sproing

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That "sproing" was the collective erection of 9,000 physicists as the Large Hadron Collider was fired for the first time. (stolen from fark)

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  • He twisted it all the way around until the face-plate faced him again, then farther yet, until it snapped with a "sproing" and came off in his hands. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • That "sproing" was the collective erection of 9,000 physicists as the Large Hadron Collider was fired for the first time. (stolen from fark) —  Charlottesville Blogs
  • It has more sproing (knitter's technical term) than the pink. —  Woolgathering
  • Your blue orb has sproing power! —  GamersHell.com - Latest News
  • Later I decided it was my car after all because no matter what music I had on - Ramones, the classical station or the very distracting Portishead, my car went sproing when I turned right. —  Metamorphosism
 

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