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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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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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Nerfuzz
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: nur-fuhz
Sentence: She'd done nothing wrong, but after he'd been following her for six blocks, the cop in her rearview had Gina feeling totally nerfuzz! Were her tags up to date? Were her lights okay? Did she remember her hand signals?!
Etymology: From "nervous" and "fuzz" (slang for police)
Copprehension
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: COP-pre-hen-shun
Sentence: Whenever a police car approached Roxie, she always felt fuzzicky. And, despite watching hours of "Cops," she still couldn't figure out how to overcome her copprehension. Bob told her to stop squinching; her fears were silly; everything would be copasetic.
Etymology: Blend of COP: policeman; APPREHENSION :1. arrest 2.fear, anxiety, dread. Fuzzicky(Fuzz:police & panicky) SQUINCH: to watch and wait, hoping things will turn out one's own way; to anticipate ("Burgess Unabridged")
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COMMENTS:
Ooh, good one. - ErWenn, 2008-03-20: 01:06:00
nice - I like copasetic too - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-20: 11:04:00
Double Kudos for Doubly Great Creates. Copasetic is now in the dictionary and can be spelled either copacetic or copasetic. At least in the online Encarta dictionary and dictionary.com - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:27:00
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Apprehendsive
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ap/ree/hend/siv
Sentence: After being caught once jaywalking, Sue was apprehendsive every time she crossed the street.
Etymology: apprehend (arrest) + apprehensive
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COMMENTS:
Very clever! - Jamagra, 2008-03-20: 09:54:00
Got my vote! - diyan627, 2008-03-20: 12:01:00
Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:20:00
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Constabullied
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon sta bull eed
Sentence: When Constance saw more than one police officer near her work, home, garage or gym, she felt constabullied, even though she was not breaking the law (on purpose.
Etymology: Constable (police officer) & Bullied (forced, coerced into doing something against one's will)
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
Poleeseyes
Created by: scissorlips
Pronunciation: Poh-LEE-siz
Sentence: It was an awkward, paranoid moment where the cops had surrounded the perimeter of the beach where I was sunbathing and a sickened state of poleeseyes that caused a sudden case of diarrhea.
Etymology:
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
Уважаемые пользователи, друзья! Хотелось бы поделиться несложной и оч
GeorgeSib - 2018-05-27: 19:51:00
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