Verboticism: Maintenazi

'The victim of an extremely vicious browbeating'

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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Maintenazi

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: main-ten-a-tzi

Sentence: Tish liked her new neighborhood, however after a few days she began to notice a low pitched, constant hum. It sounded like lawn equipment. The droning never stopped. It was there on Sunday morning and Friday night at 2 am.-- all the time, really. Could it be that she had accidentally moved into a neighborhood run by Maintenatzis? Come to think of it, the woman across the street constantly raked and swept the street. Strange, what would she have to rake in January? Tish looked out the window -- she was out there sweeping. The woman's face was expressionless and her eyes seemed to focus on nothing as she swung her broom back and forth. Here husband was trimming his bushes. Each branch was perfectly trimnmed and all exactly the same size. Tish knew that Maintenazis were not people to be ignored, but who and what are these people she wondered. Just then she noticed the sound -- the lawn equipment -- was it getting closer?

Etymology: To enforce through intimidation lawncare maintenance by strict codes and ideology. Maintenazis are known to leave their homes only to go to Home Depot for more mulch.

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Comments: Maintenazi

silveryaspen - 2009-03-17: 14:13:00
Welcome. Clever sentence and word. Well-crafted!

kateinkorea - 2009-03-17: 20:03:00
Good word and funny sentence.

metrohumanx - 2009-03-18: 04:47:00
Excellent and creepy story!

mweinmann - 2009-03-18: 13:06:00
Excellent word...welcome!

Nosila - 2009-03-18: 18:59:00
Great word...ve haf vays off making you look after your yard...it is called Lawn Order!