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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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Communigrate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: kom-mu-NI-grate
Sentence: When Roxie's tedious tale of the Patagonian tree snail reached an ennui everest, and with yawning the only way for Bob to open his mouth, his humdrumuffle mounted. Finally, exasperated, he began to communigrate; Roxie was not impressed.
Etymology: Blend of communicate & grate: to exasperate.
Intoredom
Created by: deaninc
Pronunciation: int-o-re-dom
Sentence: the intoredom of the subject is pointless
Etymology: To show an interest in the involvement of persons yet unimpressed by their verbage
Wompawomp
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Wom-pa-Womp
Sentence: The teacher's lecture was so boring I had to wompawomp to her face.
Etymology:
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
Exaspigh
Created by: deepbluenpurple
Pronunciation: eekzhas/fayi
Sentence: Collective exaspighs during lectures did little to dissuade the Professor's misplaced enthusiasm.
Etymology: exasperated + sigh
Comyawnicate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: com-yawn-ee-cayt
Sentence: no matter how hard i tried to comyawnicate my disinterest, he continued talking. i realised i would have to use more advanced techniques of conversashun.
Etymology: communicate, yawn
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-09: 10:14:00
like it - Nosila, 2008-09-09: 19:23:00
terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-10: 07:02:00
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Comoanication
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.)kə-mōn'-nĭ-kā'-shən; (tr. v.) kə-mōn'-nĭ-kāt'
Sentence: "Ezra, try telling people how you feel by using your words rather than wasting our time with your puerile comoanication!"
Etymology: com[mun]ication + moan
Innuyawndo
Created by: jmckays
Pronunciation: in-yu-yawn-doh
Sentence: I was putting as much innuyawndo into the conversation as I could, but she just couldn't seem to understand that I could care less about how her day went.
Etymology: innuendo; yawn; crescendo;
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-15: 15:51:00
Nice use of innuendo! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:41:00
if you added crescendo to your etymology that would tie in nicely with the escalating sighs. - petaj, 2007-10-16: 09:06:00
thanks to petaj for the ent. suggest. - jmckays, 2007-10-16: 11:26:00
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Humdrumantics
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: huhm-drum-AN-tiks
Sentence: According to Bob yawning is a trick devised by nature to open a person's mouth as a hint to others to shut theirs. So when Roxie ponderous description of the sex-life of the Patagonian tree-snail started to communigrate, his humdrumantics became more pronounced.
Etymology: Blend of HUMDRUM: lacking variety; boring; dull; routine; monotony. tedious ; ANTIC(S): a ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture & and with -SEMANTICS -in mind: of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-09-09: 18:54:00
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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