Verboticism: Gendarmealarm

'Omigod, I'm surrounded.'

DEFINITION: n. The weird feelings that rise up when you notice that you are being followed by a police officer, or a cop car, or the Special Forces Anti-Terrorist Unit. v. To feel nervous, self-conscious and guilty whenever you see a police officer.

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Gendarmealarm

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: jahn/darm/alarm

Sentence: I experience such acute gendarmealarm that I even break into a sweat when I see a hall monitor from a French immersion school.

Etymology: gendarme + alarm

Points: 686

Comments: Gendarmealarm

galwaywegian - 2009-01-12: 08:16:00
incroyable!

silveryaspen - 2009-01-12: 10:57:00
Bilingual Kudos!

metrohumanx - 2009-01-12: 17:52:00
immersion school...is that like a sensory deprivation tank?