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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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Jerkgusting

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: jerk-gust-ing

Sentence: Jerry was a jerkgusting guy...no matter where he went, he made everyone want to knock him out, to shut him up.

Etymology: Jerk - Slang A foolish, rude, or contemptible person. Part of Dis"gusting" - Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. Synonyms:loathsome - nasty - repulsive -abominable - revolting.

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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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Boornado

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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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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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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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Terrorier

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tehr err eeeeeeeeee errr

Sentence: When Jo's terrorier was let loose He peed in the chilled orange juice He dismembered the turkey and to finish his work, he Attempted gran's ankles to goose!

Etymology: terrier, terror

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COMMENTS:

Grrrrrr-oss sentence, Grrrrr-eat word! Even if it hard to say it three times fast! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:37:00

its a limerick, did you spot it? - galwaywegian, 2009-03-19: 15:20:00

Yes, it is a one of the fun rhymes of today. Has such clever attention getting gimmick, it deserves a special name, so lets call it a gimmerick! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 16:56:00

Funny....and his name was no doubt Fido. - Mustang, 2009-03-19: 19:27:00

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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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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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Anamuck

Created by: Cannator

Pronunciation: An-a-muck

Sentence: Her anamuck is peeing on the neighbours plants again.

Etymology: An - Animal Muck - From the sentence "to run-a-muck"

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metrohumanx Sometimes they WALK amok!~ - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 02:01:00

Welcome. How clever to spell amok, amuck, for the muck the anamuck was spreading in your sentence! Good start! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:22:00

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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!