Verboticism: Earitation
DEFINITION: n. Strange sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night. v. To lie in bed unable to sleep because you keep hearing weird sounds.
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Dinsomnia
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /din-SOM-nee-uh/
Sentence: Lying in bed and staring toward the ceiling, Michelle sighed again, kept awake by the dinsomnia that had plagued her every night this week. There were the 'creekity-creeks' that Jack had explained were just the roof beams contracting in the cooler evenings, the 'tick, tick, tick, hiss' of the hot water pipes, the faint 'thump, thump, thump' of the refrigerator in the kitchen, and the 'drip, drip' of the leaky bathroom faucet. But what on earth was that 'clankety, clank' noise that sounded like it was coming from the attic? It didn't fit in with the familiar nighttime rhythm, and Michelle winced every time she heard it.
Etymology: Din - sound with clamor or persistent repetition (from Old English, dyne "loud noise") + Insomnia - an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness (Latin, insomnia "want of sleep" from in- "not" + somnus "sleep")
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COMMENTS:
Great minds think alike...? Or is it fools seldom differ???? - Nosila, 2008-05-12: 02:13:00
So the saying goes, but to our mutual credit, I'd like to think that I'm a unique sort of fool. You decide. - Tigger, 2008-05-12: 02:37:00
had to give you a vote each in the interests of fairness. - galwaywegian, 2008-05-12: 12:00:00
Too kind, galwaywegian, thanks! - Nosila, 2008-05-12: 19:26:00
Clever blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:26:00
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Knockturnalnozees
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nok/tur/nal/no/zees
Sentence: Once again I stumbled out of bed, blurry eyed and sleepless after all the racket from the knockturnalnozees.
Etymology: nocturnal + noise + knock + no zzzs
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. Great verboticism - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:08:00
Covers the whole gamut. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:20:00
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Slumberrupt
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: Slum-ber-rup-t
Sentence: The annoying drip drip drip of that loose tap had left Kelly slumberrupted for days. Was it really that difficult to find a decent plumber in this town?!
Etymology: Slumber - sleep; interrupt - to stop/delay
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-05-12: 23:09:00
Yep, good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:24:00
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Soundawake
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sownd-a-wayk
Sentence: No wonder Mary was soundawake, it as all her own fault for hearing spooky noises in the middle of the night. She vowed never to watch horror films when she was alone ever again.
Etymology: Sound (Virbrations sensed by the ear) Awake (Not asleep, past-awoken) Opposite of sound asleep
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COMMENTS:
I liked this one. The only problem - if you don't immdiately catch the underlying connection to 'sound-asleep' it seems like an overly-simple response to the definition, (i.e. it may seem, at first, like you picked 2 words from the definition and stuck them together). Gets my vote though, for the clever double-meaning wordplay. - Tigger, 2008-05-13: 01:21:00
How true! Reminds me of a fairly recent film, "Eyes Wide Shut". Excellent word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-13: 07:19:00
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Durping
Created by: illwordthat
Pronunciation: durp-ing
Sentence: "Honey I was durping last night...are you sure you wore your nose patch?"
Etymology: Slurping-sleeping-drippin-surfing
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COMMENTS:
Nice!!! - illwordthat, 2008-05-12: 00:54:00
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Bumpfright
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bump-frite
Sentence: Somania was frozen with fear and unable to sleep with the constant bumpfright all through the night.
Etymology: Bump- A knocking sound in the middle of the night. Fright- To be afraid...very afraid and can't move. ;)
Threeoclick
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: Thrēōklik
Sentence: When he inherited his uncle's house Tom didn't know he had also inherited a threeoclick. At precisely 3 o'clock every night, the house would emit a distinct clicking sound. It only lasts a few seconds but is quite enough to wake him. Despite his best his best efforts he cannot find its source. The next click you hear may be Tom's mind snapping.
Etymology: 3 o'clock (an un-goddly hour) + click (a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming quickly into contact)
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-24: 15:04:00
very clever - splendiction, 2009-06-24: 19:20:00
clever word....made me laugh...describes it exactly - mweinmann, 2009-06-24: 22:49:00
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Creakese
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: creek - eez
Sentence: The house was speaking its creepy creakease with all its settling and contracting in the night. Wide-eyed and drowsily alert maggie lie in bed imagining ghosts and gobblins milling about.
Etymology: creak, sound of a rusty gate or noisy floorboards + ese, of a language
Nocturnemanations
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nok-tern-em-eh-NAY-shuns
Sentence: The nocturnemanations that continuously emitted from the walls, the outdoors, the attic and unseen places kept Gladys on edge thru the night and made sleep impossible
Etymology: Blend of nocturnal (during the night) and emanations (. Something that issues from a source; an emission)
Settlementalbreakdown
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: settle/mental/brake/down
Sentence: The persistent creaking as the house settled farther into the ground resulted in Mac suffering a settlementalbreakdown.
Etymology: settle + mental breakdown