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DEFINITION: n., Second-hand sound which has escaped from a headset. v., To play music on personal listening device so loudly that it leaks out of the earphones.
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Podlution
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pod/loo/shuhn
Sentence: The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating.
Etymology: iPod + pollution
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COMMENTS:
good one!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-04: 11:20:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-04: 17:49:00
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Deaffluence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: def/flu/ens
Sentence: Many subway passengers suffer from deaffluence as a result of being in the midst of other riders with faulty earbuds.
Etymology: deaf + effluence (polluted overflow)
Exudio
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: egz-OO-dio
Sentence: Waiting at the bus stop with no portable music device, I laughed at the exudio from my fellow travellers. Cyndi Lauper's True Colors mingled with "all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey" and a dash of James Brown.
Etymology: exude -- leak out + audio -- sound
Audiochaff
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: AW-DEE-OH-chaff
Sentence: In the hallway outside the library, Babs was listening to her personal audio device. Judging by the AUDIOCHAFF which slopped over, the sound levels inside her earbuds must have been deafening. The AUDIOCHAFF bore no resemblance to music, and even at a distance was more akin to the background radiation from outer space often heard on poorly tuned shortwave radios.
Etymology: AUDIO+CHAFF=AUDIOCHAFF.....AUDIO: of or relating to acoustic, mechanical, or electrical frequencies corresponding to normally audible sound waves; of, relating to, or utilizing recorded sound.....CHAFF: something comparatively worthless; Middle English chaf, from Old English ceaf; akin to Old High German cheva husk.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/ - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 00:42:00
Ty! Your's ain't bad at all either =) - vmalcolm, 2008-09-04: 10:55:00
Yours!!!!! - vmalcolm, 2008-09-04: 10:55:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:33:00
From outer space ? Wasn't that Victor and Svetka presenting the "Happy Hour" on Radio Moscow in the 1960s. top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:41:00
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Icophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eye-kof-uh-nee
Sentence: The jack hammer complained to his boss that he couldn't hear the sound of his tool due to the icophony coming from his coworker's MP3 player.
Etymology: iPod (music player) + cacophony (harsh discordance of sound; dissonance)
Chantrusia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: shohn-TROO-shee-uh
Sentence: Compared to the chantrusia coming from her gran's ipod, the gratingly strepitious upstairs party was music to Roxie's ears.
Etymology: Blend of CHAN of chanson (song); CHANT; & TRUSI of intrusion and IA: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. Regal overtones... - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:26:00
very melodic - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-04: 12:34:00
Probably a bit to nice to fit the definition; GRUNTRUSIA may have been more apt. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:34:00
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Contamusication
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /kəntæmju:zɪkəɪʃən/
Sentence: In nowadays world, contamusication is becoming more and more common.
Etymology: CONTAMUSICATION. n. From Contamination (the act or process of contaminating) + Music (vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm)
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COMMENTS:
Good word. Very cerebral. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:32:00
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Budseepage
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bud-seep-ij
Sentence: I was devastated to hear my doctor's diagnosis. I had incurable deafness due to years of passive listening brought on by the massive increase in budseepage associated with mp3 players.
Etymology: earbud + seepage
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COMMENTS:
Thought you would have been more devastated not to hear the diagnosis (heehee.sorry) - galwaywegian, 2007-10-04: 04:07:00
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Deaffluence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: def/flu/ence
Sentence: Many subway passengers suffer from deaffluence as a result of being in the midst of other riders with faulty earbuds.
Etymology: deaf + effluence (polluted overflow)
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COMMENTS:
Good word, Muzzy. "Earbuds" always sounded like a genetic defect to me. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:31:00
I know the feeling. Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:43:00
Great! - TJayzz, 2008-09-05: 04:55:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James
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