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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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Boyfrienzy

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boifrenzē

Sentence: It was always the same. They would go to a party. The girls would gather in the kitchen and exchange gossip. The boys would gather near the TV and at the slightest provocation start acting like fools. The girls would act disgusted but were secretly envious to join the boyfrienzy.

Etymology: boyfriend (a regular male companion with whom one has a romantic or sexual relationship) + frenzy (a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior)

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I've seen a few girlfrienzies too! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-19: 06:58:00

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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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Feralunatrog

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: FEAR-uh-LOON-uh-trog

Sentence: Sookie and Sandy sure liked to party- The food wasn’t good but the toasts they were hearty!- The music grew louder, the word passed around- Someone invited the bums from downtown… Soon it grew nasty-the punch it got drained-- Some fool brought a pit bull-The punches they rained- On innocent drunkards who passed out quite early- The riot squad turned out that night to be surly. So next time you party with Sookie and Sandy- Come with a tazer and keep the mace handy. Come with a buddy, a spouse or a dog, but... Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG

Etymology: FERAL+lUNAtic+TROGlodyte=FERALUNATROG.....FERAL: of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast, having escaped from domestication and become wild; Medieval Latin feralis, from Latin fera wild animal, from feminine of ferus wild 1604.....LUNATIC: affected with lunacy, wildly foolish; Middle English lunatik, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French lunatic, from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the erroneous belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon.....TROGLODYTE: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves; Latin troglodytae, plural, from Greek trōglodytai, from trōglē hole, cave (akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw, Armenian aracem I lead to pasture, graze) + dyein to enter.

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COMMENTS:

Roaring with laughter at your silly rhyme, and your dilly of a verbotomy! Funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:35:00

Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:58:00

dang it cut off all I said...good one! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:59:00

metrohumanx Thanks, all. I was pushing the envelope with that one....?! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:02:00

metrohumanx YEARS of Academy training.....WASTED! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:13:00

Insanely good. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:35:00

You got my vote! Excellent word! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:46:00

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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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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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Bersjerker

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: /burz-jurr-kurr/

Sentence: It was somewhere in the middle of Adam's imitation of Steve Rubell that he snorted a line of the host's grandmother that he had poured from an urn in a drunken frenzy. Gina fled from the party, ashamed of the bersjerker she had set upon the party.

Etymology: berserker + jerk

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COMMENTS:

Berjerker has a subtle risque' quality to it! I can't say it without blushing and bursting into laughter! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:48:00

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

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

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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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Beauserk

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bo zerk

Sentence: When Candy brought her boyfriend Randy to a social function, after one drink he would go beauserk on her and embarrass her. Randy was the reason the word Party Animal was created...

Etymology: Beau (boyfriend,lover) & Berserk (to run amok, be frenzied,work one's self into a rampage)

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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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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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Rampet

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rampət

Sentence: Joan almost hated to get an invitation to a party. She knows her boyfriend will have a bit too much to drink and act like a fool. His rampet behavior may be funny to some but they don\'t have to clean up the mess he makes. Smacking him with a rolled-up newspaper only works for a short while.

Etymology: rampant (violent or unrestrained in action or performance) + pet (a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure)

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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!