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DEFINITION: n. The unnameable fear which overcomes one when a large silent UFO cruises arrogantly overhead. v. To be frightened by the huge flying objects which exist (for the most part) in your imagination.
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Astralphobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: as tral fo beeya
Sentence: Stella had but one fear to live with...astralphobia. She was convinced that aliens were invading our planet and that one by one from stars and moons and planets and galaxies, extra-terrestrials were planning an invasion of our world. This fear may in part have been fuelled by films like Independence Day, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and E.T. In fact, she was sure that some space travellers were already amoung us. How else could you explain Donald Trump's Hair or Paris Hilton? She had heard that some were coming here to procreate with humans to help infiltrate our society. She decided that she would never join an on-line dating service just in case. It would be just her luck to meet someone from Uranus or other disgusting places!
Etymology: astral (to do with the stars or heavens) & phobia ( fear of...)
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COMMENTS:
Stella !!! Hahahaha. Where DO you get your ideas? - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:56:00
That great unconquered inner space (between my ears) Cheers. P.S. Her last name is Virgin. - Nosila, 2009-03-05: 20:33:00
Stella's a great name for such a person - I must go change my sentence now! I used that name too! -awesome word! - splendiction, 2009-03-05: 21:11:00
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Pianic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pee ann ik
Sentence: Digger's screams of pianic inevitably ended in a flat minor
Etymology: panic piano
Spaceflip
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: spays flip
Sentence: Star crazed Sunny Boy, star gazed, while drinking a martiani (oops! martini) or two ... well actually quite a few. He searched the Milky Way and found Mars and a 1000 Grand stars. Then he saw Gal Axy and Unoch Verse in their space ship! Sunny quaked and did a spaceflip!
Etymology: SPACE, FLIP. Space flip is a play on space ship. Space - as in outer space referring to everything beyond earth's atmosphere. Flip - as in 'flip out' meaning to suddenly lose your cool and sanity from fear.
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COMMENTS:
Gal and Unoch were Purple People Eaters ... song of the day! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 01:53:00
great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-05: 12:34:00
Nice word! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:44:00
Excellent story....been there, done that. - Mustang, 2009-03-05: 17:33:00
Sunny forgot to use his Nebula-nizer! Maybe all he took up in school was space...good word! - Nosila, 2009-03-05: 20:25:00
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Scaireborne
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: skare + born
Sentence: Todd felt scaireborne by all that he imagined to be airborne.
Etymology: scare and airborne -- scare means to cause fear and airborne -- caused to be moved through the air.
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COMMENTS:
hehe - galwaywegian, 2009-03-05: 08:42:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-05: 12:33:00
Off we grow...into the wild blue yonder.... - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:37:00
very appealing - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 15:14:00
Todd, be afraid, be very afraid... - Nosila, 2009-03-05: 20:28:00
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Xtrimaginaphobia
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: X-chra-ma-jin-uh-foh-bee-uh
Sentence: Afflicted with xtrimaginaphobia as she was, Evelyn could not leave the comfort of her tiny home. If she did, she would be subject to the assault of any or every UFO within 400 light years (or so she thought).
Etymology: Xtra-as in extra-terrestrial magina-imagine phobia-fear
Mortalitraumatrance
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: more-TAL-ih-TROM-ih-TRANCE
Sentence: The fireworks were over, and only the smoke remained when he asked if anyone had seen the "flying V"...When the peals of derisive laughter died down, he explained that it wasn't a vintage electric guitar, but an enormous airborne triangular craft. Moments later, the giggles died as their jaws dropped and they stared up at the sky, immobilized by a MORTALITRAUMATRANCE which rendered everyone completely silent.
Etymology: MORTALITY(from mortal)+TRAUMA+TRANCE= MORTALITRAUMATRANCE.....MORTAL; subject to death , possible , conceivable, marked by great intensity or severity ,of, relating to, or connected with death,the death of large numbers (as of people or animals);Middle English, from Anglo-French mortel, mortal, from Latin mortalis, from mort-, mors death.....TRAUMA: a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury,an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma; Greek traumat-, trauma wound, alteration of trōma; akin to Greek titrōskein to wound, tetrainein to pierce.....TRANCE: stupor , daze; Middle English traunce, from Anglo-French transe death, coma, rapture, from transir to depart, die, from Latin transire to cross, pass by .
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COMMENTS:
Laugh all you want. I'm NOT going back there.
http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc673.htm - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:21:00
Q: How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:24:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-05: 12:35:00
Q: How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb?..................A: Only one, but the light bulb has to WANT TO CHANGE. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 13:16:00
Good word. You get a star for the longest word of the day, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 15:09:00
Could i have a chipmunk sticker instead? - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 16:11:00
Sure! lol - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 17:45:00
Oh, metro, your jokes about light bulbs are so incandescent and illuminating! - Nosila, 2009-03-05: 20:31:00
:) Good one ! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:08:00
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Ufobia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yoo-foh-bee-uh
Sentence: Ginny has a bad case of UFObia. She is afraid of anything she can't immediately identify that is airborne. Just last week she had a screaming hissy fit when a plastic grocery bag blew her way unexpectedly.
Etymology: UFO (unidentified flying object) + phobia (fear)
Eh
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ? - well it is unnameable
Sentence: Timidia let out a series of grunts and groans, but could not spit out even a single word. She just looked up at the sky, as though there was something hovering there, exhibiting all the signs eh.
Etymology: An expression used when one is speechless, possibly due to being frightened out of one's wits
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COMMENTS:
are you suggesting there is a link between canada and ufos? :) - galwaywegian, 2009-03-05: 08:42:00
is there a link between Irish people and ouchpotatoes? - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-05: 12:37:00
Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:39:00
Eh! Oh! Eh! Oh! It's a great exclamation ... no matter where you go ... even if it is by UFO! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 14:56:00
I like the sound of a good Eh! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 15:20:00
You get an "EH-PLUS" for this one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-06: 13:40:00
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Ufobia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ewe efff owe beeee ah
Sentence: Her mother could never understand how her ufobia, prevelant since that summer night in the cornfield at the age of four, never seemed to stop her dating the most extraterrestrial looking dorks and wierdos. Sometimes Mindy worried her deeply.
Etymology: UFO phobia
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COMMENTS:
Great! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-05: 09:26:00
on a roll - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-05: 12:34:00
Cleverly arcane reference! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-05: 12:40:00
Out of this world! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 15:15:00
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Ufohmygod
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ewe eff oh miee gawd
Sentence: her constant bouts of ufohmygod led to alienation
Etymology: UFO oh my God
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James