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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.
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Auditoryseasonalsubbooming
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Aw-di-tor-e-sea-son-nail-sub-boom-ing
Sentence: Josh had just finished building & installing his dual 12" sub cabinets and mega watt amplifier for his yellow Honda in time for Spring.The first warm day of Spring he cruised around the neighborhood with his music blaring and his windows down...trying to attract the cheerleaders practicing at his school. Everyone within a 2 mile radius knew Josh was coming down the street in his "auditoryseasonalsubbooming" Honda. The sidewalks and streets vibrated as his trunk was rattling and the speakerbox was vibrating the tag,making it sound like aluminum cans in a bag... He was too cool for school cruising around listening to his new CD. Little does Josh realize his days of "auditoryseasonalsubbooming" with those high decibels will be causing him to lose his hearing early...Boom! Boom! Boom!
Etymology: Auditory;of or relating to the process of hearing. Seasonal;A particular season of the year. Sub; As in a stereo sub often made by using two 12" speakers built into a wooden box covered by felt that is installed usually in the back of a vehicle or trunk,that makes your ears itch deep inside when inside the car...it's so loud!!! Booming;When music is so loud it rattles the trunk emblems off,bolts loose from the car and vibrates the neighborhood.
Testosteracket
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: test-oster-ackit
Sentence: In the spring, young human males, wanting to advertise their prowess and improve their chances of successfully attracting females, will compete for dominance with other males by creating the most impressive testosteracket with their hoopdies.
Etymology: testosterone (male hormone) racket (unpleasant noise)
Pandemachonium
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pan-da-mach-own-ee-um
Sentence: The labour day weekend brought too much pandemachonium to the area so much so that the cottagers walked around with massive ear protectors, much like the ones workers wear when directing airplanes at the airport.
Etymology: pandemonium + macho
Swaggerride
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: swag-er-ryd
Sentence: Ace, whose real name was Alvin, wanted folks to think he was macho and virile though he felt very insecure about his looks and his size, so his way of presenting himself as a somebody was to tool around town in his very expensive swaggerride, a fast, loud and flashy sports car with a massive and very loud stereo system.
Etymology: blend of 'swagger' (To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut) and 'ride', a slang term for an automobile
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COMMENTS:
poor Alvin....good word! - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:32:00
Admire your very perceptive and insightful observations, Mustang. So true! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:23:00
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Maleuproarpropisms
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: male/up/ror/pro/prizms
Sentence: The mating call of the human species is often defined by maleuproarpropisms hurled at unsuspecting passersby who unfortunately have their hearing aids turned up.
Etymology: male + uproar + prop + malaproprism
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COMMENTS:
Wow! Super etymology, great blending, and funny too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:26:00
Maliciously good word! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:56:00
Very good word! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-01: 16:39:00
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Comemotions
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: come motions
Sentence: It wasn't a low-rider, but a loud-rider tunebuggy, Teenie was stearing down the streets. The amplifliers sent everything on the dash flying. Only his seat belt kept the constant sonic booms from sending Teenie flying. He rolled along with woofears and tweetears blaring, a deaf-defying menace loose on the streets. I'm so sick of the these comemotions all over the streets. I've written my state representatives to introduce a law to make all these comemotions disalloud.
Etymology: COME, COMMOTIONS. Come - as in approach, which is what vehicles do as they move down the streets. Commotion - a ruckus: a scene of noisy confusion or activity, which is what such vehicles with deafening sound systems are. - - - Might as well throw in MOTIONS - for all the movements involved, including those to try to get away from these comemotions!
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COMMENTS:
No song of the day ... we all need ear plugs today! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 01:42:00
I totally relate to this....so annoying. - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:35:00
just imagine how many people will have significant hearing loss in the future - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 11:05:00
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Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: It'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 & country was enough to make squirrels to chew off their own ears.
Etymology: 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)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-24: 05:33:00
Love it! Poor squirrels! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-24: 07:12:00
Good one. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
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Spoilerdudes
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: spoil r dudes
Sentence: “cruis’n ‘r streetracin & squeelin tires. chicks with good “bleep-bleeps” allowed. check out our low suspensins! !BLASTIN sound-systems, YEAH! - only the real racers don’t git tickited! - SIC”
Etymology: From: "rear spoilers" on small low-riding cars (Honda Civics) and "dudes" for a name for young men who have achieved "optimal appearances."
Fellabluster
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fel-uh-bluhs-ter
Sentence: It's the same every spring. Just as the weather turn nice enough to spend more time outdoors the air is filled with fellabluster emanating from their rice rockets. The tuners are working overtime.
Etymology: fella (fellow-a man or boy) + bluster (to be loud, noisy, or swaggering) a play on filibuster
Carboating
Created by: RightOnTheWin
Pronunciation: Unnecessary
Sentence: When even birds start complaining about the volume of your music, that’s when you know to stop carboating.
Etymology: Car (A vehicle used for transportation on wheels) + Showboating (To behave in a conspicuous or ostentatious manner)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
The astounding creativity of Verbotomists never fails to amaze me!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-24: 10:10:00
Your ability to think of and create so many definitions atounds me, metrohumanx. Ditto for James' cartoons.
Thank you for your words of inspiration and perspiration. ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-03-24: 17:42:00
Ditt-o-lee Dood-i-lee, dudes. So much talent...you need to publish a book! Lots of joy every morning...doin' the happy dance.
Ha ha, nothing like getting grief-stricken women down. Widows down - what a visual.
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James