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DEFINITION: n., Second-hand sound which has escaped from a headset. v., To play music on personal listening device so loudly that it leaks out of the earphones.
Musicophony
Top verboticism of the day created by artr
Pronunciation: myoōzikäfənē
Sentence: Tom’s company tried to make peace with its workers by asking that they use earbuds or headphones when listening to their chosen form of entertainment. What they didn’t expect was the musicacophony that spilled from the various listening devices with maxed-out volumes.
Etymology: music (a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
Created by: artr.
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Exudio: /egz-OO-dio/ Waiting at the bus stop with no portable music device, I laughed at the exudio from my fellow travellers. Cyndi Lauper's True Colors mingled with "all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey" and a dash of James Brown. Etymology: exude -- leak out + audio -- sound Created by: petaj.
Earjaculate: /eer-JAK-u-layt/ Nancy sat on the subway wearing her ipod but not listening to it. She felt odd doing it that way, but throughout the train she could hear the earjaculate headmedowns of the other passengers. The way the podjamas merged into its own kind of earjam was more soothing to her than her own musical selections could have ever been. earjam: something you fill your ears with. podjamas: the barely audible sound of another person's ipod. headmedowns: second-hand music. Etymology: ear + ejaculate (shooting out of) Created by: MrDave2176.
Comments:
great words - porsche, 2007-10-04: 13:35:00
Apustics: /a-pyu-stiks/ Heather will never forget the day Grandma volunteered to accompany her 8th grade class on the field trip. She had no idea. Had she known, she would have skipped school for sure. It was embarrassing enough that Grams brought her headphones and WALKMAN (!) for the bus ride, but her apustics were humiliating. Etymology: Acoustic + P.U. (as in stinky musAK) Created by: lumina.
Comments:
It's a good thing the portable 8-track player was never invented. Poor Grams! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-04: 09:28:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:42:00
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