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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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Misantopic
Created by: craigfu
Pronunciation: mis-uhn-top-ik
Sentence: When Billy demonstrated the misantopic his older brother Rick had taught him at dinner, the family was barred from the restaurant indefinitely.
Etymology: misanthropic(hating humankind) + topic(subject,occupation)
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COMMENTS:
Unique angle, choice of words, and verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:13:00
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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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Cusstoadyan
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: kuss/tow/deean
Sentence: Ever since little Gerry started spending time with his reprobate uncle he has picked up several unsuitable phrases for members of the family. It's no wonder because his uncle is a cusstoadyan.
Etymology: custodian + cuss + toady
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COMMENTS:
Great interplay! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:26:00
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Chapercanery
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: shap-er-CAYN-ery
Sentence: While keeping the hunting dog of his brother in law, Denny, while Denny was on vacation Filbert resorted to some underhanded chapercanery to teach the old dog some new and socially unacceptable new tricks.
Etymology: Blend of chaperon and chicanery
Harmucation
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: harm you kay shun
Sentence: When Harry met Sally, she was a nice lady, polite, well-mannered, and a delight to see. By example, Harry taught her to pick her nose and scratch her bottom, and to shovel all the food on her plate, to make sure no one else got some. Now, Harry is sorry and sad to tell, his harmucations have made Sally as irritating as ... ahem ... well ... himself!
Etymology: Harm You, Educations - teaching people bad habits is giving them harmucations.
Surrohgreat
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sir-oh-grate
Sentence: I hesistated to let my brother watch my child as he proved his status as a surrohgreat last time when he taught her a score of filthy limericks.
Etymology: surrogate + oh great!
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COMMENTS:
Took me a moment to parse this one, but it made me chuckle when it clicked. - ErWenn, 2008-02-26: 10:12:00
it sort of reminds me of sewer grate which would be a grate place for filthy limericks - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:24:00
Wouldn't you like to gate the mouths on the sirs who are surrohgreats! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:07:00
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Nipinthebeak
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: nip - in - the - beek
Sentence: Someone's in the kitchen with Mynah! Someone taught him to say "*****". Help! I don't know how to stop Mynah from saying that! How do I nipinthebeak?
Etymology: Play on "Nip in the Bud" which means to stop it before it gets worse. Beak: bird's bill, slang term for mouth. Obviously, the cartoon inspried this bit of nonesense.
Animalessterd
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: an-i-mal-ess-tord
Sentence: Uncle animalesstord Polly Parrot so that anytime anyone spoke to the bird it cursed.
Etymology: A play on the words Animal and the word Molested
Umorupt
Created by: ddove60
Pronunciation: u mor upt
Sentence: "If uncle Mike umorupts one more child in this house, he will not be welcome for next weeks Nascar race."
Etymology: Humor + Corrupt
Habetapet
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ha - bet - ah - pet
Sentence: Jerry regretted that he had participated in habetapet after leaving his dog, Gina with his friend Craig. He felt that it was really his fault that she had picked up several new bad behaviors, like jumping on everyone who walked through the door, excessive begging and worse of all, he had taught her how to flirt.....if that was possible.
Etymology: A combination of Habit with a twisted spelling (a behavior that is repeated) + abet (to aid or encourage, usually in some wrong doing) + Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James