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DEFINITION: n. A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on a direct level with any type of animal, except for human beings. v. To talk to animals because you know that communicating with people is useless.
Verboticisms
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Zoochat
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: zoo' - chat
Sentence: Jodi was a real quackadoodle when it came to the animal kingdom, she much preferred to zoochat with the animals than the human race
Etymology: zoo ( Gr. animals) + chat (talk, converse, communicate)
Anipurr
Created by: spotthecat1
Pronunciation: anee-purr
Sentence: The girl was so busy anipurring that she failed to notice that the rat had chewed off her earlobe.
Etymology: animal + purr
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COMMENTS:
I find your sentence very funny, which rather worries me. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:50:00
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Assisiate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: a/see/see/ate
Sentence: Jonathan was in sync with all varities of animals and able to assisiate with them at will.
Etymology: St Frances of Assisi (who could communicate with animals) + associate
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COMMENTS:
nice twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:08:00
I hadn't a clue until I read your etymology. Very nice. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:41:00
Hard for me not to vote for this one. Great minds, and all that stuff! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 23:36:00
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Anication
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)
Ducklipwhisperer
Created by: naxos22
Pronunciation: duck - lip - whisper-er
Sentence: A ducklipwhisperer speaks to ducks
Etymology:
Farmversation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: farm - vur - say - shun
Sentence: Lucy had an inability to talk to humans but could always be found in farmversation with the horses, ducks, cows or goats. Somehow she felt at ease and understood by the animals.
Etymology: farm, conversation
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COMMENTS:
Farma Supra! - Nosila, 2009-05-18: 13:19:00
Prolly has a tough time deciding which pet to eat at Thanksgiving. - Mustang, 2009-05-18: 19:23:00
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Communicat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmyoōnəkat
Sentence: After seeing Cats 37 times Alley felt that she could communicat. She felt that she could speak to her feline friends in their native tongue. She was dissappointed when the guy at the piercing shop politely told her that he was fresh out of implantable whiskers. When she tried to communicat with her human friends they collectively decided that their eccentric chum had gone over the edge. Even though Tom was a bit turned on when Alley started licking herself and purring, he joined in on the planning for an intervention.
Etymology: commune (feel in close spiritual contact with) + communicate (share or exchange information) + cat (a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractile claws)
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COMMENTS:
smart word, twisted sentence...love it - DrWebster111, 2009-05-18: 22:10:00
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Telepetist
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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COMMENTS:
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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Featherbrain
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-28: 01:36:00
Great 'toon, as usual. Thanks for the def, too, leechdude.
stache - 2008-03-28: 17:48:00
thanks, JW.
stache - 2008-03-28: 17:50:00
oops. wrong box.
We are starting our summer season at Verbotomy today -- which means we are re-doing some of favorite Verbotomies from the past. Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-05-18: 10:06:00
Whew...thanks for the update! I thought it was reducks...
Reducks revisited... ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude. ~ James
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