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DEFINITION: n., An animal, usually a much loved pet, whose dead and departed owner has bequeathed a huge sum of money solely for its comfort and care. v. To leave part or all of an estate to a pet animal.
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Petagreed
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet a greed
Sentence: When wealthy Sir Hamilton Guinness expired, he left his entire estate to PETA, the organization he knew would look after his pet hamster, Heiry. Not only was this hurtful to his daughter Peta, but confusing also, because she was sure he meant her in his will. Her pedigree was not petagreed and so a legal battle ensued. It took the lawyers over 5 years to reach a settlement. The only trouble was that Heiry, like most hamsters only had a lifespan of three years. However, he did have the biggest hamster funeral ever...it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records!
Etymology: Peta (Militant Animal Rights Group-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)& Greed (one of the 7 deadly sins;reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth) & play on Pedigreed (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal) & Pet Agreed (animal that goes along with the decision)
Benefishiary
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ben uh FISH ee ayr ee
Sentence: Goldie the goldfish's faithful owner left Goldie his entire (very sizeable) estate, so that she "could continue to live in the manner to which she was accustomed." After Goldie's death, the remainder would go to the owner's favorite charity, Fishies First. The angry relatives, all of whom were cut out of the will, just found it pretty fishy.
Etymology: beneficiary + fish + fishy
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COMMENTS:
Holy Mackerel, what a great word. I'm telling you this just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2010-01-20: 19:20:00
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Animalianaire
Created by: Syzygy
Pronunciation: animal-ian-aire
Sentence: As the sole heir, Fluffy became an animalianaire several times over.
Etymology: animal and millionaire.
Pethetic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pet/thet/ic
Sentence: When Charles Ronson Daily the III wrote his will, he had written into it, what is known among normal people as the pethetic clause, which stated that his beloved animal, in this case his dog Alphonse, would inherit his entire billion dollar corporation.
Etymology: PETHETIC - from PET + PATHETIC
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COMMENTS:
CRD3 is despicable. Very astute. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:51:00
Very true - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:57:00
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Besqueak
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bee - skweek
Sentence: Elvira loved her pet mice; so much so that she made a huge besqueak to them in her will. She provided $1,000,000 for the purpose of supporting her three blind mice and another $250,000 each for the ones who could see.
Etymology: bequeath,bequest, squeak
Dispetsation
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dis-pet-say-shun
Sentence: All the years of enduring his master's baby-talk and bad breath paid off when Fluffy found out he was left a generous dispetsation.
Etymology: dispensation, pet
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 12:23:00
love it! - Syzygy, 2007-09-21: 23:10:00
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Petheir
Created by: yifan
Pronunciation: pe-th-ea
Sentence: the petheir was taken good care of after his master passed away
Etymology: pet+heir
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COMMENTS:
my very first word here. - yifan, 2008-08-23: 17:41:00
welcome! - galwaywegian, 2008-08-24: 15:15:00
Aye! Aye! Veryclear and effective - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:48:00
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Henificiary
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: hen/i/fish/ee/air/ee
Sentence: Not too many people know that Colonel Sanders left everything to the ones who made his dream a reality. Yes, when he passed his millions were left to his many henificiaries.
Etymology: Hen Benificiary
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COMMENTS:
hahahahaha! Haha! Brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2008-08-22: 04:24:00
I feel a little peckish. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:42:00
I am sure the Colonel "rolled over" when he heard his henificiaries sold out to Taco Bell! - lumina, 2008-08-22: 17:30:00
Eggscellent word! - Nosila, 2008-08-22: 21:15:00
Looks nice; sounds nice, probably tastes nice, too! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:42:00
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Welanim
Created by: Sarahbarah
Pronunciation: Well-ah-nim
Sentence: My friends fish was known as a welanim after she died because she left over 3,000,000 dollars for his care.
Etymology: Wel-Comes from "wealthy", refferning to large amount of mon anim-comes from "animal", pets are all animals
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-09-22: 16:44:00
Lots of obvious ways to go today...I think today's winner will likely be the one who got here first.
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB . Thank you OZZIEBOB . ~ James
GENIUS!!! (how'd I miss it)
Yesterday and today's definitions are giving me deja vu. Haven't we done these once before?
maybe we have to branch out and come up with definitions
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WORD!!! but i'm giving Sethyll the crown today