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DEFINITION: v. To pretend that you adore someone's pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.
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Vetervex
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: VET er VEX
Sentence: Her vetervex with her animals caused concern for her roommates, especially when she wanted to share her room with an alligator.
Etymology: veterinary: associated with caring for the health of animals vex: to annoy or worry
Peturbed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: petərbd
Sentence: Jill is often peturbed by her roommate’s little darling. She finds it upetsetting to have to double-check every time she wants to sit in a chair, slip on a pair of shoes or take a bath. Worst yet is that she feels it obligatory to feign joy to pet her roomie’s serpent.
Etymology: pet (a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure) + perturbed (make someone anxious or unsettled)
Gloripetation
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: glow-ri-pe-tay-tion
Sentence: It took some gloripetatious backpedaling to convince her that I believed the cat was charming, although it was mangy and from what hair it did retain dangled dingle-berries.
Etymology: glorification+pet=gloripetation
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COMMENTS:
shoulda been gloripet in verb form, gerund is gloripetting. - queenjane75, 2008-03-07: 15:20:00
Unique creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 22:26:00
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Petronize
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: like "patronize" except with pet.
Sentence: Much to my chagrin, I had to petronize my neighbor as he showed off his slimy kingsnake
Etymology: Pet;Patronize
Fakamour
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: fay-ka-moore
Sentence: His act of fakamour at a friend's party resulted him having bunch of dogs to look after at the thanksgiving weekend.
Etymology: Fake (to decieve or give false appearance) + amour (meaning love).
Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: When Ana Conda dated Monty Python, he gave her a lift in his new Viper. They danced the Mamba and the Fangdango at the CobraCabana. She was a mere civil serpent but she wore a boa, mocassins and garters. But when they arrived at his aspartment, he proposed and gave her a ring. She was exsssited, but she had to feign adderation for his huge reptile. It was obvious he was into herpetology. She became hissterical, then rattled and had trouble in reticulating her fears. She ran out of his lair and he was heard yelling, "I want my diamondback"!
Etymology: Adder (small terrestrial viper) & Adoration (a feeling of profound love and admiration)
Scoobygroovydupe
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: skoo-bee-groo-vee-doop
Sentence: It was getting harder and harder for Jane to scoobygroovydupe when visiting her in-laws. How could anyone possibly love a balding, three-legged dog with cataracts who had a penchant for leg-humping?
Etymology: Scooby Doo, groovy, dupe
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COMMENTS:
A lot of professed pet fans are scoobygroovdupees! Fun! Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:27:00
Scoobygroovydupe, Where Are You? We got some work to do now. Scoobygroovydupe, Where Are You? We need some help from you now. (all together now) - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 11:24:00
Come on Scoobydupe, I see you, pretending you got a sliver... - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 11:35:00
But you're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver (three-legged dog with cataracts who has a penchant for leg-humping) - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 13:23:00
I actually knew someone who had a three-legged dog with cataracts, poor thing. They called him Tripod. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 13:39:00
I guess "Tripod" is more appropriate than Lucky. Heh! A great creation purpleartichokes! Ya made me smile... and sing! - Jamagra, 2008-03-07: 15:16:00
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Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: Monty Python was a mere civil serpent who had always admired his co-worker, Ana Conda from afar. One night he met her at the CobraCabana Club and they danced the Mamba and he ended up driving her back to his den in his Viper, which was an old rattler. Taking her boa and mocassins, he invited her to relax and have a Stinger. He then disappeared into the bedroom and brought out a huge krait and asked her to marry him. She tried to show her adderation, but felt constricted and ran out the door, shouting, "Fangs, but no fangs, you legless lizard and herpestologist!". He ran after her yelling, "Even though you have a nice asp, I want my Diamondback!"
Etymology: Adder (small terrestrial viper common) & Adoration (the act of admiring strongly;to feel profound love and admiration)
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COMMENTS:
Nice. (Suggested antonym: "aspaversion") :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-18: 12:56:00
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Toadypander
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: toe-DEE-pan-de&r
Sentence: Phillip slowly raised the box top, his eyes locking on Martha's expression in anticipation. Martha's face blanched as she peered inside, but not wanting to disappoint the child, she began to toadypander. "Oh... possum... how darrrliiing..."
Etymology: Combination of toady: a sycophantic flatterer + pander: to basely cater to the vices of another
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COMMENTS:
Clever sentence. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-01: 21:03:00
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Pettunafish
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: peh/toona/fish
Sentence: Sue had grave reservations about swimming with Jonah's pettunafish, even though he swore it smelled like petunias.
Etymology: pet + tuna fish + petunia
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COMMENTS:
Cute, clever, and funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 21:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
Tigger - 2008-03-07: 02:48:00
If I can post a YouTube link here, this one's pretty amusing, and relevant to this definition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6NJ7kKEag
silveryaspen - 2009-01-01: 01:30:00
Song of the day is "Oh Deer, What can the matter be?"
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James