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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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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
Boganvilla
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: boh-guhn-vee-yuh
Sentence: It was Spring and everything was blooming and booming, including the boganvilla, those townie-boy-racers with their staymen and pistols by their sides, showing off the power of their pedals.
Etymology: Playing on BOUGANVILLIA, the flowering plant native to the Southern climes. Combing BOGAN, a boy racer from Down Under + VILLA, Spanish for TOWN
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."
Reverbermate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ree + vurb + ur + mayt
Sentence: I watched as the Pontiac Grand Prix, Grand Am, Trans Am and GTO rolled down the Main Street of my sleepy little town. Odell had come alive with the reverbermate sounds of bass, pumping out the essence of male strut. The reverbermation became louder as they passed me by. I felt the sidewalk vibrate a bit and suddenly, the caravan eased down the street in their quest for .... dare we name it romance?
Etymology: Reverberate and Mate >> Reverberate --resound; ring or echo with sound;be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves and Mate --match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence with a great question! Loud and obnoxious might attract attention, but it takes soft and tender as fuel for romance! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:41:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:57:00
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Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: It's not that any one of them a major noise pollution offender but when classes let out at the high school, the carcophony of stereos shook the leaves off trees in a 3-block radius. The mixture of hip hop, rap, heavy metal, indie & country was enough to make squirrels to chew off their own ears.
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:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-24: 05:33:00
Love it! Poor squirrels! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-24: 07:12:00
Good one. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
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Deciballs
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dess ih bawlz
Sentence: The Civic swung around the corner, deciballs swinging, turbo ejaculating flames and axles groaning under the weight of the speakers which blasted out the pheremoans of his favourite band, The Testostertones.
Etymology: decibels, balls, bawls
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COMMENTS:
this captured it....exactly - mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:30:00
What a picture you paint with innuendo filled words, puns and verbotromies! Vivid picture and vigorous verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:19:00
another excellent verbotomy! - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 10:58:00
funny - bookowl, 2009-03-24: 13:34:00
Perfect! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:55:00
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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.
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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Carboating
Created by: RightOnTheWin
Pronunciation: Unnecessary
Sentence: When even birds start complaining about the volume of your music, that’s when you know to stop carboating.
Etymology: Car (A vehicle used for transportation on wheels) + Showboating (To behave in a conspicuous or ostentatious manner)
Blarieoh
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: blare-e-oh
Sentence: You could always tell when Billy Boombastic was in the neighborhood... his boom,boom blarieoh was turned wide open for all to hear.
Etymology: Blare - to sound loudly and harshly. Oh! - an exclamation expressive of surprise pain pleasure etc.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
The astounding creativity of Verbotomists never fails to amaze me!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-24: 10:10:00
Your ability to think of and create so many definitions atounds me, metrohumanx. Ditto for James' cartoons.
Thank you for your words of inspiration and perspiration. ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-03-24: 17:42:00
Ditt-o-lee Dood-i-lee, dudes. So much talent...you need to publish a book! Lots of joy every morning...doin' the happy dance.
Ha ha, nothing like getting grief-stricken women down. Widows down - what a visual.
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James