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DEFINITION: v., To yawn or sigh repeatedly in an effort to subtly communicate one's lack of interest in the current conversation. n., A series of long, exasperated, and often escalating sighs indicating extreme boredom.
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Tonsiltatious
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: ton-sil-tay-shis
Sentence: Doug was quite tonsiltatious in his response to Rachel's monologue
Etymology: the ostentatious display of one's tonsils
Borescode
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bors-cohd
Sentence: he would use borescode to signal to his partner that he needed rescuing from a dull converstion...3 sighs, 3 yawns, 3 sighs and she knew she had to quickly SMS him, then when his phone beeped he would politely excuse himself and make his getaway.
Etymology: bores, morse code
Gappage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gap/age
Sentence: After twenty minutes of listening to her boss drone on and on, gappage over took Abby and she couldn't control her excessive yawning.
Etymology: gape (yawn) + age with bordom because of having to stand there and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen ..........
Strategawn
Created by: ericsimmons39
Pronunciation: Stra- tej- awn
Sentence: The conversation on the objectification of women was growing ever so tasteless and boring. I knew it was time to use the strategawn.
Etymology: Strategy- Yawn
Sighinglanguage
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: si-ing-lang-widj
Sentence: The audience communicated their discontent with the play via sighinglanguage.
Etymology: sigh, sign language
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COMMENTS:
clever, got my vote! - remistram, 2007-10-15: 09:36:00
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Communocaution
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I intended to finish my rant but the listener was using communocaution.
Etymology: communication and caution
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COMMENTS:
brilliant word! Well thought out. - brimuth, 2007-10-15: 16:01:00
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Boresigh
Created by: parm289
Pronunciation: boar - sigh
Sentence:
Etymology: boredom + sigh
Wompawomp
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Wom-pa-Womp
Sentence: The teacher's lecture was so boring I had to wompawomp to her face.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and Pseudonym. Were you two talking to each other when this idea popped into your heads? Thank you remistram and Pseudonym! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Pseudonym. Thank you Pseudonym. ~ James