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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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Obmusicate
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: Verb: ob-mUs-i-kait Noun: ob-mUs-i-kuht
Sentence: Verb: Travellers on the London Underground frequently obmusicate. Noun: (Usually teenager) "Please turn off your music at the dinner table - you're such an obmusicate".
Etymology: From 'ob' (against).
Carefreeling
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: cayr-free-lingz
Sentence: Everyone has time when they just need to take care of their carfreelings.
Etymology: Carefree+feeling
Mpfree
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: empēfrē
Sentence: Brenda listens to music to the exclusion of all else. Her friends call her oblivious. She prefers MPfree.
Etymology: A play on MP3 music players
Emptyme
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: empty-me
Sentence: Joy would plug into her Emptyme Player to tune out everything but what she wanted to hear. She was so shallow that, even when she wrecked her dad's new car with her boyfriend in it, the paramedics found her sitting on the curb singing along to "Oops I did it again" by Brittany Spears while her boyfriend moaned in pain in the front seat.
Etymology: empty+me -- wordplay on MP3 player
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COMMENTS:
Emptymology is perfect! - Nosila, 2009-08-07: 22:22:00
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Idore
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: I-dore
Sentence: Only when I really pump it up, I can tune out all the ordinary people around me and truly iDore myself.
Etymology: iPod and to adore put together, with the "i" at the beginning also stressing the importance of the self.
Applesmack
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: ap ul smak'
Sentence: Applesmack my weird brain, I can't take it anymore.
Etymology: Apple (computer) + smack (heroin or slap)
Audiovile
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: aw-di-O-VIL
Sentence: her disregard for the world around her was exemplified in her audiovile ways, especially when she was plugged into her new Ipod
Etymology: Audiophile + vile
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)
Narcisstatistic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nar sis stat tis tik
Sentence: No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn't know it!
Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)
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