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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.
Verboticisms
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Disobediablo
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: diss-o-bee-dee-ahb-loh
Sentence: Yes, he was certainly a disobediablo. Contemplating the ceiling from her hospital bed of traction and her future plans for Hellmutt, her combination Pitt Bull-Chichuahua, Absentia knew even the Dog Whisperer couldn't help.
Etymology: DISOBEDIENT, meaning failing or refusing to obey + DIABLO, Spanish for devil
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COMMENTS:
Devilishly clever. - Mustang, 2009-03-19: 19:27:00
hahaha! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-03-23: 16:03:00
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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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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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Boornado
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)
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)
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:
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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Woofensive
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: wuf + fens + ev
Sentence: Laurie's dog was the most woofensive animal we had ever seen. She allowed Wally (she called him wallydog) to aggressively go after her guest's food, run after kids on bicycles and last but not least, relieve himself on everyone's legs.....
Etymology: Woof and Offensive
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COMMENTS:
Your etymology and word are so good they are something to bark about! Woof! Woof! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:39:00
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Petonate
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Pet-oh-nate
Sentence: Julie regretted petonating her boyfriend at her work do...she'll never live it down.
Etymology: from pet(A domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure and treated with care and affection) and detonate(cause to burst with a violent release of energy)
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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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)
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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Comments:
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!
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!