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DEFINITION: n. The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus. v. To clear one's throat
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Infexicanwave
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-fex-ee-can-wayv
Sentence: sadly for him, when it finally got to his ONE line in the play, the audience was in throes of an infexicanwave
Etymology: infectious, mexican wave
Disgrurmurs
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boss's speech set off the disgrurmurs.
Etymology: Disgru: Disgruntled, Urmurs: murmurs, Disgruntled murmurs.
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COMMENTS:
Cute one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 10:48:00
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Exsarsperation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ex/SARS/per/a/shun
Sentence: From the first note of the concert his sickly hacking cough began. After twenty minutes, most of the audience was in a total state of exsarsperation, fearing they would all expire before the end of the concert.
Etymology: exasperation (upset) + SARS_______________ Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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COMMENTS:
You're missing a closing bracket ) at the end of you're etymology, there. - Javeson1, 2007-02-21: 01:13:00
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Crashendo
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: crash-en-doe
Sentence: Sensing an oncoming crashendo, the director of "Hasselhoff: The Musical" decided to cut the performance after only the first act.
Etymology: crash = failure & crescendo = a gradual increase in volume
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COMMENTS:
Very funny sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-21: 11:37:00
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Afofsilen
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: afof-silen
Sentence: Through all the noise around us, we'll al become the sickness "afofsilen"
Etymology: afraid of silence
Cacoughany
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kak off eneeee
Sentence: The cacoughany increased in volume and in volume.
Etymology: cacophony, cough
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COMMENTS:
best definition of the day! Genious - mweinmann, 2009-09-16: 07:54:00
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Crowndswell
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with groundswell
Sentence: A few sneezes and coughs soon escalated into a riotous crowndswell of snorts, hiccups, gagging, hacking and spluttering that forced the thespians to don surgical masks.
Etymology: groundswell (movement by the general population) + crowd (the audience in this case) + swell (grow, rise)
Boredsicles
Created by: officespace162
Pronunciation:
Sentence: when paying $50 for bad tickets, you may suffer from the boredsicles
Etymology: bored because of the dissatisfaction, and sicles as in disease
Cacoughony
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: kah-KOF-oh-nee
Sentence: I will never go to the opera during flu season again. The cacoughony was so bad that I could hardly hear the closing aria.
Etymology: cacophony with coughs
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COMMENTS:
nice job, very clever. - Javeson1, 2007-02-21: 01:12:00
great word -you get my vote! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-21: 12:31:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian.
Thank you galwaywegian! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by galwaywegian. Thank you galwaywegian. ~ James