DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Economyclasstrophobia: /ee kono mee klas tro fo beea/ John thought, “No wonder there’s air rage these days. The planes are getting smaller, the line up at security takes longer than the actual flight. A 2 hour flight ends up in an 8 hour outing just to get where you need to go. You either have to buy food in the after security spaces at grossly inflated prices or purchase something to eat on the airplane at even more grossly inflated prices. The headphones for the movie rarely work. The crew are always on skeletal staff levels and forget trying to turn around in the toilet”. After these happy thoughts John was fighting to overcome his economyclasstrophobia, as the seat in front of his slowly edged towards his head. “Seriously, he thought, does that girl really need eyemask and reclined seating for this 20 minute flight??? Next time, I’m driving”, he vowed. Etymology: Economy Class (the cheapest class of air or rail travel) & Claustrophobia (a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Economyclasstrophobia:
splendiction, 2010-04-19: 21:40:00
Classy word for what “cheap” air travel has become!
Cramsportation: /kramz por TAY shun/ Packer didn’t know what was a worse or more crowded way of getting to his relatives’ house for the holidays, StuffWest Airlines or the JamTrak train. He considered driving the ten hours just to cut down on the physical and olfactory invasion to his personal space. Finally, his family decided on having their Thanksgiving dinner by computer conferencing. It was cheaper, and more importantly, it cut down on disputes and drama! Etymology: cram + transportation Created by: karenanne.
Shrikingspacediscomfort: // ” while slying to france , the lady sitting next to me created a ‘shrinkingpspacediscomfort’ owing to her obesity” Etymology: shrinking + space + discomfort Created by: verboman.
Narrowbinded: /nhar-oh-byn-ded/ Zinnia liked to think of herself as open-minded but her commute to work, via public transport, had slowed changed her mind. Indeed, she was now so anxious of being narrowbinded that she would go to great lengths to assure a seat by herself. The fake dog stool she found at a gag shop was a good deterrent, but she left it on too many buses and was arousing suspicion among the drivers. She finally discovered that the best way to protect her person space from breech was to softly sing while eating canned tuna. Etymology: narrow (small space) + binded (sic. secure by tying) play on “narrow minded” Created by: thegoatisbad.
Comments on Narrowbinded:
splendiction, 2010-04-19: 21:47:00
Hilarious!
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