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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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Fauxsomniating
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Fo-som-nee-ate-ing
Sentence: Everyone knew John was a social clutz and his inability to carry on a conversation became evident when he would begin fauxsomniating.
Etymology: Faux-insomnia
Passagyawner
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: Pass-AG-yahner
Sentence: John is such a passagyawner; whenever I speak he starts yawning to let me know hes bored of the conversation.
Etymology: Contraction of PASS(ive) + AGG(ressive) + YAWNER
Osciticulate
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /ɒsɪtɪkjəleɪt/
Sentence: When she noticed he was not paying attention at all, she yelled at him: Stop osciticulating now! This is serious!!!!
Etymology: OSCITICULATE. From Oscitate (the act of being inattentive) + Articulate (to utter a speech sound)
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COMMENTS:
Oscitastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-10: 07:05:00
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Sighlanguage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sīlanggwij
Sentence: Bill used his best sighlanguage to try to communicate his boredom but his buddy droned on and on about his new hobby. Who knew that people could create artwork from dryer lint?
Etymology: sigh (emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness) + language (the method of human communication) a play on sign language
Tediashun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tee dee ay shun
Sentence: In absolute tediashun, Marco would yawn and sigh in a bored manner whenever Gwen went into one of her longwinded tirades about her job.
Etymology: Tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Fawn
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: FFFF awn
Sentence: I fawn repeatly till she went home.
Etymology: fake yawn
Getoutofmyfaceism
Created by: Kat43
Pronunciation: get-out-of-my-face-ism
Sentence: As my friend was going on and on about their history homework, I suddenly realized that I caught a bad case of getoutofmyfaceism
Etymology:
Yawnnui
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /jɑːnˈwiː/
Sentence: Extended yawnnui tends to be unproductive because after a few seconds, anyone still babbling is either subtlety-deaf or just doesn't care.
Etymology: from yawn + ennui
Exaspigh
Created by: deepbluenpurple
Pronunciation: eekzhas/fayi
Sentence: Collective exaspighs during lectures did little to dissuade the Professor's misplaced enthusiasm.
Etymology: exasperated + sigh
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