Verboticisms

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: an-uh-kay-shun

Sentence: When Angie started talking to the mosquitos, her parents knew she was practicing anication. She refused to speak to any human being, claiming that animals and/or insects were far superior in intelligence; meaning they made better conversation as well.

Etymology: Animal (lions and tigers and bears..oh my!) + communication (to speak with)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: tell-e-pet-ist

Sentence: Carmina had one up on Dr. Dolittle. Not only could she communicate with her menagerie of animals, but as a telepetist she could send and receive messages with them using only the power of her mind.

Etymology: telepathist (one who can communicate directly without using sensory perception) + tell (a mode of communication) + pet (domestic animal)

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love the sound of telepetist - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:10:00

Good One...being telepetist is way better than being telepathetic! - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 23:05:00

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Created by: kasmin

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pet spur an toe

Sentence: He said had a doctorate in Petsperanto, but she thought he was a quack

Etymology: esperanto, pet

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petstacular word - Nosila, 2010-06-04: 09:21:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ark tik you late

Sentence: Fauna could arkticulate with any kind of animal on the planet. She had a rare gift that allowed her to speak and be understood by each creature in their native tongue. She could hawk-talk;yakity-yak;elephant-rant;utter-otter;giraffe-gaffe;fish-dish;talk turkey;rattler-tattler;shark-bark;rabbit-on;horse-discourse and goat-quote. She was fluent in flamingo-lingo & dingo-lingo;fox-talks & ox-talks;cat-chat & rat-chat;ram-jam & lamb-jam;seal-spiel & eel-spiel;hog-blog & dog-blog;lynx-thinks;gander-slander;worm-term;panda-memoranda and leech-speech. She could also speak legal-beagle;bird-word;spout-trout;jaw-macaw;slang-orangutang;fawn-phonetics;gibbons-gibber;rhino-rhetoric;ass-sass;bear-criticism and pelican-brief. She had a built-in critter transmitter. She knew American Swine language and was considered fly-lingual. Yes, Fauna deerly loved all creatures but one: people. They were the real beasts!

Etymology: ark (as in Noah's Ark, where there were 2 of every every kind of animal on Earth) & articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way or put into words or an expression)

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Whoo hoo! Your sentence is laugh-out-loud funny. 'bear-criticism and pelican- brief.' Love it. how about knowing the worm terms and the ant rants? can't leave out the lesser among us, now, can we? - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:44:00

jeez-you amended before I could post my comment and beat me to one of 'em! - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:46:00

sorry, stache, as soon as I go to end it,I think of another. Make the animal voices stop! - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 01:50:00

funky-glibbon, gosshawk-gossip, cricket-critique, crow-crow, raven-on, - fun stuff, got my vote. - petaj, 2008-03-28: 07:40:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:26:00

Cheers, mates...After I signed off, they kept popping in my head: wombat-chat;moose-juice; and many other terns of phrases! - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 23:58:00

Missed this one completely:great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 20:40:00

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Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: ostrich-size

Sentence: Jennifre, engaged deep in a coversation with a snow leopard at the zoo, ignored the sneers and giggles of people passing by. The cat-whisperer, ostrichized from society, knew that her feline friends were her true companions

Etymology: Ostrich + Ostracize

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Yes, her hippie parents named her Jennifre. - youmustvotenato, 2011-10-21: 10:27:00

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Created by: doseydotes

Pronunciation: ˈfret-ˈtü-ˈbrü-ˈte

Sentence: Celia rushed home at night, anxious to see her three cats. They were friends to her like no one else; they always listened to her worries with what was apparent sympathy. They were calm and patient and loving, just like she wished her human friends could be. She had taken to talking to them from the minute she got up – even while she was in the shower - because she knew they’d be alone all day, lost without her. At the last possible minute, when she had just barely enough time to make it to work, she left. As soon as the door closed, one of the male cats always turned to the other one and rolled his eyes. “I know. I know,” the second cat would always say (it had turned into a running joke between them) “what a freakin’ fretubrute.”

Etymology: From the Transylvanian, fret, a diminutive of Frederick; from the LeHigh, tu bru, meaning literally "please bring me a couple of bottles of whatever tasty fermented starch-based hop-flavored beverage is most readily available"; and from the Buckwheat, te, an abbreviated version of "otay," meaning "everything is going to be just fine, sir."

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Created by: theCountess

Pronunciation: feather-brain

Sentence: Boring old definition of featherbrain: an emptyheaded person Verboticized new definition of featherbrain: an emptyheaded person who uses only fowl language

Etymology: Featherhead: noun, Old English; to have feathers for brains

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COMMENTS:

It must be fowl play.. or maybe vowel play :P - dochanne, 2009-05-18: 03:19:00

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Created by: ziggy

Pronunciation: an-i-ver-bos-it-ous

Sentence: Melissa was the most Aniverbositous soul I'd ever happened upon. She would go shopping and refuse to speak to the salesperson unless it was through a pidgeon, she called it using pidgeon English.

Etymology: Ani: derived from animal, verb: from verbal:having plenty to say! Bositous cos it sounds like bossy toes!!

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pidgeon english. heh. - stache, 2008-03-30: 20:44:00

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Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: doc/ter/doo/lit'/ler

Sentence: Dr. John, the local veterinarian, had an uncanny ability to communicate with all animals, except goldfish. Hopefully, what with having purchased "The Idiot's Guide to Goldfish", he'd soon be fluent. Dr. John didn't know quite as many animal languages as that guy in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, or even as many farm dialects as that Dr. Herriot in Yorkshire, but he felt he had a pretty good grip overall. Perhaps he too would one day be known as a regular DrDoolittler.

Etymology: Dr. Doolittle: in children's stories, a doctor who shuns human patients in favor of animals + -er: suffix meaning "one who..."

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I like the word, Jamagra and i am not just being PETty! - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 23:07:00

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