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DEFINITION: v. To sit in your car and repeatedly honk your horn, so that your passengers, who are waiting inside the house, know you are ready to go. n. A person who uses a car horn as an multi-purpose communication tool.

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Carmunicator

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kar mew nik ay tor

Sentence: The instalation of a novelty hooter in his car turned him from a carmunicator to a carmoonicator

Etymology: communicator, car

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Impecintator

Created by: plezbme

Pronunciation: im perc ni ator

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Aggravimpatient

DrWebsterIII

Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ag're - im pa shent

Sentence: Don Juan couldn't wait for no one, obviously his aggravimpatience, was getting the best of him, and probably to everyone else in earshot

Etymology: aggravate + impatient

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hyperborean But he could wait for someone. Fierce! - hyperborean, 2009-05-03: 21:14:00

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Beepsiege

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: beep/seege

Sentence: Sam was very impatient and would beepsiege Sally when he arrived at her house to take her for her driving lesson.

Etymology: beep + besiege (harass with requests)

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Honkvince

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with conkvince

Sentence: not only did Marty conkvince his family in the kitchen, from the warmth of his car he would honkvince them it was time to leave.

Etymology: conkvince (a previous verbotomy this week) + honk

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Hornbell

Created by: dekra

Pronunciation: horn-bell

Sentence: John couldn't bring himself to walk 30 feet up the sidewalk, so he simply rang the hornbell repeatedly until Jess was annoyed enough to come outside.

Etymology: Car Horn + Door Bell

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Littlebeaubeep

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: litlbōbēp

Sentence: Littlebeaubeep is stealing sleep, He's honking for his girlfriend; If she'd come out, The neighbors would shout, And no one would have to hurt them.

Etymology: Little Bo Peep (A nursery rhyme about a girl and her sheep)+ beau (a boyfriend or male admirer) + beep (a short, high-pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn)

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COMMENTS:

mrskellyscl love it! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-01: 05:31:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:42:00

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Toottootcommon

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: toōttoōtkämən

Sentence: When Glen pulls up to pick up Jill, he acts like Tutankhamen, too good to get out of his custom chariot and ring the doorbell. Jill’s dad thinks of Glen as toottootcommon, an all-too-typical teenager with a all-too-noisy car horn. He hopes this is the only type of horn(y) he has to deal with.

Etymology: toottoot (a short, sharp sound made by a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument) + common (occurring, found, or done often; prevalent) a play on Tutankhamen - Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty

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De Nile ain't just a river in Egypt,as my Mummie would say! - Nosila, 2010-11-18: 21:57:00

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Claxonator

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: clax-ehn-ayt-ehr

Sentence: Rufus was an ardent and often obnoxious claxonator who could always be depended upon to use his car horn as a signaling device, rather than just going to the door to alert folks that he's ready to roll.

Etymology: 'Claxon' (v. to sound loudly; - of car horns) with suffix '-ator' to denote one who 'does something'

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Sonatabitch

hyperborean

Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: so-nah-tah-bich

Sentence: Gabriel started sounding his Dominican Doorbell before he even pulled up in front of the house. He thought he was effectively saving time and energy. Everyone else thought he was a sonatabitch!

Etymology: SONATA (a composition for one or more solo instruments, usu. written in three or four movements) + BITCH (a female dog) sounds like: son-of-a-bitch.

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COMMENTS:

Cute word and sentence! - Nosila, 2009-05-01: 18:41:00

DrWebsterIII i learned something ('Dominican doorbell") I love your sentences, always (and your etymology) - DrWebsterIII, 2009-05-02: 15:42:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-05-01: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you for giving us the honk! ~ James

splendiction - 2009-05-01: 16:47:00
I wasn't going to play today, but I couldn't resist your definition, metro!

mrskellyscl mrskellyscl - 2009-05-01: 17:52:00
These are all so good -- very talented wordsmiths.

abrakadeborah - 2009-05-02: 05:35:00
I haven't wanted to play all week here...but Metrohumnax you've always got the right words to say :) Great definition as always! I do come vote on my favs. I may come back one day and create again...I don't know yet...Ciao!

abrakadeborah - 2009-05-05: 01:15:00
OMGosh another freakin' typo..."Verbotoslap" me Metro! lol METROHUMANX* ya know you're one of my best friends on here...sorry about that typo... :)~ Great definitions as always Metro!

dochanne - 2009-05-06: 00:25:00
Nice.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-11-15: 00:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James