Avril Lavigne's Spitting Image

The paparazzi is spitting mad at Avril Lavigne.

The punk rock star has issued an apology in response to reports that she spit at the paparazzi Wednesday while out in Hollywood celebrating her 22nd birthday; and again the evening before that, when she supposedly hocked one up at a cameraman outside of hotspot Hyde Lounge.

"I'd like to sincerely apologize for my behavior with the paparazzi," Lavigne said Friday in a statement. "It's trying at best dealing with their insistent intrusions. I meant no offense to my fans, whose relationship I truly value. I have and will always go out of my way for my fans. My lugies were a reaction to the persistent attack from the paparazzi."

Spit is a clear liquid that's made in your mouth 24 hours a day, every day. It's made up mostly of water, with a few other chemicals. The slippery stuff is produced by the salivary glands. These glands are found on the inside of each cheek, on the bottom of the mouth, and under the jaw at the very front of the mouth. They secrete, or ooze, about 2 to 4 pints of spit into your mouth every day.

The Let Go singer did exactly that this week, exchanging gastroesophageal reflux with her husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, on Tuesday in a black SUV parked outside of Hyde. She then reportedly let go a lump of lung batter as photographers tried to capture the moment.

On Wednesday Lavigne was spied exiting the same club when she let loose a torrent of F-bombs directed at both the paparazzi and autograph-seekers, going so far as to scribble a few F-word laden phrases on some of the pictures handed to her to sign. This time she was videotaped forcing a phlegm fetus out the window of her SUV; just when you thought the mucus missile launching pop-star was gaining some class when she traded in her men's shirt and tie for a Vera Wang gown when she wed Whibley in July .

According to the singer's Website, her as-yet untitled third album will be released sometime during the first half of 2007. I can think of a few titles reflective of her talents:

Throat Missiles
Sidewalk Pizza Volume 1
Lung Chum and Love Songs
Clearing My Throat
Pavement Asterisks
Lateral Lung Lunch Lullaby
"It's really upbeat. I have a few love songs--it's so funny," Lavigne said. "Of course, I still have my boy-bashing songs, but they're very playful. So the record is really fun and cool and different, and honestly I think it's my best record yet. I can say that with confidence. Hgggggggh Thooooo!"