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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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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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Honkasorusrex

Created by: BeauKnows

Pronunciation: Honk-A-Sor-Us-Rex

Sentence: Dave, being hungry for a Sizzler steak could not bear to wait another second for his chick. He made wild honkasorusrex noises to attract his mate.

Etymology: Honk + T-Rex

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Toottweet

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: toottweet

Sentence: Jeremy has his own form of e-communications. Texting,Twitter? Not for him. When he wants to summon his girlfriend he tweets her with his car horn. And he expects her to appear toottweet.

Etymology: toot (to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) + tweet (to post on Twitter)a play on toot sweet (Quickly, immediately, at once. This word is a corruption of the French ‘tout de suite’, which literally means 'all at once')

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Hornbag

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: horn bag

Sentence: Wow, what a racket! Is that your brother out there sitting on the horn like a hornbag?

Etymology: horn + douche bag

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Irritoot

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: eer - eh -toot

Sentence: Lester always managed to irritoot all of my neighbors. Everytime he came to pick me up, he sat in my driveway beeping his horn every 30 seconds. Needless to say, I don't have him pick me up anymore and because he had a bad habit of repeating everything he said over and over, I seldom see him either......he was just so irritooting and irritating!!!

Etymology: irritate and toot

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COMMENTS:

this made me laugh - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-01: 13:41:00

No Les no more! - Nosila, 2009-05-01: 18:38:00

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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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Honkarass

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: honk r a--

Sentence: Bell and Bert held the night shift at the local all-night gym. Carpooling in Bert’s old honkda, they had a tight routine. Every evening at 9:50, Bert felt justified in honkarassing Bell’s neighboors for a few minutes. After all, it was the neighboors’ autumnal leaf blowing that shook his chick out of bed early afternoon, nearly two months every year! Tonight Bert’s honkarangue lasted longer than usual. Bell finally emerged from her apartment, removing her earplugs: “Hey, let me give you a little peeptalk before our shift”.

Etymology: From: honk, harass and "a--"!

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COMMENTS:

Honky dory word! - Nosila, 2009-05-01: 18:37:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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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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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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