit-uh-sawr-uhs
Sentence: The staff of the retirement home were finally able to track down their resident spitosaurus. They followed the trail of brown-tinted phlegm globs to the room of a retired baseball pitcher, Johnny "Spitball" Johnson. Apparently a family member had given him a gift of chewing tobacco.
Etymology: spit (to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate) + saurus (lizard: used to form the scientific names of certain genera of reptiles/dinosaurs)
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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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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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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Horkule
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hork yewl
Sentence: Her blind date turned out to be a mystery date, especially after he covered her in his trachial fluids. He was none other than Horkule Poirot and her little grey cells wished she had never agreed to this outing.
Etymology: Hork (to release phlegm from nose or throat)& Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian Detective)
Splatternitysuitor
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: splat/turn/i/tee/soot/or
Sentence: Everything was perfect about her boyfriend except that he was a splatternitysuitor.
Etymology: splatter + suitor + paternity suit
Spewtifulpeople
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: spu ti ful peep ell
Sentence: He was a bon vivant, a man of the world, but he was also one of the spewtifulpeople. He was the spitting image of a successful person, except for his one bad habit. We could expectorate no less from him...he was a cuspidor, not a toreador.
Etymology: Spew (spit) & Beutiful People (Wealthy, prominent people, especially those in international society)
Spifoon
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: spi FOON
Sentence: A lot of young women at my university don’t like anyone to know that they smoke. These women sit on the toilet and smoke their cigarettes so no one can see them. Part of the spifoon ritual in their cubicle spittoons is to spit on the floor while they smoke. It is really gross and disgusting.
Etymology: BUFFOON: a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person SPIT:
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word choice! Oh and about those washroom puffers, they're in denial; others will know they smoke even if they try to spit off the stench! - splendiction, 2009-03-12: 22:15:00
Terrific sentence and word. Agree with you and splendiction ... no matter how much they spit, kissing them would still be like cleaning out an ashtray! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 19:18:00
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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