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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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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
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 - Nosila, 2010-01-23: 00:55:00
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Bangnamstyle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bang nam style
Sentence: Adele was floored when her Grandma played her music so loudly on her headphones. Grandma also sang out loud and off key to whatever she gyrated to. Her current favourite was so loud, Adele called it her bangnam-style, as it would have broken most ear drums at that volume. Eh Sexy Deaf Lady!
Etymology: Bang (loud noise) & Gangnam-style (pop hit by Korean PSI’s song “Gangnam Style,” which mocks the consumerism of a rich Seoul suburb and features a horse-riding-style dance)
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COMMENTS:
clever ! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-07: 10:55:00
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Hearplay
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɹple(ɪ)/
Sentence: Hearplay is not admissible evidence when deciding whether or not a song sucks.
Etymology: From hearsay + play
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-04: 17:50:00
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Audiobnoxious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: awd-ee-ob-NOCKS-yus
Sentence: Great Aunt Sadie knew her headphones were spewing unwanted sounds throughout the room and were interfering with other folks serenity but she maintained her audiobnoxious ways in spite of the intrusion.
Etymology: Blend of 'audio' (is an electrical or other representation of sound) and 'obnoxious' (odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive)
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
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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Rocophony
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: (räk ˈkäfənē) rok 'kafinee
Sentence: There is nothing more irritating to me on an early morning commute to work, than hearing the rocaphany of music from a fellow straphanger's headphones over my own!
Etymology: "rock" from loud rock music + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds: a cacophony of deafening alarm bells
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)
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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