Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mal lard kee

Sentence: Dinah Drake was given to talking to her pet Duck, Quacker, and he apparently understood her, much better than her friends and family did. In fact, he thought that when she made noises at him, she was just full of mallardkey!

Etymology: Mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended) & Malarkey (Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive)

| Comments and Points

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /zoo-MYOO-ni-keyt/

Sentence: Trudy always knew she wanted to work with animals, since they were the only ones who seemed to understand her. She would visit the zoo several times a week because she liked to think that she could zoommunicate with the animals there. When there were no other visitors around, she would speak out loud to them, explaining how insensitive and heartless other humans were. Trudy would make her rounds, spending time with different creatures and trying to avoid the crowds. At first the animals at the zoo seemed to show interest in her monologues, but most of them were used to her presence by now and she was beginning to sense their boredom with her. Trudy was going to have to look for another zoo soon — she might even have to move to another city — in order to find a group of animals who were ready for a long-term committment.

Etymology: Zoo - a park or facility where animals are kept (from Greek, zoion "an animal") + Communicate - to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively (from Latin, commūnicāre "to impart, make common")

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Looking at the word alone, I like it, so far. - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:23:00

I am sorry if I have unintentionally "stolen" or plagiarize your word. I have included an alternative verbotomy for today: "Assissiate" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 04:17:00

Oh no, did we post the same word at the same time, Bob? No worries. - Tigger, 2008-03-28: 11:54:00

I could just go with my 2nd choice, "Varminteract" (varmint + interact) as an alternate. - Tigger, 2008-03-28: 12:03:00

Nice sentence. I considered, 'animonologue,' but thought it too one-way. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:48:00

Impossible for me not to vote for this one. "Great" minds, and all that stuff! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 23:41:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: loon a tik

Sentence: Fauna could always understand all animal voices and in particular had a great rapport with all forms of waterfowl. She could translate duckdialect, goosegarble,swanspeak and in particular, loonlingo. In fact, the people she ignored thought her a loonatic, when she spoke loonatalk!

Etymology: Wordplay on Lunatic (a crazy person;insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon) + Loon (a waterfowl)

| Comments and Points

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

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

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

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: PET ah gog

Sentence: The reason Ann Noy talks with animals is that no people WANT to talk with her. She is a petagogue, spewing her dog-ma all the time. She talks until she's horse. People are too cowed by her obviously superior intelligence to ox her what she's talking about, and it's too difficult to ferret out the meaning. Everyone ducks when they see her coming, and they just want to bat her away. So she long ago gave up trying to figure out why people were so catty about her, and retreated, tortoiselike, to her cocoon to live out her days as an animal whisperer.

Etymology: pet + pedagogue (a person who teaches, instructs, or talks in a manner that is excessively dogmatic, shows off his or her learnedness or overemphasizes minor details)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Hart-felt story...porpoiseful and not boaring! - Nosila, 2010-06-04: 23:55:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dīəfrôg

Sentence: Unable to find her prince, Jessica is left talking to any number of toads. She’s been known to work her tale off on this one-sided diafrog.

Etymology: dialogue (conversation between two or more people) + frog (a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping) Unwilling alter ego of princes in fairy tales.

| Comments and Points

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: zho-or-ah-kil

Sentence: "The Master demands a sacrifice, David," said Harvey, his canines bared as he paced along the fence next door, "He finds your limited faith insufficient." The labrador stopped and stared through the chain links at him vacantly. David held his head in his hands. Could this be happening? Was he a zooracle or just losing his mind? Either way, he had to silence the persistent animal, so he would silence him with sacrifice. "My fealty to the dark lord will be apparent by this afternoon." He disappeared into house and grabbed his .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, and stalked to his car. The tires squealed and the Ford Galaxie sped off into the city. When the car was a waning mirage the two teenage boys stepped out from behind Sam Carr's house, cackling with laughter and holding a walkie-talkie. "That Berkowitz kid is an IDIOT!" the taller of the two said, as they walked to the black lab and unstrapped the other handset from the dogs collar.

Etymology: zoo - prefix relating to animals, oracle - a chosen person who can interpret normally unintelligible communications from non-human sources

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

I considered 'oracle' as a component. I was thinking along the lines of, 'animoracle.' Nice combination. - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:27:00

oh...my...god. er, dog. - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:38:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:24:00

Wow, Banky! Very imaginative theory on the 'Son of Sam' serial killer story, (in case anyone didn't catch that), and, I might add, chillingly morbid. Great stuff. - Tigger, 2008-03-30: 03:42:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

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)

| Comments and Points

Created by: kashman

Pronunciation: anee-mun-sea-ate

Sentence: Lauren has always been an animal lover. Her parents supported her animunciation hoping that it's just a phase in her growing up life. But when they were told by Lauren's teachers that she animunciates with the rats and frogs in her school's biology lab, they knew something was wrong. Later on when she went to college and one Thanksgiving week they received a call from her that she is bringing "someone" with her, it got them all excited. Finally, the Thanksgiving day arrived and the door bell rang; Lauren's parents opened the door beamingly to find her animunciating with a dog!

Etymology: Animal + Enunciate (to speak clearly)

| Comments and Points

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

----------------------------
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

----------------------------

| Comments and Points