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prowst

To deliberately mispronounce words, most usually names of people, places or concepts.

Prowsting can be done incidentally for fun, or as part of a game called Prowsting the object of which is to annoy people with your misprounciations whilst enjoying their sense of superiority over you because you know that you know how the word is properly pronounced.

Derived from the deliberate mispronounciation of the author's name Proust at Faculty lunches.
All night, I kept saying Landan instead of London, he had no idea it was a prowst and kept correcting me.
by DJ Barnes October 6, 2008
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Fritzel

To imprison or detain a friend, lover or family member, against their will, but under the sincere and well-meaning delusion that you are doing them a favour or it is for their own good.
I would never had finished that essay if my housemate hadn't Fritzeled me all weekend.

My mum said she would Fritzel me if I did more coke.
by DJ Barnes September 28, 2008
mugGet the Fritzelmug.

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