Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: chēkbigroul

Sentence: The Murphys bought a minivan. Now their 5 children would not have to be packed in cheekbygrowl when they all traveled together. That's not to say they couldn't find other reasons squabble.

Etymology: cheek by jowl (close together; side by side) + growl (a low guttural sound of hostility in the throat)

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COMMENTS:

those feckin' Murphy's at it again? - galwaywegian, 2009-02-05: 05:35:00

first-rate pun! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:07:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: proks en mitee

Sentence: Grace and Bill lived next door to each other and as a result lived in a perpetual state of proxenmity.

Etymology: Proximity (nearness;being close to) & Enmity (a state of deep-seated ill-will)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: prox - lim - eter

Sentence: We dubbed the two families down the block the Spatfields and Annoys. They were friends for years until they moved next door to each other. Since then, all they do is fight and argue and have became a source of both amusement and annoyance to everyone around them. Last weekend, in an attempt to "get away from each other" they erected a proxlimiter between the houses. It is an eight foot concrete fence with no "see throughs" and no gates. It goes clear from the alley to the street.

Etymology: Proximity + Limiter >>> Proximity (closeness; the state of being near as in distance, time, or relationship) Limiter (that which limits or restricts access)

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COMMENTS:

super sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:06:00

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: ruk-us-teer-ing

Sentence: The Smiths and the Joneses were next door neighbors and were skilled at ruckusteering. Young Pauly Smith dreamt of an NBA career and spent many hours bouncing his basketball on the cement driveway. He also practised his clarinet rather poorly, late into the evenings. Old Graham Jones liked to start up the leaf blower early on a Sunday morning, and he often used his vast array of power tools until well past midnight. It was hard to focus on anything with such a constant din.

Etymology: 1.ruckus - a violent disagreement. 2. racketeering - engaging in a racket.

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COMMENTS:

Fresh aspect, sentence and verbotomy speak volumes! Good word for those loud car stereos, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:17:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: TER i WAR ee yul

Sentence: I can't stand my roommate. He is more than just territorial he is terriwarial. Every time I so much as even enter 'his side' of the living room, he's ready to battle.

Etymology: TERRITORIAL: guarding and defending an area deemed to be ones own WAR:

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Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: bord er ton tay

Sentence: "Settle down children. I've had enough of this bordertaunte. I'm turning the in-drive movie off. You can watch it when we get home if you behave yourself!"

Etymology: border (part that forms outer edge of something) + taunt (ridicule, mock) + debutante (young [woman] making a formal debut into society)

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great! - elcanyonazo, 2009-02-07: 15:51:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fen sen em ees

Sentence: The neighbours often saw the Browns & The Smiths next door to them fighting over petty things, like in whose yard whose cat toiletted and whose tree was overhanging whose yard. The walkway between their yards was like the Demilitarized Zone...neutral but dangerous with the possibility of being caught in the crossfire. Their parents always said they fought tooth and nail growing up and now they were fencenemies. Just what possessed this brother and sister to buy homes next door to each other is still a mystery.

Etymology: Fence (a boundary line created by a fence) & Enemies (not friends;any group of hostile people)

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Created by: spotter

Pronunciation: fren e mal

Sentence: The relationship with my neighbors is frenemal. If his sprinklers keep hitting my car I'm going to get frenmal on him! The smoke from the barbeque wafted over frenemal lines.

Etymology: Frenemy (friends and enemies). Animal, as in animal behavior, not intelligent, savage.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pik at fens

Sentence: The Wesson, Okai and Smith families lived next door to each other. Each had a pickatfence surrounding their yard. This was because they had never gotten along and each was too stubborn to move. Things finally changed when they armed themselves and police were called to the shootout at the Okai corral, started by a Smith & Wesson.

Etymology: Picket( a wooden strip forming part of a fence) & Pick At (to annoy, fight with,express a negative opinion of) & Fence (a barrier that serves to enclose an area;enclose with a fence;fight with fencing swords or mean words)

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COMMENTS:

good one - mrskellyscl, 2010-08-20: 09:07:00

Cheers & welcome back! - Nosila, 2010-08-21: 00:11:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: may/zon/frik/shun/line

Sentence: In every neighbourhood there is something known as the maisonfrictionline, a forcefield between properties, rife with petty territorial imperatives.

Etymology: maison (French for house) + friction + play on the Mason Dixon line

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COMMENTS:

inspired! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-05: 06:39:00

Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-05: 11:53:00

de fine line! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 12:57:00

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