Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fen sen em ees

Sentence: The neighbours often saw the Browns & The Smiths next door to them fighting over petty things, like in whose yard whose cat toiletted and whose tree was overhanging whose yard. The walkway between their yards was like the Demilitarized Zone...neutral but dangerous with the possibility of being caught in the crossfire. Their parents always said they fought tooth and nail growing up and now they were fencenemies. Just what possessed this brother and sister to buy homes next door to each other is still a mystery.

Etymology: Fence (a boundary line created by a fence) & Enemies (not friends;any group of hostile people)

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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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Created by: spotter

Pronunciation: fren e mal

Sentence: The relationship with my neighbors is frenemal. If his sprinklers keep hitting my car I'm going to get frenmal on him! The smoke from the barbeque wafted over frenemal lines.

Etymology: Frenemy (friends and enemies). Animal, as in animal behavior, not intelligent, savage.

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: TER i WAR ee yul

Sentence: I can't stand my roommate. He is more than just territorial he is terriwarial. Every time I so much as even enter 'his side' of the living room, he's ready to battle.

Etymology: TERRITORIAL: guarding and defending an area deemed to be ones own WAR:

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Created by: meateatingorchid

Pronunciation: pra-cks-sim-i-war

Sentence: I waged a proximiwar with my little brother on the long card ride to Mickey D's.

Etymology: Proximity and war-words commonly found in a dictionary, a legendary tome that barely anyone reads.

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COMMENTS:

Good verbotomy. Welcome! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:32:00

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: ruk-us-teer-ing

Sentence: The Smiths and the Joneses were next door neighbors and were skilled at ruckusteering. Young Pauly Smith dreamt of an NBA career and spent many hours bouncing his basketball on the cement driveway. He also practised his clarinet rather poorly, late into the evenings. Old Graham Jones liked to start up the leaf blower early on a Sunday morning, and he often used his vast array of power tools until well past midnight. It was hard to focus on anything with such a constant din.

Etymology: 1.ruckus - a violent disagreement. 2. racketeering - engaging in a racket.

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COMMENTS:

Fresh aspect, sentence and verbotomy speak volumes! Good word for those loud car stereos, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:17:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: oh ver fen siv

Sentence: Their overfencive was the only woman made thing visible from space.

Etymology: offensive, over fence

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COMMENTS:

but could you hear it?? - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-05: 11:01:00

great! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:05:00

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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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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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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Vex-dor-nay-bers

Sentence: Whenever Sally and Jim were in close proximity of each other they became vexdoorneigbours. They had to be separated at all times. Their mother put it down to a touch of sibling rivalry but the plain truth was they actually couldn't stand the sight of each other.

Etymology: Vex(annoy,make angry) + Neighbours (persons or place in relation to others next to it) See Next door neighbours

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COMMENTS:

terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-05: 11:00:00

I think those two used to be my vexdoor neighbors. - Mustang, 2009-02-06: 00:03:00

Really good! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-06: 02:18:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pik at fens

Sentence: The Wesson, Okai and Smith families lived next door to each other. Each had a pickatfence surrounding their yard. This was because they had never gotten along and each was too stubborn to move. Things finally changed when they armed themselves and police were called to the shootout at the Okai corral, started by a Smith & Wesson.

Etymology: Picket( a wooden strip forming part of a fence) & Pick At (to annoy, fight with,express a negative opinion of) & Fence (a barrier that serves to enclose an area;enclose with a fence;fight with fencing swords or mean words)

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COMMENTS:

good one - mrskellyscl, 2010-08-20: 09:07:00

Cheers & welcome back! - Nosila, 2010-08-21: 00:11:00

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