Bombinate

Soccer players in the 2010 World Cup must perform in the milieu of a deafening bombination. The South African crowd relentlessly blows plastic horns called vuvuzelas that have a combined effect so loud as to risk damaging the hearing of anyone in the stadium. The crack of thunder and the roar of a chainsaw are both close to 110 decibels, an intensity which OSHA (the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration) says is “incredibly dangerous” at more than a 15-minute exposure. The vuvuzelas create a 127 decibel drone, which, due to the nature of the decibel scale, is actually 50 times more intense than a chainsaw.

Bombinate (“BOM-bih-nayt”)

To buzz or hum.

Source

Esquire: Vuvuzela Horn |  Photo by Dundas Football Club