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DEFINITION: n. An incomplete sneeze; starts with a nose tickle, followed by a sharp intake of breath, but then it vanishes, leaving only a vague sense of incompletion. v. To start a sneeze, but never actually finish it.
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Halfchoo
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: half-choo
Sentence: Jaime thought that she had to sneeze and got as far as the deep breath, but it turned out to only be a halfchoo instead.
Etymology: half + achoo
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COMMENTS:
I really like this. - lauramy, 2007-04-12: 15:19:00
good one JJ! - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 02:49:00
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Teasesneeze
Created by: tbAG84
Pronunciation: teez-sneez
Sentence: She thought i was shocked but it was nothing but another of my characteristic teasesneezes.
Etymology: tease- to evoke unresolved anticipation sneeze- godblessyou.
Yawnchoo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yônchoō
Sentence: She felt it starting deep in her gut, a sneeze that she knew would be heard for blocks. It began with a tingling in her toes and moved up her legs to his torso. Then the required lurching, hah, hah, hah, but then it stalled just before the choo. Oh no, a yawnchoo. How unfulfilling.
Etymology: yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) + achoo (the sound as a sneeze)
Interruptchoo
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: int-ter-up-choo
Sentence: Doug felt very unsatisfied since his unfortunate interruptchoo. After all he enjoyed sneezing.
Etymology: "interrupt" as in "coitus interruptus" and "tchoo" as in aah-tchoo.
Sneepause
Created by: hobodad
Pronunciation: snee-pause
Sentence:
Etymology: sneeze + pause
Gestunnedheit
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: guh-stunned-height
Sentence: Kirsty's aborted sneeze called forth a chorus of gestunnedheits from her friends, who had all felt the same frustrating nose tickling.
Etymology: gesundheit (wishing good health to one who has just sneezed) + (to be made senseless, groggy or dizzy)
Snee
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: snEE
Sentence: Weird must be duplicate...lol
Etymology: the word sneeze unfinished
Incompleeze
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in kom pleez
Sentence: Helen felt that feeling of unfinished business when she built up to a sneeze and then it receded. What made her sneeze become an incompleeze? Why did it achoose not to go all the way? Who nose?
Etymology: Incomplete(not yet finished) & Sneeze (involuntary expulsion of air through the nose)
Nostrilrecall
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Noss trill ree call
Sentence: This was what they had trained for. The germs in her nose had been mustered into the naval cavity ready for ejection into the outer world, to spread their special kind of magic to all around her. The program sequence had been set: make the nose itchy; make subject go aaahh, aaahh several times and move her finger to her face. The itchiness persisted, yes, the order had come from above...fire at will. But wait, counter-orders had arrived...abort mission, return to base and await further instructions. Yes, it was nostrilrecall. But not to worry. As disappointing as this had been, it gave them more time to multiply and increase the invasionary force and when that happened, sometime soon...it would be a doozie!
Etymology: Nostril (either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose) & Recall (cause to be returned;make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution;cancel)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
thats a great definition.
ErWenn - 2007-04-13: 00:03:00
Agreed!
Thanks and cheers again to ziggy41 for the great idea! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by Ziggy41. Thank you Ziggy41. ~ James