10-13-2004, 07:08 AM
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TWOTD is "shivaree"
shivaree
noun, also chivaree, chivari, charivari A noisy, mock serenade to a newly married couple, involving the banging of kettles, pots and pans.
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10-13-2004, 07:10 AM
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As he kissed her on the hand and presented her with a single yellow rose she realized shivaree was not dead.
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10-13-2004, 08:30 AM
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When I walked into the house, I started to shivaree... so I immediately went over to the thermostat and kicked up the heat a notch.
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10-13-2004, 08:42 AM
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When I was in high school, my neighbor Frankie used to drive all over the place in his Shivaree Camaro.
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10-13-2004, 08:49 AM
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Jimmy ended up in the prison hospital when another inmate attacked him with a homemade shivaree.
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10-13-2004, 12:27 PM
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Picture of the Day Guru
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I got her a dozen roses on her birthday and now shivaree happy!
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10-13-2004, 03:57 PM
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Make sure you bring a machete and a hat if you go on a jungle shivaree.
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10-13-2004, 04:24 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
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a friend had recently passed - we went to the sitting shivaree.....
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