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cinemuck

cinemuck noun: a sticky coating on the floor of a movie theatre caused by spilled beverages and dropped snack items.

Noun

cinemuck (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A sticky coating on the floor of a movie theatre caused by spilled beverages and dropped snack items.
    • It only makes me wonder if there's any market at all for people who require only a clean theater - not too much cinemuck on the floors - that's not too far from home and doesn't make you wait in the cold too long to buy a ticket.2003 March 10, “Where have all the Fort Wayne movie theaters gone?”, in Fort Wayne News Sentinel
  2. (derogatory, informal) Cinematic material of low quality.
    • Crawling on your knees to the real Graceland over shards of broken glass would be less painful than sitting through this cinemuck.2001 March 1, Denise A. Raymon, “An inch too far to go see '3,000 Miles to Graceland'”, in Press Republican

Origin of cinemuck

Blend of cinema + muck.

Questions about cinemuck

What does cinemuck mean?
Cinemuck means a sticky coating on the floor of a movie theatre caused by spilled beverages and dropped snack items.
What part of speech is cinemuck?
Cinemuck is a noun.

Words near cinemuck in the dictionary

  1. cinemobile
  2. cinemobiles
  3. cinemograph
  4. cinemographs
  5. cinemology
  6. cinemuck
  7. cinenchyma
  8. cinenchymatous
  9. cineol
  10. cineole
  11. cineoles

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