Verboticism: Naboobs
DEFINITION: n. Annoying neighbors who spend endless hours mowing their lawns, painting their fences, washing their cars, and browbeating you because you have a life. v. To express disapproval for someone's lifestyle.
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Jerkaholics
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jurk-uh-haw-lik
Sentence: Nicky lives next to jerkaholics. They are constantly mowing and trimming out in their yards. Clearly it is a conspiracy to make her look lazy. To make matters worse they dump their clippings in her overgrown lawn.
Etymology: jerk (a contemptibly naive) + workaholic (a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits)
Preenieacks
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Preen-e-acks
Sentence: The Jones neighbors that lived next to Sliezanna were total "preenieacks" as they tirelessly worked hard to manicure their lawns and detailed their cars every single weekend. Sliezanna she was a "preenieack" about her appearance and she was living life to it's fullest. Yet,the Jones's next door gave her a tongue lashing about keeping her yard as nice as theirs in order to keep up the curb appeal and tax value in the neighborhood. The next thing they knew,poor little Sliezanna fainted over them telling her just how perfect she needed to be. Sliezanna recovered from her fainting and hired a lawn service and mobile car wash company to keep up appearances so the nagging neighbors would mind their own business. All is well in the neighborhood...except for that nagging old Mrs. Jones next door that cuts her eyes every time she sees Sliezanna dressed to the 9's and giggling as she waves goodbye to Mrs. Jones.
Etymology: Preen;grooming. ieacks;(slang); more than one person having a mania about their own preening,cleaning and grooming habits whether personal or objects that need grooming.
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COMMENTS:
Sliezanna! Good one! Like it! Like IT! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 02:57:00
good one - galwaywegian, 2009-03-17: 05:54:00
In both your sentence and your word ... great humor! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:35:00
Preenieactual description of amny neighbors people on this site have met! ANd I love the name Sliezanna, too! - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:18:00
Thank you everyone :) I love this site and the challenges to use my creative thinking! Hugs to you all!!! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-18: 03:14:00
Creative and to the point! Thanks! - jasjamson, 2009-05-08: 02:19:00
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Naboobs
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: NAY-bubes
Sentence: Coretta thought of her neighbors as naboobs, people of some wealth and circumstance who who had nothing better to do than improve their properties and their lives while she sunbathed, partied and did her best to just look pretty.
Etymology: Play on the word 'nabob' (A person of wealth and prominence)
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COMMENTS:
Good word there Mustang :) I was waiting to read what kind of sentence or story you would write with the "Naboobs" of the neighborhood! lol, Very good description! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-17: 01:43:00
Very titillating word, there, Mr M! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 03:14:00
Hey Deborah...uh huh...there's boobs, and then there's boobs. Not all of them are rednecks. ;-) - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 06:18:00
Thanks Metro...My cup runneth over..... - Mustang, 2009-03-17: 06:19:00
There goes the naboobhood! - readerwriter, 2009-03-17: 07:09:00
There goes the naboobhood! - readerwriter, 2009-03-17: 07:09:00
got a big laugh out of how you took a snobby word like nabob and brought it down to the boob level! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 13:57:00
Mustang, what a good Mammory you have for words! You get a lot of support here, too. - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:26:00
Got the idea off the boob tube....lots of good mammories from watching that. - Mustang, 2009-03-18: 02:30:00
Like your word Mustang, these comments rate an A+ ... especially for being funny! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 13:00:00
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Fastediouswipers
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: fass-TEED-ee-us-WHY-purrz
Sentence: The people next door were disdainful- Of Kate who’d relax on her lawn. While they mowed until it became painful.... She would leisurely laugh and then yawn. His name was Hector and hers didn’t matter- The Grooms were bad neighbors and as they grew fatter, They bullied, they swaggered, they tried to be pushy.... But Kate just reclined on magnificent tushy..... K was aloof and the Grooms domineering- judgemental, pathetic and constantly jeering... But all those who knew her said Kate was sublime, and manicured lawns were a sad waste of time.... We all knew the Grooms were disdainful old gripers- Some even called them FASTEDIOUSWIPERS!
Etymology: FASTidious+tEDIOUs+Swipe+WIPERS= FASTEDIOUSWIPERS.....FASTIDIOUS: scornful, difficult to please, having capricious standards; fastidious Middle English, from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium disgust, probably from fastus arrogance (probably akin to Latin fastigium top) + taedium irksomeness.....TEDIOUS: tiresome because of length or dullness, dreary fat and boring; Middle English, from Late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium Latin taedium disgust, irksomeness, from taedēre to disgust, weary.....SWIPE: a sharp often critical remark, a strong sweeping blow; probably alteration of sweep [1739].....WIPERS: a person who wipes(usually derogatory),something (as a towel, sponge or 2-ply paper) used for wiping certain areas; origin obscure [1552]
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COMMENTS:
GNOME MORE LANDSCRAPING! http://www.freethegnomes.com/ - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 02:51:00
Naming him Hector was a stroke of genius. Interesting verbotomy and great etymology! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:21:00
Good word. :) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:49:00
You are brilliant and so creative :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:02:00
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Neighsaybor
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nāsābər
Sentence: Ray lives next to a neighsaybor. The rules in his community say that you need to get permission from the improvement committee before taking on any exterior home improvement project. With Ray’s ”buddy” on the committee, nothing ever gets done. The group once tried to change the one-member veto rule but they were vetoed.
Etymology: naysayer (somebody who says no, denies) + neighbor (a person living near or next door to the speaker or person referred to)
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COMMENTS:
oops! sorry. should have read before I submitted :( - galwaywegian, 2010-09-28: 09:38:00
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Lifenvy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: li-fen-vie
Sentence: Cam and Sylvia took their lifenviousness too far when they parked their truck on Trish's front lawn. She's never home to take care of her property anyway and she won't even notice it there.
Etymology: life + envy
Annoighbors
Created by: WeimCentral
Pronunciation: a-noi-burs
Sentence: Betty was surrounded by annoighbors who judged her severely for her lack of Master Gardener status. Yes, she buys marked down plants at Home Depot but it is commensurate with their likelihood of viability in her yard.
Etymology: Annoy (generally vexing) + Neighbors (those who either abut your property or are just butts in your close proximity)
Neighbores
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nābôrz
Sentence: John found the people next door complete neighbores. What little personality they had is hyper-directed into lawn care. They have gone so far as to install electric fences to keep squirrels from walking on their perfectly-manicured yard. Squirrels in the trees you ask? Absolutely not! No trees! Trees are far too random in the way they grow and all that leaf dropping just won't do. Grass clipped to 5/8 inch and a few carefully-selected flowers are all they'll tolerate.
Etymology: neighbor (a person living near or next door to the speaker or person referred to) + bores (people whose talk or behavior is dull and uninteresting)
Naysaybours
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nay say burz
Sentence: The final straw was when the naysaybours complained that her underwear was too loud
Etymology: neighbours naysayers
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COMMENTS:
Good one...was she from Nickeragua? - Nosila, 2010-09-29: 00:42:00
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Lifespurn
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lie-f-sp-ern
Sentence: After many years of censuring her neighbours, the old woman finally reached the end of her lifespurn when she collapsed midcriticism on the decorative border that had whipped her into a judgmental frenzy.
Etymology: life + spurn + lifespan
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COMMENTS:
Admire how well you put your sentence, your thoughts, and your word together. Very well done! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:19:00
Good word and sentence. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:41:00
Nothing like having a garden to die for... - Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:31:00
Concise and excellent! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:50:00
thanks for the nice comments - petaj, 2009-03-18: 07:36:00
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