Search results for 'cry':

cryable (adjective) : causing one to cry

The movie was cryable.

Submitted by: Jake from Wisconsin on Oct. 30, 2008 14:05

cryarrhea (noun) : To overreact to/about by crying and possibly out of a need for attention, to cry when the situation does not seem to warrant such an extreme show of emotion.

I felt bad to laugh but I knew his issue wasn't that dire and his cryarrhea was funny.

Submitted by: J.C. from Pennsylvania on Feb. 04, 2008 14:52

crypt keeper (noun) : a very old man who enjoys the company of younger women

She must be marrying that crypt keeper for his money because I don't believe for a second that she is attracted to him.

Submitted by: K.A. Hoffa from Pennsylvania on Feb. 23, 2009 14:57

Cryptohelic (adjective) : Of or relating to ancient Egyptian tombs, particularly relating to well known pharoahs.

The cryptohelic scientist carefully uncovered the lost pharoahs body.

Submitted by: Anonymous on May. 31, 2007 15:55

cryptomnesia (noun) : : a theoretical phenomenon involving suppressed or 'forgotten' memories—with reference to cases where a person believes that he or she is creating or inventing something new, but is actually recalling a similar or identical work which he or she has previously encountered—called also "concealed recollection"

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 08, 2007 19:21

cryptophasia (noun) : "twin-speak", "idioglossia" - a form of speech created and used by siblings-usually twins—wherein they develop a language that only they can understand. Often used by siblings in households of numerous children, or by isolated siblings with little caregiver input into the formation of language. See "Idioglossia"

The 1994 movie "Nell" by Michael Apted, based on the play by Mark Handley; screenplay written by William Nicholson, is an good example of a child's use of CRIPTOPHASIA. —James Hitchcock from Tunbridge Wells, England, IMDb user comments for NELL: One of the finest and most powerful films of the Nineties, 25 September 2004

Submitted by: MKKingsley from Missouri on Oct. 25, 2007 16:40

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