Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: crit-er-mayt

Sentence: Lacy and Louie had raised their blond lab, Herbie, since he was born and Herbie believed they were all crittermates, equals in every sense of the word and he joined them in all activities from meals to outings to bedtime.

Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (slang for creature) and 'mate' (A person with whom one shares living quarters)

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: co dee PET ent

Sentence: You know how 1-year-olds move around a lot when they sleep and wind up in funny and cute positions? And how if you sleep with them, you sometimes end up with a foot or a butt in your face? Well, it isn't so cute when they are 8 and still in your bed, but taking up a lot more room, and you get kicked or punched all the time. So you have to feel bad for Indy Cysive, whose 8-year-old happened to be a chimpanzee who still insisted on sleeping in Indy's bed every night. Indy had even bought a special bed just for Harry the chimp, but every night when she tried to put Harry in it, he whimpered and wrapped his arms around her. Indy secretly missed those chimp baby years when he had needed her so much, and she was too much of a codepetent to say no to Harry. So the expensive pet bed remained unused. And almost every morning, Indy woke to find a fuzzy arm draped over her face. At least Harry was willing to keep his diapers on, since he did weigh 150 pounds by then.

Etymology: codependent + pet

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COMMENTS:

ooo ooh, aah aah...Indy (love her name) has my chimpathy! - Nosila, 2010-05-21: 17:57:00

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Created by: debsdebbie

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men aj aree a twa

Sentence: Have you herd? When Oxsana and Bronco had adopted Elsie, the little cow had curled up on their bed. But now as a full-grown cow, she was udderly too big. Oxsana found that her sheets rustled, she got a cramp in her calf and she was never in the mooed. Her main beef was that Bronco would never become a fodder and they could never live happily heifer after.

Etymology: Menagerie (collection of animals) & Wordplay on Ménage à trois (French for sex between 3 people or three people sharing a household)

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Created by: Lazberg

Pronunciation: Tubbel

Sentence: Let the dog tubble with us.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: beest/stoh

Sentence: John beastows his bed with his golden Labrador retriever who takes up three-quartes of the bed when fully stretched out.

Etymology: beast (animal) + bestow (share, apportion, give part)

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COMMENTS:

Clever Pun! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:19:00

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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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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: go - to - bed

Sentence: No sooner had the infomercial finished, than Jerry had dialled the number to order his goatobed, for just $49.95. It was not just the chance to reduce his electricity bill, but the electric blankpet was now downright dangerous, the shleep had proved unsuccessful with his insomnia, and there was the prospect of home-made feta. He was hoping to phone his order in early enough to score a bonus pillow shampoodle to keep his ears warm at night. He just hoped that the duVET bills would not be too expensive. No longer would he be dogtired after his catnaps.

Etymology: "go to bed" + goat

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COMMENTS:

so many possibilities - petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:54:00

Richly Punsome! Funsome! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:30:00

Has Jerry given any thought to goatweed? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 22:03:00

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Created by: kiki3247

Pronunciation: Quail-ee-pet

Sentence: Marice thinks Quallipeting is a bed idea.

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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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