Verboticism: Monotonotice
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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Borishassity
Created by: wjames
Pronunciation: bor-ish-ass-ity
Sentence: George's maddening, overt, borishassity while his wife Jane tried to tell him about her day's work adventures, ended when Jane unexpectedly stuffed a sock in his mouth.
Etymology: borish= act of being a bore, ass= (need I say more)
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COMMENTS:
Strong and natural! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:44:00
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Exyawneration
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation: ig-zyä-nə-ˈrā-shən
Sentence: Exyawneration is a non-assertive attempt to end a conversation.
Etymology: exonerate+Yawn removing responsibiliy by yawning.
Lassisnooze
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lass-i-snooze
Sentence: Carole had long passed napathy and was now deeply lassisnoozing through the presentation.
Etymology: lassitude + snooze
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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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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Gapeathy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: gape-a-thee
Sentence: The students' gapeathy was apparent while the teacher began his unit on the Constitution. They yawned widely, texted under their desks and fell asleep. Pity.
Etymology: gape: open one's mouth wide; yawn + apathy: apathy: lack on interest or concern, especially of important matters
Tedihum
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tee dee hum
Sentence: It took all of Manny's concentration to focus of Felicia's recap of her boring day at work. He expressed his tedihum through so many fake yawns that he actually did fall asleep standing up. That Felicia was a full-bore bore.
Etymology: Tedium (dullness owing to length or slowness;the feeling of being bored by something tedious) & Ho-Hum (interjection used to express boredom, weariness, or contempt) &
Kakaribuciakiwejded
Created by: DeaniKelu
Pronunciation: Kakareeboochakeeweyded
Sentence: I am a kakaribuciakiwejded I am a retarded toilet
Etymology: Kakari=It takes(jap.) Buci=ass(romanian) aki=who(hungarian) wej=input(polish) ded=against(arab)
Borenarcle
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: bore-nar-cal
Sentence: Craig's lengthy explaination and diagram on the global migration project caused audience borenarcle for 40 minutes straight.
Etymology: boring, narcolepsy
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COMMENTS:
You guys..errr girls, are awesome! - MadTripper, 2007-10-15: 11:27:00
Good blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:42:00
Good blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-15: 21:42:00
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Repetitediyawn
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ripetətēdēyôn
Sentence: Despite her coworkers repetitediyawns, Gloria didn’t get that she was boring them to tears.
Etymology: repetitive (containing or characterized by repetition) + tedium (the state of being tedious) + yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom)
