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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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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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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
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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Musicophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: myoōzikäfənē
Sentence: Tom’s company tried to make peace with its workers by asking that they use earbuds or headphones when listening to their chosen form of entertainment. What they didn’t expect was the musicacophony that spilled from the various listening devices with maxed-out volumes.
Etymology: music (a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
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)
Escapera
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: es kay pera
Sentence: When Grandma played her classical music, we could hear the escapera coming from her headphones. We got to know her play Liszt well. Even when we tried Haydn her machine, she would always get it Bach in the Mozartful manner. Even after she passed on, we could see her ghost,wearing her Strauss jeans with her love Handels showing, a sweater that was starting to unRavel and Tosca perfume, she was Offenbach in the garden decomposing.
Etymology: Escape & Opera
Audioruption
Created by: grondak
Pronunciation: aw-dee-oh-rup-shun
Sentence: I couldn't sleep on the plne because of the audioruption coming from the passenger next to me.
Etymology: "audio" related to hearing; "ruption" from "interruption" - to break into.
Handmesound
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: HAND-mee-sound
Sentence: Alex's understanding of what he called "popular music" came entirely from handmesound hip-hop he picked up on the bus.
Etymology: hand-me-down + sound
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
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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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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