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'What's that stupid sound?'

DEFINITION: To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.

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Mensopranoquy

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: men-so-PRAN-o-kwee

Sentence: Bob was not going to be baffled by any of those so-called complex "Mensa" questions. A couple of hours of grayplay and all would be solved. His family became concerned, however, when he could be heard muttering to himself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice. They didn't know what to think. What were the reasons for his mensopranoquy? His wife thought that, perhaps, he had attained noetic nirvana, or had even entered a falsetto fantasia whilst accidentally channelling "Tiny Tim"

Etymology: Blending of mens (mind)& soprano + quy (of soliloquy)

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Shrillstorm

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shril/storm

Sentence: When the pressure is on to produce at work, he sits in a corner and shrillstorms ideas to the annoyance of his colleagues.

Etymology: shrill + brainstorm

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COMMENTS:

Apt & pithy. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-02: 19:22:00

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Pommelhertz

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: PAHM-uhl-hurts

Sentence: Sabrina thought Randy was watching old Felix the Cat cartoons on YouTube again, but discovered that he was actually pommelhertzing his way through an online "matchmaker" quiz.

Etymology: Pommel horse (gymnastics equipment) + hertz (a unit of frequency that defines the pitch of sound waves)

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COMMENTS:

and that would be appropriate since he was Randy - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-02: 13:32:00

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Squought

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: skw-ore-t

Sentence: Quite clearly I was distracted by my own squoughting when I tried to create this word in the comments box.

Etymology: squawk + thought

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Mickeytate

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: MIHK-kee-tayt

Sentence: With his earbuds firmly in place, Alex had no idea how loud he was mickeytating.

Etymology: Mickey Mouse + meditate

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COMMENTS:

petaj But all those around him were nictitating in pain. - petaj, 2007-08-02: 03:19:00

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Curlyanto

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: curly/an/toe

Sentence: Whenever he worked on his laptop he lapsed into curlyanto, a side effect of watching too many Three Stooges movies

Etymology: curly + esperanto

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Screechurmise

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: skreech-urm-eyes

Sentence: When Nat heard him screechurmising she figured she'd better fake an illness and go home, he'll be carrying on for at least 5 hours like that.

Etymology: screech + surmise

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Chipthunk

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: Alvin!!

Sentence: To the total distraction of the rest of the office, Chip would chipthunk his way through all his daily tasks.

Etymology: chipmonk, thunk

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Squeakapeekoo

Created by: laurenhiya21

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He then started to squeakapeekoo in the middle of his exam.

Etymology:

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Jiminicogitate

Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: gym-in-y-KOJ-i-teyt

Sentence: You can just see the gears turning in some people's heads when they think, but for Bart, you could actually HEAR him jiminicogitate.

Etymology: jimini- (from Jiminy Cricket, the squeaky- voiced Disney character associated with the conscience) + cogitate (L. "to think hard")

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COMMENTS:

Great word, love the sound of it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-02: 14:48:00

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Comments:

mplsbohemian - 2007-08-02: 02:56:00
Since I live in Minneapolis, I thought I'd let everyone know I'm okay, and so far, so is everyone I know.

petaj petaj - 2007-08-02: 03:13:00
squought

petaj petaj - 2007-08-02: 03:16:00
adrn bxoxelia agnai. Glad to hear you are OK.

purpleartichokes - 2007-08-02: 10:40:00
glad to hear that mp! and I thought PA's bridges were bad (they're constantly closing them down for emergency repairs).

mplsbohemian - 2007-08-02: 13:10:00
The joke in Minnesota is that there are two seasons, winter and road construction. But I always explain to people that the only thing worse than having lots of road work is having no road work, like my native Indiana. I don't think they get it. I'm sure the shocks on their car would get it on a trip to Indianapolis.