premature clapulation 

You are so intrigued by a performance, more so than your fellow audience, that you feel the need to applaud before everyone else. Usually no one else joins in clapping.

During super bowl 38 Janet Jackson's nipple slip cause extreme premature clapulation.

premature clapulation by BrennanChoo July 5, 2008

premature clapulation 

Applauding before a performance is finished. This refers to situations where some or all of the audience think that the performance is over, NOT because they think its superlative quality merits mid-performance applause.

Everyone applauded because they thought or hoped the song was over, but there was one more tedious verse. Terri whispered to me, "Whoops! Premature clapulation."

premature clapulation by vonTrips August 21, 2009

Premature Clapulation 

the awkward clap executed by an individual who assumes a performer has finished playing their piece when, in fact, the performer has not finished playing their piece.

"Who was that bitch today in church who ruined the choir's performance of Amazing Grace with premature clapulation?"

Premature Clapulation by OriginalSpaceBox September 23, 2012

premature clapulation 

When you go to a concert and think a song is finished. You start to clap and realize the song is not done, just a momentary break. This is a premature clapulation.

At the Neil Young concert, there was a momentary silence in the middle of a song. Everyone started to clap and then the song continued. This was a premature clapulation.

premature clapulation by marcig19 September 5, 2012

premature clapulation 

When someone in the audience, thinking the song is over -- especially one with a "false ending," applauds before it's done.

I know people sometimes forget they aren't supposed to clap between movements during a classical music concert, but premature clapulation before Led Zeplin's "Thank You" fades back at the end is unforgiveable.

premature clapulation by OldGrandad April 2, 2017

premature eclapulation

Premature Eclapulation (n.)- The process of clapping (whether it be during events such as plays, operas, and orchestral performances) when the climax of the moment (or the moment most appropriate for ovation) has not yet been reached, often followed by booing and disappointed looks.
premature ejaculation

"That idiot Jack, confusing the theatre's intermittance with the end of the play, drenched the entire audience with his premature eclapulation"

premature eclapulation by Dmitry Khrabrov December 24, 2007

premature eclapulation

The embarrassing occurrence of a person who is unable to stop themselves from applauding a performance a bit to early or even much too early during a performance. It may occur during a play, concert, speech, opera or sometimes even a movie. The most humorous situation would be a single loud clap followed by the offenders attempt to turn their red face to search the crowd as eyes fall in their direction to see who dunnit. It is however still received as a great complement to the performers .

I almost died laughing the other night when Sophia started to applaud during that pause in Beethoven's 9th symphony when the tenor ends with that dismal note and we all know the flutes are about to kick in. It was a perfect single smack premature eclapulation.

premature eclapulation by Santiago Suicide King April 3, 2015