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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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Oblissvious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əblisvēəs
Sentence: Mary seems to always have her earbuds stuck in her ears. She goes through life completely oblissvious to what is going around her. Co-workers are amused to see her dancing down the hall whisper-singing her favorite tune. The scary part is that her iPod hasn't worked for weeks. All the music she hears comes from her head.
Etymology: oblivious (not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one) + bliss (perfect happiness; great joy)
Enpodden
Created by: llimllib
Pronunciation: En-`pod-en
Sentence: I yelled at John, but he'd already enpoddened himself.
Etymology: En = to enter pod = iPod den = action suffix
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)
Apathedonize
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: ap-aw-thi-DO-NIZ
Sentence: Any time the world gets to be too much, she apathedonizes through her diregard for what goes on around her by focusing on her own pleasure and favorite tunes
Etymology: apathy + hedonist
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
Ipotunism
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "eye-poe-tune-is-im"
Sentence: I find my personal zen in the practice of ipotunism.
Etymology: from IPod, Tune and the buddhist "ism"
Iptrovert
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: ip'-tro-vert
Sentence: i was listening to my sister for a while but then just iptroverted because he was complaining about her friends.
Etymology: ipod + introvert
Intunent
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: in-two-nent
Sentence: With the music blaring and her arms shaking, Rebecca's intunent energy was contagious.
Etymology: In [prefix: in, into] + Tune [a succession of musical sounds forming a melody] + Ent [suffix: full of]
Podaway
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: pod-a-way
Sentence: A nuke, no prob man, I'll just podaway from that sheed !
Etymology: Pod (iPod)+away
Igone
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: Eye-Gawn
Sentence: Don't even try and talk to her, she's iGone.
Etymology: iPod + Gone
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