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DEFINITION: n. The weird feelings that rise up when you notice that you are being followed by a police officer, or a cop car, or the Special Forces Anti-Terrorist Unit. v. To feel nervous, self-conscious and guilty whenever you see a police officer.
Verboticisms
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Coughicer
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: cough-icer
Sentence:
Etymology: a cough is a sudden and often repetitively occurring defence reflex which helps to clear the large breathing passages from excess secretions, irritants, foreign particles
Copress
Created by: Anemeus
Pronunciation: [kɑːpres]
Sentence: Copress is the feeling that rise up being followed by policemen. Examples: "I am feeling copress" "It was copress for the police cars behind him"
Etymology: Cop, policeman Stress, be stressed
Fiveohno
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: five-oh-know
Sentence: It was a case of sheer five-on-no that made Sister Mary Catherine flee at the sight of the policewalking their daily beat past the convent; she was sure they were coming after her for removing that pesky tag from her matterss.
Etymology: five-oh: slang term for police from the show Hawaii Five-o + oh no!
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - Tigger, 2008-03-20: 11:48:00
Her respect for the law is embedded! - Jamagra, 2008-03-20: 11:53:00
Was were Sister's other Fourohnos? Drunk jaywalking after the communal wine? I leave it to you and anyone here to come up with another three! You really brought us a lot of fun and laughs with this one, libertybelle! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:10:00
Freudian fingerslips ... the 1st word in my comment above should be ... What! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:12:00
High Fives for you! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:13:00
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Apprehendsive
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: app ree hend sif
Sentence: Margo was always a bit apprehendsive when she saw cops; flashing blue/red lights; heard sirens or was entered into a police lineup. Her mother being a travel agent for Guilt Trips, had always made her feel that anything bad that happened was Margo's fault. So when someone had robbed the local liquor store and was caught on CCT, he/she had worn a long dark wig with pink eyeshadow,lipstick and blouse. After Horatio Crane and his crew had determined that the perpetrator on video, was a man dressed as a women (the prominent Adam's apple and yearning for Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler cds was a always a giveaway), Margo felt a lot less guilty and went out to enjoy the Drag Queen's Ball.
Etymology: apprehend (anticipate with dread or anxiety;take into custody) & apprehensive (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; in fear or dread of possible evil or harm)
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COMMENTS:
caught the mood! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-12: 08:18:00
Excellent etymology. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:41:00
Hahahaha.Good one, N! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 17:54:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2009-01-12: 23:10:00
too funny! - mweinmann, 2009-01-13: 08:29:00
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Authoriterrorian
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: awe-thorr-ih-tear-roar-een
Sentence: Was it a pothole? Brad was almost certain that it was, but it sort of felt like the truck bounced up instead of slammed down into the hole. The car behind him sped up, closing the gap between the vehicles at a pace that could only mean he would soon be bathed in red and blue light. He saw the outline of the roof mounted lights in the steel blue twilight of the sky. It had to have been a baby. He had run over a baby, and was now going to go to prison for the rest of his life. He would have a cell mate who was in the Vice Lords, and he would rape him...every night for three months. He'd toss him aside, a used shell of a man, trading him casually in the prison yard to a Mexican drug mule for a pack of smokes and a copy of "Jamaican Jugz". He would be unable to sit for weeks, and would have to sleep on the lice-ridden mattress on his stomach, crying himself silently to sleep, unable to...the car changed lanes, flying past him on the right, a blur of a red VW Jetta with a roofrack. Brad's authoriterrorian induced visage of the future faded as he crossed the rumble strip, quickly correcting to keep the truck on the road.
Etymology: authoritarian - submission to authority; terror - palpable fear
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COMMENTS:
Fantastic sentence (as usual), and fits the definition nicely! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-20: 09:16:00
when you try to say the word it comes out like a dog barking - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-20: 11:11:00
Laugh-out-loud funny story! Great creation. - Tigger, 2008-03-20: 11:55:00
You have a great imagination and the vocabulary and ability to share it ever so wittily. You really know how to play with words! As always ... Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:42:00
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Gendarmealarm
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jahn/darm/alarm
Sentence: I experience such acute gendarmealarm that I even break into a sweat when I see a hall monitor from a French immersion school.
Etymology: gendarme + alarm
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COMMENTS:
Had you been motoring about in London perhaps you'd have experienced 'bobby caution'? - Mustang, 2008-03-20: 07:13:00
Or Plodduck. - petaj, 2008-03-20: 09:29:00
Fun to say! Nice one. - Jamagra, 2008-03-20: 11:53:00
Double Stong'arm'ed Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:26:00
tres bien - stache, 2008-03-21: 00:00:00
Gendarmit - i should have thought of that one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 00:30:00
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Coptick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kop tik
Sentence: whenever she say a panda car in the rear view, her coptick would start. a nervous twitch on the right side of her face that would work its way down to the accelerator foot within two blocks.
Etymology: coptic, cop, tic.
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COMMENTS:
Tip top word ... er tick cop word! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:32:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-12: 12:06:00
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Orwellate
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Or well ate
Sentence: Kristin walked walked down the aisles red-faced in the throes of an orwellate moment as soon as she spotted a couple of bluecoats gathering at the front of the store. Why would she be orwellated? She hadn't done anything wrong!
Etymology: Orwell (as in Orwellian, from 1984 fame/notoriety) and latin prefix -ate (to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with)
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COMMENTS:
Unique etymology. The ability of Big Brother to watch us grows with each new technology. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 23:15:00
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Misplatiathoriphobia
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: miss-place-sha-thor-ri-phobia
Sentence: There were police parked outside my apartment complex and although it's only misplatiathoriphobia, I can't help but think its for all the music I've been downloading.
Etymology: mis-placed; authority; phobia
Gendarmealarm
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jahn/darm/alarm
Sentence: I experience such acute gendarmealarm that I even break into a sweat when I see a hall monitor from a French immersion school.
Etymology: gendarme + alarm
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COMMENTS:
incroyable! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-12: 08:16:00
Bilingual Kudos! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:57:00
immersion school...is that like a sensory deprivation tank? - metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 17:52:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
mokelmoney - 2009-01-12: 12:32:00
copetrinoia
mokelmoney - 2009-01-12: 12:38:00
copetrinoia: cop/ e/ tri/ noia- to be petrified of the cops to the point of paranoia. Also, not change the subject [no pun intended] ,however I have made numerous contributions. Why are they being disregarded? Please check again...thats Bea Helfy or mokelmoney. Thank you
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
DiplomatUfimskmef - 2018-05-27: 19:30:00
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GeorgeSib - 2018-05-27: 19:51:00
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