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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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Maleuproarpropisms
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: male/up/ror/pro/prizms
Sentence: The mating call of the human species is often defined by maleuproarpropisms hurled at unsuspecting passersby who unfortunately have their hearing aids turned up.
Etymology: male + uproar + prop + malaproprism
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COMMENTS:
Wow! Super etymology, great blending, and funny too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:26:00
Maliciously good word! - Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:56:00
Very good word! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-01: 16:39:00
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Fellabluster
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fel-uh-bluhs-ter
Sentence: It's the same every spring. Just as the weather turn nice enough to spend more time outdoors the air is filled with fellabluster emanating from their rice rockets. The tuners are working overtime.
Etymology: fella (fellow-a man or boy) + bluster (to be loud, noisy, or swaggering) a play on filibuster
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.
Pandemachonium
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pan-da-mach-own-ee-um
Sentence: The labour day weekend brought too much pandemachonium to the area so much so that the cottagers walked around with massive ear protectors, much like the ones workers wear when directing airplanes at the airport.
Etymology: pandemonium + macho
Carcophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärkäfənē
Sentence: When the high school held a car show they were ready to see some extreme cars. What they weren’t expecting was the accompanying carcophony. Much of the money raised at the event was used to replace the windows of the school cracked by the boosted sound systems.
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:
good one - galwaywegian, 2010-10-06: 11:55:00
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Gleecocking
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: glee-kok-ing
Sentence: Not only had Jared passed his driver's license exam, but he celebrated it with his entire community by driving up and down his block gleecocking the latest FloRida album at 10:30 at night. Once my windows stop rattling, I'm gonna rip that oversized bass speaker out of his parent's hand-me-down Buick Sentry.
Etymology: Peacocking + glee
Swaggeride
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SWAG-er-ryd
Sentence: Speedball, whose real name was Randy, 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
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)
Testostemonium
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: tes-toss-teh-moan-i-um
Sentence: Every spring young dudes are gripped by the pangs of testostemonium, exhibited by driving 50 mph in a school zone, blaring teenage angst music until their speakers blow up, and acting out "Rebel Without a Cause." They do this because testostemonium convinces them that this attention seeking behavior actually impresses potential mates. In reality this behavior does nothing to increase their desirability to the opposite sex and actually has the counter effect of impressing other single males who want to sit in front of a television and drink beer.
Etymology: testosterone: male sex hormone responsible for male characteristics + pandemonium: very noisy place; a wild, chaotic, noisy uproar; the abode of demons
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-10-06: 11:54:00
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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."
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