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DEFINITION: v. To leave your pet, child or lover in the care of a friend or relative who teaches them a stupid trick or bad habit. n. A stupid trick or bad habit learned from a caregiver.
Verboticisms
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Malasitterism
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Mal-a-sit-ter-ism
Sentence: Despite all precautions and checking, one cannot totally avoid the possibility that a child will pick up a malasitterism from the babysitter.
Etymology: Mal- Bad / Sitter- Part-time caregiver / ism- habit or manner
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COMMENTS:
Especially if the baby sitter is Mrs. Malaprop! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:59:00
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Caressconvoluted
Created by: freiflug
Pronunciation: /kəˈreskɒnvəˈluːted/
Sentence: "After I have received my turtle Frances back from my brother-in-law, all he does is nibbling the telephone cable. Frances has totally been caressconvoluted."
Etymology: caress: to touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle convulsion: an intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction; an uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm Convulsion hereby alters/modifies the meaning of "caress", concluding in a somewhat spoiled interpretation of caressing sth. or so.
Swindlebreaker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: swin/dil/brake/ur
Sentence: Joey was supposed to keep our puppy on a rigorous diet while we were away but instead fed it junk food which lead to uncontrolable farting. Henceforth we think of Joey as a swindlebreaker.
Etymology: swindle (take advantage of, cheat) + break wind
Neglidance
Created by: nickmarziani
Pronunciation: Neg-lah-dance
Sentence: Karen, look at the neglidance little Susie is doing. Your bastard brother must have let her watch MTV again.
Etymology: Negligence + Dance, of course.
Petstidigitation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: petz - tuh - didj - ih - tay -shun
Sentence: While keeping his brother in law Morton's favorite hunting dog while Morton was on vacation, Myron resorted to some underhanded petstidigitation to teach the old dog a couple new and socially unacceptable tricks.
Etymology: blend of pet and prestidigitation (sleight of hand or ('trick')
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COMMENTS:
Petty good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:58:00
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Naukintrait
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Nah-kin-tr-eight
Sentence: After Billy's parents came back from their romantic get-a-way, they learned that Billy picked up all kinds of naukintraits from his aunt and uncle.
Etymology: Mixture of "Nau" from naughty: lacking in taste or propriety, "Kin": one's relatives, and "Trait": an inherited characteristic.
Zootard
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /zo-o-tard/ (note: each of the “o”s is a distinct sound as in “zoology,” for example; /zu-tard/ is INcorrect)
Sentence: Q. “Can you believe it?! We left our pet beagle with my idiot brother-in-law for a mere fortnight and that zootard taught it how to leg-hump anyone who sits in my favourite recliner!” A. “What’s so strange about that? I thought all dogs leg-hump?” Q. “Male dogs do. But Betsy’s a bitch!”
Etymology: zoo – fr. Greek for “animal” -tard – a slang root derived from the word “retard”
Malerudio
Created by: newmaa14
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Mal-meaning bad and Eurido- latin for teach
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James