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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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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
Inthezone
Created by: Flamechick911
Pronunciation: In-the-zone
Sentence: Later on they told me she'd been screaming my name for an hour, but I can't help it if I'm inthezone.
Etymology: from zoning out
Myopera
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: My-op-er-ah
Sentence: Maria's myopera did not mean she needed to wear her headphones ALL the time, no, it was just whenever she was awake.
Etymology: Rythmic fusion of 1) Myopia - condition commonly referred to as shortsightedness (which is quite a long word) and 2)Opera - musical which is very small (or far away) and requires the audience to use binoculars in order to see the players on the stage.
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COMMENTS:
Based on myopia? - artr, 2009-08-06: 11:11:00
Diva-licious word!!! Does this mean the Presbyopera means when you sing in a Protestant Church??? - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:29:00
Presbyopera, some kinda weird Elvis convention, probably would've could've should've been the subject of a Fr Ted Christmas special. - scrabbelicious, 2009-08-08: 09:43:00
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Oblivimuse
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: ob li vee meuse
Sentence: florence had a moment of complete oblivimuse until frank tapped her on the shoulder because she was singing out of key
Etymology: from being oblivious and amused by something
Audiosamigo
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: aw-dee-OHS-a-MEE-goh
Sentence: Jim sat behind his desk, closed the textbook, took out his MP3 player, smiled at the class, and -- audiosamigo!
Etymology: audio + adios + amigo
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)
Michilton
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: mc hill ton
Sentence: She was too busy being michilton that she didn't see her boyfriend and me leaving the restaurant.
Etymology: to mimic paris hilton
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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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
Buboomville
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: bub-oom-vil
Sentence: It was useless shouting at Tracy; she was away in buboomville.
Etymology: buboom buboom buboom (you've all heard it) + ville (Fr.) area.
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