Verboticism: Houndskeepers

'The victim of an extremely vicious browbeating'

DEFINITION: n. Annoying neighbors who spend endless hours mowing their lawns, painting their fences, washing their cars, and browbeating you because you have a life. v. To express disapproval for someone's lifestyle.

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Houndskeepers

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: Houndskeepers

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

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

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