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DEFINITION: v. To drive around in your car with the widows down and stereo blaring. n. The sounds emanating from the suped-up vehicles driven by strutting human males as they participate their annual spring mating rituals.
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Boganvilla
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: boh-guhn-vee-yuh
Sentence: It was Spring and everything was blooming and booming, including the boganvilla, those townie-boy-racers with their staymen and pistols by their sides, showing off the power of their pedals.
Etymology: Playing on BOUGANVILLIA, the flowering plant native to the Southern climes. Combing BOGAN, a boy racer from Down Under + VILLA, Spanish for TOWN
Swaggeride
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SWAG-er-ryd
Sentence: Speedball, whose real name was Randy, wanted folks to think he was macho and virile though he felt very insecure about his looks and his size, so his way of presenting himself as a somebody was to tool around town in his very expensive swaggerride, a fast, loud and flashy sports car with a massive and very loud stereo system.
Etymology: blend of 'swagger' (To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut) and 'ride', a slang term for an automobile
Swaggerride
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: swag-er-ryd
Sentence: Ace, whose real name was Alvin, wanted folks to think he was macho and virile though he felt very insecure about his looks and his size, so his way of presenting himself as a somebody was to tool around town in his very expensive swaggerride, a fast, loud and flashy sports car with a massive and very loud stereo system.
Etymology: blend of 'swagger' (To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut) and 'ride', a slang term for an automobile
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COMMENTS:
poor Alvin....good word! - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:32:00
Admire your very perceptive and insightful observations, Mustang. So true! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:23:00
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Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: When the high school held a car show they were ready to see some extreme cars. What they weren’t expecting was the accompanying carcophony. Much of the money raised at the event was used to replace the windows of the school cracked by the boosted sound systems.
Etymology: car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
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COMMENTS:
good one - galwaywegian, 2010-10-06: 11:55:00
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Phalloom
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fal loom
Sentence: The annual spring mating ritual of the young male human starts as soon as the snow melts. Many a souped up vehicle, usually bright and shiny in colour with loads of added on parts and noises starts the migratory prowl. Up and down beach fronts, main drags and in front of malls, fast food places and other areas where the female of the species may congregate. The phalloom of this annual display of muscle can be heard each day and night for several weeks until school goes back in September.
Etymology: Phallic (relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power;the male organ of copulation) & Voom (sound a car motor makes when revving up)
Fellabluster
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fel-uh-bluhs-ter
Sentence: It's the same every spring. Just as the weather turn nice enough to spend more time outdoors the air is filled with fellabluster emanating from their rice rockets. The tuners are working overtime.
Etymology: fella (fellow-a man or boy) + bluster (to be loud, noisy, or swaggering) a play on filibuster
Blarieoh
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: blare-e-oh
Sentence: You could always tell when Billy Boombastic was in the neighborhood... his boom,boom blarieoh was turned wide open for all to hear.
Etymology: Blare - to sound loudly and harshly. Oh! - an exclamation expressive of surprise pain pleasure etc.
Maleuproarpropisms
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: male/up/ror/pro/prizms
Sentence: The mating call of the human species is often defined by maleuproarpropisms hurled at unsuspecting passersby who unfortunately have their hearing aids turned up.
Etymology: male + uproar + prop + malaproprism
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COMMENTS:
Wow! Super etymology, great blending, and funny too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:26:00
Maliciously good word! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:56:00
Very good word! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-01: 16:39:00
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Testosteracket
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: test-oster-ackit
Sentence: In the spring, young human males, wanting to advertise their prowess and improve their chances of successfully attracting females, will compete for dominance with other males by creating the most impressive testosteracket with their hoopdies.
Etymology: testosterone (male hormone) racket (unpleasant noise)
Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: It's not that any one of them a major noise pollution offender but when classes let out at the high school, the carcophony of stereos shook the leaves off trees in a 3-block radius. The mixture of hip hop, rap, heavy metal, indie & country was enough to make squirrels to chew off their own ears.
Etymology: car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-24: 05:33:00
Love it! Poor squirrels! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-24: 07:12:00
Good one. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
The astounding creativity of Verbotomists never fails to amaze me!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-24: 10:10:00
Your ability to think of and create so many definitions atounds me, metrohumanx. Ditto for James' cartoons.
Thank you for your words of inspiration and perspiration. ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-03-24: 17:42:00
Ditt-o-lee Dood-i-lee, dudes. So much talent...you need to publish a book! Lots of joy every morning...doin' the happy dance.
Ha ha, nothing like getting grief-stricken women down. Widows down - what a visual.
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James