RAMBUNCTIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ram-BUNGK-shus)

MEANING: adjective: Uncontrollably boisterous.

ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of its synonym rumbustious. Earliest documented use: 1830.
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RAMBUNCTIONS - repeated acts of anointing with Oil of Sylvester Stallone

RIMBUNCTIOUS - the shenanigans accompanying a particularly spectacular slam-dunk

RUMBUNCTIOUS - describing the hi-jinx attributable to copious amounts of grog