DEFINITION: v. To use animal training techniques to improve and direct the behavior of other people. n. A technique which uses the principles of animal training to solve a human behavioral riddle.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Homesticate: /hoh-mes-ti-kate/ In most relationships, the woman has to homesticate the male so he can function in modern society.
Etymology: homo sapiens (the modern species of humans) + domesticate (to tame an animal to live with humans); therefore, homesticate (to tame a human to live with humans)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Homesticate:
mweinmann, 2009-06-30: 08:02:00
good play on the human condition….
Petiquette: /pet – eh – kit/ Marjorie used petiquette to train her husband to do household chores. If he put the toilet seat down, he got a cookie; when he mowed the lawn, he got some ice cream. Every task had a “payoff” of some type….. She figured that if this worked on the dog, it might work on Charles. Etymology: pet, etiquette (rules governing socially acceptable behavior) Created by: mweinmann.
Comments on Petiquette:
Nosila, 2009-06-30: 01:23:00
They don’t call it animal husbandry for nothing! Good Word.
Reinforceman: /re-in-force-man/ Lia found that Max responded well to positive reinforceman one day by accident when she came home and found the dishes were done. She fussed on him, grilled his favorite steak and bought him a six-pack. Max immediately got up after the meal and did the dishes. Later that night while watching Victoria Stilwell train a Rottweiler on “It’s Me or the Dog” she had a revelation. Perhaps she could teach Max to put the toilet seat down if she used a really good reward. She decided to learn some training techniques from Victoria and immediately went to the mall to get a little treat for him from
Victoria’s Secret. Etymology: reinforcement + man: in Operant Conditioning reinforcement occurs when an event following a response will increase the likelihood of that response happening again. Animals trained with reinforcement techniques are trained by using treats and praise instead of negative reinforcement.
Victoria Stilwell is a dog trainer on Animal Planet who uses reinforcement on ill-mannered dogs. Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Reinforceman:
mweinmann, 2009-06-30: 08:03:00
Clever word and story….
Obediencesocool: /rhymes with “obedience school”/ They had tried everything, it seemed, to eliminate their son’s thumbsucking: behaviour modification, ignoring, even praise. Nothing worked until obediencesocool! The idea of simply complying with their requests actually became the new cool thing to do! They hoped this new trend would last and spawn similar trends. Etymology: A play on a dog “obedience school”. Created by: splendiction.
Comments on Obediencesocool:
Nosila, 2009-06-30: 01:22:00
Cool word…what you have to do with teens these days…
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