Verboticisms

Created by: kalex

Pronunciation: hor-naa-kew-ler

Sentence: Her mother spoke in the hornacular, just honking and honking rather than going to the door.

Etymology:

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hon kwest

Sentence: Hank's latest date had to endure his honkquest outside her home until she appeared. But our Honkquistador soon met his match when her irate hubby put sugar in his gas tank.

Etymology: Honk (blast your car horn) & Conquest (an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: litlbōbēp

Sentence: Littlebeaubeep is stealing sleep, He's honking for his girlfriend; If she'd come out, The neighbors would shout, And no one would have to hurt them.

Etymology: Little Bo Peep (A nursery rhyme about a girl and her sheep)+ beau (a boyfriend or male admirer) + beep (a short, high-pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn)

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COMMENTS:

love it! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-01: 05:31:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:42:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ca-cau-phan-noy

Sentence: Every morning at 7 Michelle's father would create cacophannoy for the neighbors as he waited in his driveway for her to finish her grooming rituals before school.

Etymology: cacophony: blare, noise, din + annoy: to irritate or disturb

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COMMENTS:

also carcophony or carcophannoy as well!! - mweinmann, 2009-05-01: 11:39:00

super combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:38:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: roo-dee-too-tee

Sentence: My father never let me go out a second time with a rudeetootee.

Etymology: RUDE + TOOT

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COMMENTS:

terrific! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-01: 09:39:00

love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:42:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: beep/seege

Sentence: Sam was very impatient and would beepsiege Sally when he arrived at her house to take her for her driving lesson.

Etymology: beep + besiege (harass with requests)

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: hor nuh cay t

Sentence: Amy was blatantly ignoring John's hornication. She didn't really want to go out with him, and it was fun to annoy the neighbors.

Etymology: horn (beep beep!) + communicate (talk or convey a message)

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COMMENTS:

seriously hilarious - mweinmann, 2009-05-01: 11:40:00

and if she lived in California it would be califohornication - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:40:00

Surely this is what a mommy rhino and a daddy rhino do when they love each other ver very much? - Eightbhall, 2013-08-29: 09:28:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: toōttoōtkämən

Sentence: When Glen pulls up to pick up Jill, he acts like Tutankhamen, too good to get out of his custom chariot and ring the doorbell. Jill’s dad thinks of Glen as toottootcommon, an all-too-typical teenager with a all-too-noisy car horn. He hopes this is the only type of horn(y) he has to deal with.

Etymology: toottoot (a short, sharp sound made by a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument) + common (occurring, found, or done often; prevalent) a play on Tutankhamen - Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty

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COMMENTS:

De Nile ain't just a river in Egypt,as my Mummie would say! - Nosila, 2010-11-18: 21:57:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Oh-ver-honk-a-horn

Sentence: Josh irked the neighbors as kept up his constant "overhonkahorn" in his car thinking it would speed up Prissy to hurry up!

Etymology: Over: Taken from to overdo, use, or stress to excess; carry (something) too far. Honk:The blaring sound of the horn on a motor vehicle. A Horn: Usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.

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Over: Taken from to overdo, use, or stress to excess; carry (something) too far. Honk:The blaring sound of the horn on a motor vehicle. A Horn: Usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn. - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-02: 07:21:00

Sory it's late...I hit the wrong section for my etymology...LOL! Honk Honk! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-02: 07:24:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: clax-ehn-ayt-ehr

Sentence: Rufus was an ardent and often obnoxious claxonator who could always be depended upon to use his car horn as a signaling device, rather than just going to the door to alert folks that he's ready to roll.

Etymology: 'Claxon' (v. to sound loudly; - of car horns) with suffix '-ator' to denote one who 'does something'

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