Verboticisms

Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: domest/i/comfort/er

Sentence: As a puppy, Julie's Great Pyrenees was a fluffy little bedmate. Now, "Baby" has blossomed into a domesticomforter, sprawling out on top of Julie and her new boyfriend eliminating the need for an electric blanket.

Etymology: domesticated animal + comfort

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Sweet! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:25:00

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Created by: Prostheta

Pronunciation: Som-nan-nee-mal-ism

Sentence: Astrid's somnanimalist tendencies precluded her ability to function as a normal human being.

Etymology: Somna - to fall asleep. Animal - mobile multicellular organism.

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Created by: desdeatho

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: PET ish

Sentence: She always talks about and obsesses over whether her cat is okay or not and this petish of hers is causing us problems.

Etymology: FETISH: the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing PET: an animal or bird etc. that we keep in our home for pleasure

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pet-bull-doh-zur

Sentence: Because he slept with several petbulldozers, Rob generally awoke to find himself on the floor, shivering, and chewing on someone else's cud.

Etymology: pit bull, pet, bulldoze, doze

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COMMENTS:

Quadterrific etymology! A four-bagger, grand slam, home run with this very witty creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:36:00

Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 22:00:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: spoy-el-kat

Sentence: Phoenix was a bad spoilcat. She got to sleep in the bed with Andy and Mary every night no matter what; which made certain things a little harder to do.

Etymology: spoil (to treat well beyond what is deserved) + cat (a specific pet)

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Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: co-dorm-es-tih-cayt

Sentence: Jeffrey was caught between getting a good night sleep and having the girl of his dreams put him out if he didn't let her codormesticating cat have its way among the bed.

Etymology: co- together + dorm- to sleep/domesticate- belonging to the house

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COMMENTS:

I'd have to say that Jeffrey in this case would suffer from the same malady as yesterday's verboticism! - arrrteest, 2008-03-13: 00:42:00

Nice Triple Play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:17:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: farm/ah/bed/on

Sentence: Our former noctural bliss soon turned into farmabeddon when we adopted a trio of homeless kittens.

Etymology: farm + bed + armageddon

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COMMENTS:

love it JW! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-06: 07:27:00

Luv it! Purrrfect! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-06: 10:58:00

Great word - TJayzz, 2009-01-06: 13:37:00

Good word - mweinmann, 2009-01-06: 15:00:00

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Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: bunk-i-mal

Sentence: What's that in our bed? Oh, Spot is a bunkimal.

Etymology: bunk-bed animal

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Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: an/throw/pet/dorm/fic

Sentence: The anthropetdormphic couple feared schnuffocating their schnauzers while schnuggling.

Etymology: anthropomorphic + pet + dormire (L "to sleep"); anthropetdormphize(v); anthropetdormpher(n) - the animal sleeping quite comfortably in the bed; anthropetdormphee (n., var.) - the person wide awake and uncomfortable

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COMMENTS:

SchNIFTY creations! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:46:00

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