Verboticism: Maisonfrictionline

'If you touch my side, I'm telling mommy!'

DEFINITION: v. To fight with your neighbors, not because of your differences, and not because of what you have in common, but simply because you are stuck right next to each other. n. A border between neighbors and enemies.

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Maisonfrictionline

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: may/zon/frik/shun/line

Sentence: In every neighbourhood there is something known as the maisonfrictionline, a forcefield between properties, rife with petty territorial imperatives.

Etymology: maison (French for house) + friction + play on the Mason Dixon line

Points: 1124

Comments: Maisonfrictionline

galwaywegian - 2009-02-05: 06:39:00
inspired!

TJayzz - 2009-02-05: 11:53:00
Good one!

silveryaspen - 2009-02-05: 12:57:00
de fine line!