yawn-arrhea

yawn-arrhea
The cascade effect caused by one person yawning in a crowd, thereby forcing everyone around to yawn in succession

Although she knew she shouldn't have, Cheryl yawned during the board meeting, and within 10 minutes yawn-arrhea had set in and everyone had yawned at least once.


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  • yawn-arrhea — The cascade effect caused by one person yawning in a crowd, thereby forcing everyone around to yawn in succession Although she knew she shouldn t have, Cheryl yawned during the board meeting, and within 10 minutes yawn arrhea had set in and… …   Dictionary of american slang

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