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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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Vroombox
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: vroom boks
Sentence: He put the vroombox into (Bachman Turner) overdrive.
Etymology: boombox vroom
Reverbermate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ree + vurb + ur + mayt
Sentence: I watched as the Pontiac Grand Prix, Grand Am, Trans Am and GTO rolled down the Main Street of my sleepy little town. Odell had come alive with the reverbermate sounds of bass, pumping out the essence of male strut. The reverbermation became louder as they passed me by. I felt the sidewalk vibrate a bit and suddenly, the caravan eased down the street in their quest for .... dare we name it romance?
Etymology: Reverberate and Mate >> Reverberate --resound; ring or echo with sound;be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves and Mate --match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence with a great question! Loud and obnoxious might attract attention, but it takes soft and tender as fuel for romance! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:41:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:57:00
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Moracketour
Created by: BoltonAlan
Pronunciation: More-rack-et-tour
Sentence: Spring must be in the air, the local boy racers have started their moracketour
Etymology: Moron - A stupid person; a dolt. Racket - A loud distressing noise. Tour - To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure.
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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Testostereo
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: TES tos STARE ee OWN
Sentence: In spring, the blaring testostereo sounds fill the streets as young hormonal boys take to the streets in their noisy, suped-up cars; and the young girls swoon to their mating calls.
Etymology: TESTOSTERONE: STEREO:
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COMMENTS:
You really know how to tickle our funny bones! Not only is it a fun word, it so very well, describes those thunder-us sound systems! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 01:59:00
hahahaaa the romance of it!! - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:33:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 11:05:00
Excellent - splendiction, 2009-03-24: 20:51:00
Well said :) & good word! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 13:47:00
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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."
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
Testostemonium
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: tes-toss-teh-moan-i-um
Sentence: Every spring young dudes are gripped by the pangs of testostemonium, exhibited by driving 50 mph in a school zone, blaring teenage angst music until their speakers blow up, and acting out "Rebel Without a Cause." They do this because testostemonium convinces them that this attention seeking behavior actually impresses potential mates. In reality this behavior does nothing to increase their desirability to the opposite sex and actually has the counter effect of impressing other single males who want to sit in front of a television and drink beer.
Etymology: testosterone: male sex hormone responsible for male characteristics + pandemonium: very noisy place; a wild, chaotic, noisy uproar; the abode of demons
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-10-06: 11:54:00
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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)
Gleecocking
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: glee-kok-ing
Sentence: Not only had Jared passed his driver's license exam, but he celebrated it with his entire community by driving up and down his block gleecocking the latest FloRida album at 10:30 at night. Once my windows stop rattling, I'm gonna rip that oversized bass speaker out of his parent's hand-me-down Buick Sentry.
Etymology: Peacocking + glee
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