Verboticisms

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: PET ish

Sentence: She always talks about and obsesses over whether her cat is okay or not and this petish of hers is causing us problems.

Etymology: FETISH: the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing PET: an animal or bird etc. that we keep in our home for pleasure

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men aj er ee a twa

Sentence: When Angus moved in with Cattelena, he herd that her bovine was to menagerieatrois with them. Sometimes he wondered about the hayrrangement. Suddenly, phrases like "Hit the Hay", "BedSpread","Rustling the sheets", "Udder ecstasy","Ride a Limousin" and "DetOX" took on a whole new meaning for him. And many's a night he awoke Friesian because someone had steered the covers off him or he had a very sharp pain in his calf! Every morning, there was a stampede for the bathroom. At this rate,he would never be a fodder. Cud this couple live happily heifer after?

Etymology: Menagerie (zoo) & Menage a Trois (threesome)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: CRIT-er-pard

Sentence: Lucy and Lamar had raised their poodle, Pepe' since he was born and Pepe' believed they were all critterpards, equals in every regard and he joined them in all activities from meals to bedtime.

Etymology: Blend of critter (animal) and Pard (euphemism for partner)

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Created by: IrishAmerican

Pronunciation: SMUSH'-jun'-key

Sentence: "Good grief! there are so many animals and stuffed dolls on the bed there's no room for me! You're a total Smushjunkie! You know that, don't you?! I'm sleeping on the couch ..."

Etymology: a person who has a pathological need for reassurance of their value by insisting on having multiple cuddles affixed to them as they sleep; a junkie for being smushed.

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Created by: Prostheta

Pronunciation: Som-nan-nee-mal-ism

Sentence: Astrid's somnanimalist tendencies precluded her ability to function as a normal human being.

Etymology: Somna - to fall asleep. Animal - mobile multicellular organism.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: farm/ah/bed/on

Sentence: Our former noctural bliss soon turned into farmabeddon when we adopted a trio of homeless kittens.

Etymology: farm + bed + armageddon

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COMMENTS:

love it JW! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-06: 07:27:00

Luv it! Purrrfect! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-06: 10:58:00

Great word - TJayzz, 2009-01-06: 13:37:00

Good word - mweinmann, 2009-01-06: 15:00:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mooo dwar

Sentence: The boudoir had become a moodoir ever since this bizarre menagerieatrois (sory nosila) had occured, making it seem at the same time more and less horny an establishment

Etymology: boudoir, moooooooo!

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COMMENTS:

toooooo funny - you milked this cartoon for all it's worth - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-06: 10:45:00

Great word, even if no one is in the mooood! - Nosila, 2009-01-06: 23:30:00

Udderly inspired! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-16: 07:51:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: spoy-el-kat

Sentence: Phoenix was a bad spoilcat. She got to sleep in the bed with Andy and Mary every night no matter what; which made certain things a little harder to do.

Etymology: spoil (to treat well beyond what is deserved) + cat (a specific pet)

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /bej-hog/

Sentence: Bandit had started out as a cute Border Collie puppy, but now he'd grown into a huge bedgehog. Not only did Bandit hog all the pillows and yank the comforter to the other side of the bed, but he had literally pushed Stewart out of his own bed three nights in a row. Stewart decided to seek professional help, and started wondering how hard it was to contact that 'It's Me Or the Dog' lady. What was her name again?...

Etymology: Bed - furniture for sleeping (from Common Germanic, badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground") + Hedgehog - small, spiny, insectivorous mammal (from German, hecke "hedge" + Cornish, hogh "swine")

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COMMENTS:

Great etymology! Very clever word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:20:00

Throw a quillt over it. - petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:59:00

Hopefully in her, he will find a comforter! - Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:43:00

Bandit, he ain't nothing but a hound dog! Once again, great etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:56:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: crit - er - mait

Sentence: Gerold and Dagmar had taken Scruffy in when he was very young and Scruffy believed they were his siblings. He made himself right at home as their crittermate, even taking up half their bed at night.

Etymology: Critter and mate - a play on the word littermate

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COMMENTS:

Clever sentence! Clever Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 13:41:00

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