Voted For: Imaginotline

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nābbôrdərlē

Sentence: The relationship between the Jones and Johnsons and has always been sketchy. They are the only ones in their court without fences. The divide between their properties is marked by a series of marker flags. They could be more neighborderly if Mr. Jones didn’t move the flags when he mows his lawn and forget to move them back. The little red flags are slowly creeping towards the Johnson’s house.

Etymology: neighbor (a person living near or next door) + neighborly (characteristic of a good neighbor, esp. helpful, friendly, or kind.) + border (a line separating two political or geographical areas)

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Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: e:mág:on:á:lie:n

Sentence: Relations between Manfred and Tobefrank got so bad, almost unimaginably bad, that the local neighbourhood watch insisted they increase the width of their imaginotline or move to another ghetto.

Etymology: A truce declared between 1-) Imagine: To conceive or form an image in one's own mind. 2-)Maginot line a line of defensive fortifications constructed by the French along their eastern border, extending from Switzerland to Luxembourg, between 1929 and 1936. • [as n. ] (also Maginot line) an impressive but often ineffectual means of protection or defense

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ad-JAIS-en-tangl

Sentence: Ever the aggressive and obnoxious lout Chester would grab any and every opportunity to employ various adjacentangle efforts to antagonize his neighbors, even going so far as to call them graphic names and to throw refuse onto their property.

Etymology: Blend of 'adjacent' (lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring) and 'tangle' (Informal. a conflict; disagreement)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pik at fens

Sentence: The Wesson, Okai and Smith families lived next door to each other. Each had a pickatfence surrounding their yard. This was because they had never gotten along and each was too stubborn to move. Things finally changed when they armed themselves and police were called to the shootout at the Okai corral, started by a Smith & Wesson.

Etymology: Picket( a wooden strip forming part of a fence) & Pick At (to annoy, fight with,express a negative opinion of) & Fence (a barrier that serves to enclose an area;enclose with a fence;fight with fencing swords or mean words)

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good one - mrskellyscl, 2010-08-20: 09:07:00

Cheers & welcome back! - Nosila, 2010-08-21: 00:11:00

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: nay boor

Sentence: Neighboors were what the Capulets and the Montagues had become. In fact, their quarreling had been going on for quite some time. So long, that no one remebered why they quarrelled any more. Their neighboorly behaviour eventually lead to unforseen tragic events.

Etymology: Neighboor (n) is a mixture of neighbour and boor - rude person.

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Created by: meateatingorchid

Pronunciation: pra-cks-sim-i-war

Sentence: I waged a proximiwar with my little brother on the long card ride to Mickey D's.

Etymology: Proximity and war-words commonly found in a dictionary, a legendary tome that barely anyone reads.

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Good verbotomy. Welcome! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:32:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: TER i WAR ee yul

Sentence: I can't stand my roommate. He is more than just territorial he is terriwarial. Every time I so much as even enter 'his side' of the living room, he's ready to battle.

Etymology: TERRITORIAL: guarding and defending an area deemed to be ones own WAR:

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: klose ter fobi ya

Sentence: Christmas, Easter, Valentine's, St.Pat's, most National holidays (July 4, July 1, etc.)Halloween and Thanksgiving were occasions for competitive decorating and the resultant closetrophobia. Who was going to out-decorate each other this occasion in the Battle of the Best Decorated House on Elm Street? The Smiths' and the Jones' went through this rivalry constantly. The Smiths' were good, but it was hard to keep up with the Jones'!

Etymology: close (near) & claustrophobia ( unnatural fear of enclosed spaces, confined spaces)

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Good one - Mustang, 2009-02-06: 00:04:00

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Created by: jmunoz98

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: ruk-us-teer-ing

Sentence: The Smiths and the Joneses were next door neighbors and were skilled at ruckusteering. Young Pauly Smith dreamt of an NBA career and spent many hours bouncing his basketball on the cement driveway. He also practised his clarinet rather poorly, late into the evenings. Old Graham Jones liked to start up the leaf blower early on a Sunday morning, and he often used his vast array of power tools until well past midnight. It was hard to focus on anything with such a constant din.

Etymology: 1.ruckus - a violent disagreement. 2. racketeering - engaging in a racket.

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Fresh aspect, sentence and verbotomy speak volumes! Good word for those loud car stereos, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:17:00

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