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Edward Gibbon Wakefield's Almanac of Social Phenomena
Edward Gibbon Wakefield is a foremost documentarian in the wide-ranging field of Social Phenomena. Through his studies across many years, he has uncovered numerous fascinating and at times groundbreaking singularities from around the globe, and has finally released his findings to the general public in his book ‘Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s Almanac of Social Phenomena’. These are some extracts.
Chapter 7, page 233: A Guide to Stomach Movements
chunderstanding
chun·der·stand·ing [chuhn-der-stan-ding]
noun
1. The understanding between two people that one or both of them has or is about to vomit
Person 1: ‘Mary, I can’t talk about menopause now…I’m about…to…’ Person 2: ‘It’s okay Stuart. I chunderstand.’
vommunist
vom·mu·nist [vom-yuh-nist]
noun
1. a member of the system of social organisation whereby a person (or persons) is incapacitated by a state of frequent vomiting.
adjective
2. pertaining to vommunists or vommunism
‘Jimmy was unable to attend the charity luncheon as he was a practicing vommunist for the day’
See also: vommunism
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