{"id":585,"date":"2009-03-26T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=585"},"modified":"2009-03-26T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:00:01","slug":"carcophony-i-think-im-hearing-the-first-sound-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"Carcophony: I think I&#8217;m hearing the first sound of spring&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To drive around in your car with the widows down and stereo blaring. <em>n.<\/em> The sounds emanating from the suped-up vehicles driven by strutting human males as they participate their annual spring mating rituals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/spring.gif\" alt=\"I think I'm hearing the first sound of spring...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carcophony<\/strong>:  \/<em>k\u00c3\u00a4rk\u00c3\u00a4f\u00c9\u2122n\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ It&#8217;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 &amp; country was enough to make squirrels to chew off their own ears. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  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) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Carcophony:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 05:33:00<\/em> <br \/>brilliant!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=wayoffcenter\">wayoffcenter<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 07:12:00<\/em> <br \/>Love it! Poor squirrels!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=kateinkorea\">kateinkorea<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 11:08:00<\/em> <br \/>Good one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Testostereo<\/strong>:  \/<em>TES tos STARE ee OWN<\/em>\/ In spring, the blaring testostereo sounds fill the streets as young hormonal boys take to the streets in their noisy, suped-up cars; and the young girls swoon to their mating calls.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  TESTOSTERONE:<\/p>\n<p>STEREO: <em>Created by:<\/em> kateinkorea.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Testostereo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 01:59:00<\/em> <br \/>You really know how to tickle our funny bones!  Not only is it a fun word, it so very well, describes those thunder-us sound systems!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mweinmann\">mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 08:33:00<\/em> <br \/>hahahaaa the romance of it!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 11:05:00<\/em> <br \/>great combo<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 20:51:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=abrakadeborah\">abrakadeborah<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-25: 13:47:00<\/em> <br \/>Well said \ud83d\ude42 &amp; good word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Deciballs<\/strong>:  \/<em>dess ih bawlz<\/em>\/ The Civic swung around the corner, deciballs swinging, turbo ejaculating flames and axles groaning under the weight of the speakers which blasted out the pheremoans of his favourite band, The Testostertones.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  decibels, balls, bawls <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Deciballs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mweinmann\">mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 08:30:00<\/em> <br \/>this captured it&#8230;.exactly<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 10:19:00<\/em> <br \/>What a picture you paint with innuendo filled words, puns and verbotromies! Vivid picture and vigorous verbotomy!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 10:58:00<\/em> <br \/>another excellent verbotomy!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=bookowl\">bookowl<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 13:34:00<\/em> <br \/>funny<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 23:55:00<\/em> <br \/>Perfect!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Maleuproarpropisms<\/strong>:  \/<em>male-up-ror-pro-prizms<\/em>\/ The mating call of the human species is often defined by maleuproarpropisms hurled at unsuspecting passersby who unfortunately have their hearing aids turned up. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  male + uproar + prop + malaproprism <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Maleuproarpropisms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 10:26:00<\/em> <br \/>Wow! Super etymology, great blending, and funny too!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-03-24: 23:56:00<\/em> <br \/>Maliciously good word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=spring\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=spring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Carcophony: \/k\u00c3\u00a4rk\u00c3\u00a4f\u00c9\u2122n\u00c4\u201c\/ It&#8217;s not that any one of them a major &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Carcophony: I think I&#8217;m hearing the first sound of spring&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}