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'I think I'm hearing the first sound of spring...'

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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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: vrooom boks

Sentence: he drove his vroombox down the street, wearing a 150 decibel shirt and a bulletproof grin

Etymology: boom box vroom

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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.

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Testostemonium

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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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Carcophony

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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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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.

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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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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."

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Freakquenchies

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: freek/kwench/eez

Sentence: The horrific sounds blasting from the car could only be described as freakquenchies.

Etymology: freak + quench + frequency

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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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