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'How could she bring him without a leash.'

DEFINITION: n. An unleashed pet (or boyfriend) which is running amuck, chasing cars, eating garbage, and jumping on innocent bystanders. v. To unleash your pet and let him or her run wild.

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Boornado

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boor-ney-doh

Sentence: Jill's boyfriend is not a welcome sight at many of her friend's parties. It doesn't take but a few drinks to turn him into a boornado.

Etymology: boor (a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person) + tornado (a localized, violently destructive windstorm)

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Barbariandy

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bar beree an dee

Sentence: Stella instantly regretted bringing her savage boyfriend, Barbariandy to the party. He never behaved well in social groups, but maybe if she got him neutered, she could finally housebreak him...because she hated the way he marked his territory.

Etymology: Barbarian (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement) & Andy (male name, short for Andrew)

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Crazybeau

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: cray-zee-bow

Sentence: One drink and out of sight, my soon to be ex, goes totally crazybeau.

Etymology: crazy (wild, mad, uncontrolled) + beau (boyfriend)

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Lovehound

RightOnTheWin

Created by: RightOnTheWin

Pronunciation: \ˈləv-ˈhau̇nd\

Sentence: Vincent is a very nice guy, and would do anything for his girlfriend, Elizabeth. But, whenever he gets drunk (usually from three drinks, and due to peer pressure) he transforms into Elizabeth’s lovehound, and literally becomes a wild & rampant beast that causes destruction wherever it goes.

Etymology: Love (A beloved person) + Hound (A mean or despicable person)

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Anarchipal

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ann-are-kick-pal

Sentence: Mae brought her anarchipal Jules to the corn roast on Saturday. It probably was the worst place to bring him, ever since he found the garbage bin, he wouldn't stop prancing around while making lude gestures with the eaten cobs of corn.

Etymology: anarchic + pal (buddy)

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Scalawagger

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: Skal - ah - wag - gur

Sentence: Ol Buffy was a scalawagger... His tail was fast, he was no lagger. Up and down the street he ran after cars and after vans. He took the food right off one's plate and with every female dog did mate. But now he is all dead and gone so this is the end of my doggie song.

Etymology: scalawag, wag, wagger... A scalawag one who is playfully mischievous and one that is also a wagger has a tail to wag as does a dog

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COMMENTS:

Awwwwwwww! Even though he was an outlaw ... a desperdogo, it's such a cute and clever rhyme ... and scalawagger is absolutely adorable! Your sentence and word are truly Superb! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:32:00

Really good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:29:00

I'm so sad he's dog-gone! Good Word, rombus. - Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:05:00

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Fidoh

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: FY-d'oh

Sentence: A common phrase heard whenever Delbert came around with his dog was 'Fidoh' because the dog was unruly and unmanageable and could be counted on to create havoc wherever it might roam.

Etymology: Blend of the generic pet name 'Fido' and the term 'D'oh' from the Simpsons sometimes indicating that something bad is about to happen.

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COMMENTS:

:D - galwaywegian, 2009-03-19: 04:39:00

Fie on Fidoh! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:09:00

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Datetcetera

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: DATE et CET er ah

Sentence: She called him the date from hell. But we had all nicknamed him datetcetera. He talked too much and too loud; he moved too fast, sometimes knocking over things; he tried too hard to do the right thing and constantly failed at it. He just went overboard in everything he did. He was too much! Why did she go out with him? She said it was because he was persistent and he just kept coming back.

Etymology: DATE: ETCETERA: to go on and on

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Does persistence really work? I've tried everything but that! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 02:02:00

Uh Oh! He just couldn't cetera flame even though he was the date from hell! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:42:00

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Obsloviate

Created by: BookWorm579

Pronunciation: n: ob-SLAW-vee-it v: ob-SLAW-vee-ate

Sentence: Because Mary's obsloviate of a boyfriend made such a racket, the police had to shut down the party.

Etymology: Derived from "obnoxious" and "slob".

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Dumbesthickhated

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dum esth ik ay ted

Sentence: Unfortunately her boyfriend proved to be completely dumbesthickhated. she would have dumped him ages ago if he didn't have more useful animal instincts.

Etymology: domesticated, dumbest thick hated

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-03-19: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2009-03-19: 13:42:00
The creative humor of all was dog gone good today!

silveryaspen - 2009-03-19: 13:47:00
Kudos to the poets, too! Silly rhymes with that grain of true! And an upbleat to the one about ewe!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-10-01: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2010-10-01: 03:58:00
domesthickated

galwaywegian - 2010-10-01: 03:59:00
oops!