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DEFINITION: n. Strange sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night. v. To lie in bed unable to sleep because you keep hearing weird sounds.
Verboticisms
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Knockturnalnozees
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nok/tur/nal/no/zees
Sentence: Once again I stumbled out of bed, blurry eyed and sleepless after all the racket from the knockturnalnozees.
Etymology: nocturnal + noise + knock + no zzzs
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. Great verboticism - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:08:00
Covers the whole gamut. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:20:00
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Slumberrupt
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: Slum-ber-rup-t
Sentence: The annoying drip drip drip of that loose tap had left Kelly slumberrupted for days. Was it really that difficult to find a decent plumber in this town?!
Etymology: Slumber - sleep; interrupt - to stop/delay
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:09:00
Yep, good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:24:00
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Creepualize
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: creep/oo/uh/eyes
Sentence: Lying awake in the middle of the night, sometimes my mind wanders and I creepualize myself into hysterics with any unusual sounds.
Etymology: creep oneself out + visualize
Nocturnemissions
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nok-term-eh-NAY-shuns
Sentence: A worry wart and easily frightened, Wanda often lost lots of sleep due to the seemingly neverending unidentifiable nocturnemissions that resounded from the walls and from unknown sources from outside her bedroom window.
Etymology: Blend of nocturnal and emissions
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - splendiction, 2009-06-24: 19:19:00
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Nocturnemanations
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nock - tern - em - uh - NAY - shuns
Sentence: The nocturnemanations that continuously emitted from the walls, the outdoors, the attic and unseen places kept Gladys on edge thru the night and made sleep impossible.
Etymology: Blend of nocturnal and emanations.
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COMMENTS:
a bit of a tongue twister but nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-12: 13:55:00
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Creepsitation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: creeps-i-ta-tion
Sentence: Sue endured several long nights of creepsitation until she discovered that the dog had found a bag of corn chips and was eating them under the bed.
Etymology: creeps: a sensation of fear or repugnance as if your skin was crawling + crepitation: snapping or crackling noises
Bumpfright
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bump-frite
Sentence: Somania was frozen with fear and unable to sleep with the constant bumpfright all through the night.
Etymology: Bump- A knocking sound in the middle of the night. Fright- To be afraid...very afraid and can't move. ;)
Threeoclick
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: Thrēōklik
Sentence: When he inherited his uncle's house Tom didn't know he had also inherited a threeoclick. At precisely 3 o'clock every night, the house would emit a distinct clicking sound. It only lasts a few seconds but is quite enough to wake him. Despite his best his best efforts he cannot find its source. The next click you hear may be Tom's mind snapping.
Etymology: 3 o'clock (an un-goddly hour) + click (a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming quickly into contact)
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-24: 15:04:00
very clever - splendiction, 2009-06-24: 19:20:00
clever word....made me laugh...describes it exactly - mweinmann, 2009-06-24: 22:49:00
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Durping
Created by: illwordthat
Pronunciation: durp-ing
Sentence: "Honey I was durping last night...are you sure you wore your nose patch?"
Etymology: Slurping-sleeping-drippin-surfing
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COMMENTS:
Nice!!! - illwordthat, 2008-05-12: 00:54:00
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Nighthowl
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: night-howl
Sentence: Jennifer couldn't sleep because of the nighthowls coming from her neighbour's bedroom window
Etymology: night+ howl
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