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Cacoughany 

The chorus of coughs of co-workers in open plan offices.

Once the recycled air spreads peak saturation of an airborne virus in a workplace you can expect to hear the cacoughany begin.
The cacoughany can be heard far and wide across the 24th floor.

Matt is the maestro of coughs in the coughffice with Kieran taking a hack at the rhythm section.

Henry, the chief instigator lung operator brings his own unique breath of hot air.

No one applauds.

Fuck, if we can't all be healthy. Let's at least laugh about it.
Cacoughany by Kiz... June 27, 2018
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cacoughony

The sound heard by the unfortunate individual trapped in some sort of large gathering of sick people. Often happens in religious services, schools, and on public transportation.
The cacoughony at the library made it impossible for Kate to study, and she was forced to go home to avoid catching the flu.
cacoughony by HoboAC February 13, 2009
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cacoughonous

How a room full of people will sound if some type of lung-irritant gets introduced into da air.
Apparently Orville Wright was quite da prankster as a child; da story goes dat he once sprinkled red pepper into da heating-ducts at his school; one can just imagine da "cacoughonous chorus" dat mustah erupted soon afterwards!
cacoughonous by QuacksO February 21, 2022

cacoughasneeze 

Some people sneeze and cough at the same time making a startlingly loud noise that often causes pandemonium.
cacoughasneeze - Sneezing and and coughing loudly at the same time making a discordant mixture of sound.
Jerry's cachoughasneeze was so loud, alarmed cats freaked out and ran and jumped in all directions in a catsplosion.

church hurt 

church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
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Huge. Surpassing normal expectations.
I was fishing with a Spinner Bait and a HONKIN pike came after it and hit it . Felt like a lawnmower running over a brick.
honkin by R. LaJoy December 26, 2005
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Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026