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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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Tracksposure
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: tr-exposure
Sentence: this morning in the bus to work, before coffee, I was tracksposed to frans bauer. I still have a bad mood
Etymology: track(s) exposure
Earscapism
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: eer-scape-izm
Sentence: Because of the earscapism of her husband's crappy iPod headphones, she picked up the phone to call Bose.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Good word...conjures up the image of an "earscape"- like an audio landscape. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-05: 11:35:00
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Incoustinence
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: in-coos-tin-ents
Sentence: The incoustinence of some people is appalling.
Etymology: incontinence+acoustic
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: PODLUTION - noun - from iPOD + POLLUTION
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COMMENTS:
brilliant1 - galwaywegian, 2008-09-04: 06:11:00
great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:35:00
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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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Sonicooze
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: son-ik-ooz
Sentence: His grandma subjected him to deeply annoying sonicooze of Englebert Humperdinck while he crammed for his math exam.
Etymology: sonic + ooze
Audiobnoxious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Audie-ob-nox-yus
Sentence: Mildred was careless about annoying her neighbors to the point of being totally audiobnoxious.
Etymology: Audio + obnoxious
Abusical
Created by: kearstin
Pronunciation: ah-byoo-zi-kuhl
Sentence: Sharon was hard of hearing which made her abusical compositions (particularly those featuring Liberace) a little too much for a Monday morning. Kinder folks were worried it might cause an earruption. But frankly I didn't care.
Etymology: abuse+musical
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
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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