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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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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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Carcophony
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kar ka fony
Sentence: On Main Street on a warm spirng's night, all we ever hear is the carcophony of young males, roaming around in their souped up cars, looking for girls and/or trouble...
Etymology: Car (vehicle,auto) & Cacophony (a loud harsh or strident noise)
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COMMENTS:
Ha ha! love it! this needs to be a real word! - libertybelle, 2012-03-05: 10:23:00
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Phalloom
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fal loom
Sentence: The annual spring mating ritual of the young male human starts as soon as the snow melts. Many a souped up vehicle, usually bright and shiny in colour with loads of added on parts and noises starts the migratory prowl. Up and down beach fronts, main drags and in front of malls, fast food places and other areas where the female of the species may congregate. The phalloom of this annual display of muscle can be heard each day and night for several weeks until school goes back in September.
Etymology: Phallic (relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power;the male organ of copulation) & Voom (sound a car motor makes when revving up)
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
Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: When the high school held a car show they were ready to see some extreme cars. What they weren’t expecting was the accompanying carcophony. Much of the money raised at the event was used to replace the windows of the school cracked by the boosted sound systems.
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:
good one - galwaywegian, 2010-10-06: 11:55:00
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Musclecardor
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mus sel kar dor
Sentence: At the fist sight of spring all the young males in town display their musclecardor. They rev up their Challengers, Mustangs, GTO's, Barracudas, Corvette's, Chargers, Camaro's, Firebirds, T-Birds and Gran Torino's that they have spent all winter suping up with more gadgetry. The quiet neighborhoods then become NASCAR raceways and the sound of engines and stereos can be deafening. It's all part of the rites of spring to attract the attention of future mates, even if only for one night. Females seem to not need to participate in this noisy pastime, except as passengers. It is similar to the mating rituals of some birds, where the males puff up their feathers and strut to attract an interested female...like what grouse or peacocks do. These males drive around for hours, never leaving their precious vehicles, to ensure they have been seen and heard by all. They forget each spring of the side affects of sitting for hours revving motors. They waste a lot of expensive fuel and they can become afflicted with hemi-roids!
Etymology: Muscle Car (a flashy car with a big noisy engine, designed to look like a sports car; often symbolic of other macho attributes...) & Ardor (feelings of great warmth and intensity;a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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COMMENTS:
Cracked up with laughter reading about their cockiness. You can strut and crow with the roosters over your roadsters. You know how to set us all a twitter like teens! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 01:54:00
clever.. - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:32:00
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Vroombox
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: vroom boks
Sentence: He put the vroombox into (Bachman Turner) overdrive.
Etymology: boombox vroom
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
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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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