Voted For: Hoodhogs

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: nay say burz

Sentence: The final straw was when the naysaybours complained that her underwear was too loud

Etymology: neighbours naysayers

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COMMENTS:

Good one...was she from Nickeragua? - Nosila, 2010-09-29: 00:42:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hone bod ees

Sentence: 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)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: jurk-uh-haw-lik

Sentence: Nicky lives next to jerkaholics. They are constantly mowing and trimming out in their yards. Clearly it is a conspiracy to make her look lazy. To make matters worse they dump their clippings in her overgrown lawn.

Etymology: jerk (a contemptibly naive) + workaholic (a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: yard cell

Sentence: My neighbors were constantly gardening and telling me that I needed to do the same. I am sick of their constant yardsell.

Etymology: YARD, SELL being a play on yard sale. Also a play on hard sell. YARD - the area of land immediately surrounding a house, often covered with grass or landscaping. SELL - persuade somebody of something: to make an idea or proposal acceptable to somebody. Cell - a confining and very limiting place.

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COMMENTS:

A perfect lawn IS the sign of a sick mind. Leave the Aspen leaves where they lie. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 03:12:00

Good combination of ideas. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:51:00

Good word...as metro says, leave the Aspen leaves where they lie and you will be more Poplar! Some people just Birch and Beech all day to get attention. If they want to Spruce up your yard, they should come and do it! - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:23:00

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Created by: BookWorm579

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nāsābər

Sentence: Ray lives next to a neighsaybor. The rules in his community say that you need to get permission from the improvement committee before taking on any exterior home improvement project. With Ray’s ”buddy” on the committee, nothing ever gets done. The group once tried to change the one-member veto rule but they were vetoed.

Etymology: naysayer (somebody who says no, denies) + neighbor (a person living near or next door to the speaker or person referred to)

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COMMENTS:

oops! sorry. should have read before I submitted :( - galwaywegian, 2010-09-28: 09:38:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: hownds + keep + urs

Sentence: Morrie's neighbors were real houndskeepers. They spent their entire life grooming their yard and house so that it was a "showplace". Because Morrie did not choose to spend all of his free time in the same pursuits, his neighbors continuously derided him and made snide comments about the condition of his lawn.

Etymology: hound and groundskeepers >> Hound (To urge insistently; nag) groundskeepers (Groundskeeping is the activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes)

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COMMENTS:

So apt to the definition. Super etymology and verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 13:59:00

I agree with silveryaspen! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 20:08:00

I agree with KateinKorea! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:51:00

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Created by: Banky

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

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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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Created by: WeimCentral

Pronunciation: a-noi-burs

Sentence: Betty was surrounded by annoighbors who judged her severely for her lack of Master Gardener status. Yes, she buys marked down plants at Home Depot but it is commensurate with their likelihood of viability in her yard.

Etymology: Annoy (generally vexing) + Neighbors (those who either abut your property or are just butts in your close proximity)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: NAY-bubes

Sentence: Coretta thought of her neighbors as naboobs, people of some wealth and circumstance who who had nothing better to do than improve their properties and their lives while she sunbathed, partied and did her best to just look pretty.

Etymology: Play on the word 'nabob' (A person of wealth and prominence)

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COMMENTS:

Good word there Mustang :) I was waiting to read what kind of sentence or story you would write with the "Naboobs" of the neighborhood! lol, Very good description! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-17: 01:43:00

Very titillating word, there, Mr M! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 03:14:00

Hey Deborah...uh huh...there's boobs, and then there's boobs. Not all of them are rednecks. ;-) - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 06:18:00

Thanks Metro...My cup runneth over..... - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 06:19:00

There goes the naboobhood! - readerwriter, 2009-03-17: 07:09:00

There goes the naboobhood! - readerwriter, 2009-03-17: 07:09:00

got a big laugh out of how you took a snobby word like nabob and brought it down to the boob level! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 13:57:00

Mustang, what a good Mammory you have for words! You get a lot of support here, too. - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:26:00

Got the idea off the boob tube....lots of good mammories from watching that. - Mustang, 2009-03-18: 02:30:00

Like your word Mustang, these comments rate an A+ ... especially for being funny! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 13:00:00

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