Verboticism: Chirpatude

'I may not have the body of a peacock...'

DEFINITION: n. An individual who is so self-absorbed and cocksure that they cannot understand why their mating calls, or "pick-up lines", do not generate the desired response. v. To repeatedly issue mating calls.

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Chirpatude

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Chirp-ah-tude

Sentence: Charlie Chirpchipper had a bad case of chirpatude when it came to clucking with the chicks.

Etymology: Chirp; : to make a chirp or a sound resembling a chirp or could be just :to utter with a cheerful liveliness Tude;Shortened for attitude; An organismic state of readiness to respond in a characteristic way to a stimulus (as an object, concept, or situation or chick :) : a negative or hostile state of mind : a cool, cocky, defiant, or arrogant manner

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