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DEFINITION: v. To turn up the volume on your ipod and zone out all exterior noise, chatter, distractions, and focus on what's really important - your own feelings! n. A person who is humming their own tune, and ignoring everything else.
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Dittydunce
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dittie-dunce
Sentence: She was acused of being a dittydunce when her tone-deaf humming made all the neighbourhood dogs run for cover.
Etymology: ditty (song, tune) + dunce (idiot, simpleton)
Audioblivious
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: odd-ee-o-bliv-ee-us
Sentence: Due to the rockin' tune playing over his headphones, he was audioblivious to the large tiger stalking him.
Etymology: audio= having to do with sound oblivious= not paying attention to anything
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COMMENTS:
Please contract me on the real meaning I am audioblivious thank you - audioblivious, 2012-11-28: 19:58:00
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Iselfpodsessed
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: i - sellf - pod - sessed
Sentence: Julia became iselfpodsessed the very day she purchased her new ipod. Her new joy in life was to "plug-in" and tune out to the world around her. It enabled her to escape all worries, responsibilities and concern for other people. She now focused on what was important, her own musical happiness.
Etymology: ipod, self-possessed (having control of one's emotions or behaviour)
Interpodize
Created by: grammatically
Pronunciation: in-TER-pod-ize
Sentence: The school banned all music players for fear of students trying to interpodize.
Etymology: "inter" from root INTERNAL; "pod" from root iPOD
Dinsulate
Created by: durananrananran
Pronunciation: Din-SOO-late
Sentence: So she could focus on her yoga, Jane dinsulated herself from the traffic accident outside with a bit of Bon Jovi. Jane never joins in the conversation, she's always dinsulating.
Etymology: portmanteau of din and insulate
Poditive
Created by: shieldspikes
Pronunciation: po-di-tive
Sentence:
Etymology: iPod+Positive
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COMMENTS:
- shieldspikes, 2006-12-26: 19:35:00
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Obsessebrate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: obb-SESS-eh-brayt
Sentence: Melanie is a totally self absorbed person who will ignore the needs or feelings of others and her worst annoying habit it obsessebrating when her favorite tunes are playing and will have the volume turned as high as it will go.
Etymology: Blend of 'obsessed' (To preoccupy the mind of excessively) and 'celebrate' (publicly acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity)
Knoblivion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nob liv ee yon
Sentence: When Olivia hit the volume button on her ipod, she managed to enter her own little world, unaware of anything around her. She created a world of knoblivion, where nothing else existed but her. It was during this state of knoblivion that she failed to notice the red sports car that barely missed her and had to swerve into a big tree, flipping over the vehicle and trapping the driver. Calamities to others followed her until one day, she ignored the warning bells and the 4:15 downtown bus punched her ticket permanently.
Etymology: Knob (dial;button that controls volume) & Oblivion (forgetfulness;a state of being unaware)
I-thistic
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: Ithistic
Sentence: Often an autist is recognised ad its I-thistic earphones.
Etymology: from autism
Musicape
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation: muse-i-cape
Sentence: I live to musicape
Etymology: music+escape
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