Verboticism: Ruckusteering

'If you touch my side, I'm telling mommy!'

DEFINITION: v. To fight with your neighbors, not because of your differences, and not because of what you have in common, but simply because you are stuck right next to each other. n. A border between neighbors and enemies.

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Adjacentangle

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ad-JAIS-en-tangl

Sentence: Ever the aggressive and obnoxious lout Chester would grab any and every opportunity to employ various adjacentangle efforts to antagonize his neighbors, even going so far as to call them graphic names and to throw refuse onto their property.

Etymology: Blend of 'adjacent' (lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring) and 'tangle' (Informal. a conflict; disagreement)

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Cheekbygrowl

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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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Juxtagonists

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: jux/tag/o/nists

Sentence: Sitting next to anyone on a cramped and crowded airliner causes even the most friendly and gentile people to immediately become juxtagonists because of their close proximity to one another.

Etymology: JUXTAGONISTS - from - JUXTAPOSITION (close together, or side by side) + ANATGONISTS (opposes and contends against another; an adversary)

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COMMENTS:

Choice blending to fit the definition very well! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:13:00

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Imaginotline

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: e:mág:on:á:lie:n

Sentence: Relations between Manfred and Tobefrank got so bad, almost unimaginably bad, that the local neighbourhood watch insisted they increase the width of their imaginotline or move to another ghetto.

Etymology: A truce declared between 1-) Imagine: To conceive or form an image in one's own mind. 2-)Maginot line a line of defensive fortifications constructed by the French along their eastern border, extending from Switzerland to Luxembourg, between 1929 and 1936. • [as n. ] (also Maginot line) an impressive but often ineffectual means of protection or defense

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Satishisam

Created by: satishkumar

Pronunciation: sa thi sh i sam

Sentence: many people follow satishisam

Etymology:

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Frayedsome

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: frayed fraid some

Sentence: To live in the Gaza strip, or along the internal borders of Iraq, or even the internal borders of Belfast, or in Kosovo, where religious and politcal factions stage violent conflicts, must be very difficult, especially, if you would prefer to live peacefully, side by side, despite those differences. It must be frayedsome ... even for those neighbors doing the fighting.

Etymology: FRAYED, AFRAID. Frayed - to become strained, causing irritability or anger, or cause somebody's nerves, temper, or patience to become strained. Afraid - 1. frightened: frightened or apprehensive about something. 2. reluctant: feeling hesitation or disinclination toward something. 3. regretful: feeling regret about something

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COMMENTS:

the definitions have been very heartfelt this week - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-05: 11:04:00

thank you, Jabberwocky. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:15:00

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Bordertaunt

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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COMMENTS:

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

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Adjacentangle

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ad-JAIS-en-tangl

Sentence: Ever the aggressive and obnoxious lout Chad would grab any and every opportunity to employ various adjacentangle efforts to antagonize his neighbors, even going so far as to call them graphic names and to throw refuse onto their property.

Etymology: Blend of 'adjacent' (lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring) and 'tangle' (Informal. a conflict; disagreement: He got into a tangle with the governor)

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COMMENTS:

Good blend - TJayzz, 2009-02-05: 08:56:00

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Viceinity

Created by: starwarsgeek8

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: vice+vicinity

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Maisonfrictionline

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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