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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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Hulmos
Created by: Soyabaa96
Pronunciation: Hul` mos
Sentence: I get a feeling of hulmos when I see a cop.
Etymology:
Paramilitarinoia
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) pār'ə-mĭl'ĭ-těr-ə-noi'ə
Sentence: After stealing a second refill in his Big Gulp, Zack was stricken with an intense paramilitarinoia. He decided it would be best to remain in his room playing "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" for the remainder of the weekend.
Etymology: paramilitar[y]+ -i- + [Para]noia
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COMMENTS:
Interesting pair ah words to blend! You get the prize for possibly the longest verboticism of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:53:00
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Bluedar
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈbluˌdɒɹ/
Sentence: Some think that bluedar is some sort of magic fuzzy sixth sense or pigcognition, while others claim that it's just a keen awareness of surroundings and good copstincts. But they can't fool me: I know for a fact that there's a powerful, invisible energy that connects all police officers together. It's called...The Force.
Etymology: from blue + (ra)dar
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COMMENTS:
I have nothing but the utmost respect for every police officer I've ever met, and I use the word "pig" in only the silliest imaginable way. - ErWenn, 2008-03-20: 01:06:00
May the Force be with you, ErWenn! - Nosila, 2008-03-20: 01:15:00
Nice one - force um, this can be a real handicuff. - petaj, 2008-03-20: 02:27:00
Unique: but somewhat boarish! I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-20: 05:22:00
Maybe bluedar is a force of habit! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:37:00
And the song of the day is .... Don't It Make Your Brown eyes blue?" - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 15:38:00
Or, Blue Moon... not a good idea when acted out upon. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-20: 17:40:00
BTW, great word! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-20: 17:43:00
I think the song of the day is.
And the heat/beat goes on, la de da de da by Sonny and Cher.... or
The heat is on, by Glenn Frey - petaj, 2008-03-20: 23:01:00
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Susspooked
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sus-spookd
Sentence: Seeing the cop car in her rear view mirror, Alice felt susspooked, recalling that just yesterday she had ripped off from her mattress the DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW tag.
Etymology: suspect, spooked
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COMMENTS:
Not the mattress tag!? Oh, that's hilarious. - Tigger, 2008-03-20: 11:57:00
Great originality! It ssssssslides over the tongue and ends with a poke ... fun to say and a fun sentence ... Double Kudos to you today! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:03:00
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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
Narcojitters
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nahrk-o-jit-erz
Sentence: Some twenty years ago, in college Marcia was at a party where somebody was smoking something that didn't smell like cigarettes. To this day she gets the narcojitters whenever she sees a vehicle that she thinks might be an unmarked police car.
Etymology: narc (a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics) + jitters (nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness)
Themanarrhea
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: the/man/ar/rhe/a
Sentence: Whenever Bev noticed a squad car in her rear-view mirror, an extreme nervous fear and paranoia overtook her, giving her an immediate case of themanarrhea.
Etymology: the man + diarrhea
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COMMENTS:
I hope she was wearing Depends - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-20: 11:01:00
Much nicer way to say the cops scared one s***less! It took great wit and slyness to come up with this much nicer and more subtle creation! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 16:41:00
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Coparanoia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: cop-air-uh-NOYa
Sentence: Whenever Lucy noticed that any sort of law officer appeared to be looking in her direction she suffered seizures of coparanoia fearful that they had likely learned about the many minor infractions she'd committed over the last couple years.
Etymology: Blend of 'cop' (police officer) and 'paranoia' (a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution'
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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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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