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Moanses
Top verboticism of the day created by Banky
DEFINITION: n. Annoying neighbors who spend endless hours mowing their lawns, painting their fences, washing their cars, and browbeating you because you have a life. v. To express disapproval for someone's lifestyle.
Pronunciation: -mohn-siz-
Sentence: Charlotte pulled out of the garage to find the Christmas lights torn down to the point that they were dragging through her hair. She clawed at the string of bulbs as she nearly ran the convertible into the mailbox. Looks like the Moanses were trying to give her another hint.
Etymology: Play on words of "Joneses", as in "keeping up with the" and moan, to low with dismay or pain
Created by: Banky.
Comments:
Super funny! Truly a great word for complaining neighbors. Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:08:00
Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:38:00
Sounds like our neighbour, Mona Lott! - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:32:00
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(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Honebodies: /hone bod ees/ Marcia was always criticized by her neighbours, because she never stayed home and spent hours working on her house. The Kranks, the honebodies from next door, were the first suspects when Marcia was found dead on her grass. She should have taken fencing lessons to get lawn order. Etymology: Hone (to sharpen, improve,make perfect or complete) & WordPlay on Homebodies (people who seldom leave home) Created by: Nosila.
Naybores: /nay bohrs/ It was difficult to discern whether the high pitched drone coming from the other side of the fence was a garden strimmer or one of the naybores complaining about the ingress of weeds from her wildflower garden. Etymology: neighbour nay, bore Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments:
I like it....goes good with naboobs. Naboob naybores.... - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 21:14:00
Hoodhogs: /hood-hawgz/ Patience had endured enough. She was exhausted from the nightly raids by her nebby neighbors, Neil and Nosy Parker. They pruned, they plowed, they picked. What deadheads! So what if her dog peed all over her lawn--it was her lawn, wasn't it? And the world needed more nitrogen! Last night was the last straw. Patience had been awakened by the sound of the duo flooding her yard with water. She stood at her window and watched in astonishment. Obviously these hoodhogs were trying to dilute the urine. Then they began to root around, scraping up the dead grass, quietly bickering over whether it should be to a depth of one-quarter or one-half inch. In the morning she had found a note on her back door saying, "Now you may sow replacement grass." Etymology: From HOOD, slang/contraction for neighborhood + HOGS, meaning greedy or selfish, also a play on pig, derogatory for police Created by: readerwriter.
Comments:
No doubt distant cousins of hedgeghogs? - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 22:57:00
All that grass and not a sharp blade in sight when you need it! - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:29:00
Hahahaha! Good word! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:49:00
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Today's definition was suggested by kateinkorea. Thank you kateinkorea. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-03-19: 04:08:00
Oh my gosh!!!!! I actually won today! Does that mean I'm "in?" I'm scrolling up and down! lol :) thank you everybody I'm honored~ bowing head now in gratitude to the wonderful creators and to kateinkorea for suggesting this definition :) Thank you all! You've made my day! MMMMMMMMMMWAH!
abrakadeborah - 2009-03-19: 06:14:00
Ok I see the current winner changes...I thought it was a daily thing? Oh well...I wonder if that means it always changes and it's not a daily winner. DANG! right when I think I have this site figured out ...I don't :/
Today's definition was suggested by kateinkorea. Thank you kateinkorea. ~ James