Apploustouffle
Dictionary entry
Apploustouffle — To applaud with such overwhelming, sometimes excessive enthusiasm that one momentarily loses one's breath or all sense of restraint.
Verb · Crestignacian.
Definition
To applaud with such overwhelming, sometimes excessive enthusiasm that one momentarily loses one's breath or all sense of restraint.
Example
“We would like everyone to apploustouffle following our president's speech, without ever morderinouilling.”
From the Annals
Apploustouffling is encouraged when celebrating an exceptional speech, discovery or recipe. It becomes suspicious when it systematically precedes the meal.
English conjugation
Infinitive: to apploustouffle.
Present simple: I/you/we/they apploustouffle; he/she/it apploustouffles.
Past simple: apploustouffled.
Present participle / -ing form: apploustouffling.
Past participle: apploustouffled.
Present continuous: I am apploustouffling; he/she/it is apploustouffling; we/you/they are apploustouffling.
Present perfect: have/has apploustouffled.
Future: will apploustouffle.
Imperative: apploustouffle!
Source
- Original French entry
- revised on 12 October 2026