The Cacophonous Cries of the Morons

mental hootardation
noun |men-t^əl hü-tär-dā-shən|

1. the act of using a loud gesture, usually mimicking the natural sound of an owl or a horn in open chat, usually performed by a gesturebator (also known in this instance as a hootard). The mental hootardation filled the venue.

2. a condition characterized by the intellectual inability to say anything intelligent and instead gesture as above. Poor thing, she suffers from mental hootardation.

3. the irresistible urge by some to utter sounds thus preventing others from hearing other sounds or live music.

DERIVATIVES
hootardation |hü tärˈdā shən| noun
hootarder |hü tɑr dər| noun
hootard |hü tɑrd| noun

You've been there, in a club, with all the (sometimes other) spamtards and boxtards, when some of the brain addled let loose a barrage of "hoos" and "woots" ("hoos and woots"). In some environments this is to be expected but that still makes it mental hootardation.

Sure one expects mental hootardation in a club where the host can do nothing more than send out "This DJ Rawks!" or "This Club Rawks" page filling gestures. One does not expect this however in a venue where one sees and hears what is the most egregious instance of mental hootardation: during a live show, while the singer is singin. In this instance, hootards because of their irresistible urge to fill a chat box and emit sounds could randomly, at any time, start spewing forth a barrage of hoos and woot. One of the best ways to deal with these silly fools is to use the mute function.

I may never be able to adequately express the the joy I feel when I teleport into a live venue and find that half of the avatars therein are in the shape of withered gray husks. When one encounters a case of mental hootardation it is best to immediately employ the mute function. It may be wise to also mute the person with which the hootard is dancing and all their comrades in mental hootardation. I will do this and mark the local chat by simply typing "mental hootardation." When told about my propensity to mute, I was asked "You must be bitter and never enjoy SL." Let me dispel you, like I did the questioner, and tell you that actually I do enjoy my time in world. I enjoy it even more since I can easily quiet the cacophonous cries of the morons that are mental hootardation.