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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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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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Petriloquist
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pet/ril/o/quist
Sentence: A petriloquist is an interpeter who can understand and mimic pets.
Etymology: pet + ventriloquist
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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Drdoolittler
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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COMMENTS:
I like the word, Jamagra and i am not just being PETty! - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 23:07:00
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Confaunabulation
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: kôn-fôn-āb'yə-lā'shən
Sentence: Most often, the conversations between Cindy and her overweight but handsome cat, Nigel, were rather one-sided. In the mornings, he screamed to be let into the bedroom or out, or she screamed at him to SHUT UUUUUPPPPP!!!! However, in their most private moments, when the kids had been put to bed, and after John was long gone to slumberland, their confaunabulations were deep, personal and rewarding to them both.
Etymology: con, Australian adaptation, "one sentenced to penitence;" faun, derived from fawn, Middle English faunen, from Old English fagnian, to rejoice, from fagen, fægen, glad, to exhibit affection or attempt to please; ab, shortened form of abdomen, Latin abdōmen, belly, the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; ulation, shortened form of ululation, from pp. stem of ululare "ululate," a reduplicated imitative base (cf. Gk. ololyzein "to cry aloud," Skt. ululih "a howling," Lith. uluti "howl," Gael. uileliugh "wail of lamentation," O.E. ule "owl"), a howling or wailing.
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COMMENTS:
great word stache - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 13:54:00
thanks jw - stache, 2008-03-28: 17:51:00
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Commanicate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kom-AN-eh-kayt
Sentence: Meredith seems to have a natural rapport with all kinds of critters and is even able to commanicate with them directly.
Etymology: Blend of 'communicate' (the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information) and 'animal' (major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa).
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)
Varminister
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: var-min-ist-er
Sentence: Having lost the backing of the people, Hillary surprisingly turned to varministry.
Etymology: varmint+ minister= varminister
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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Mallardkey
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mal lard kee
Sentence: Joan owned a pet duck which she named Sir Francis Drake. She was able to communicate with him very well. He became a therapist for her, as she told him all her problems and dreams. He listened and gave her very clear advice. Some people thought it was all mallardkey, really... getting advice from a duck! One day, she asked Sir Drake how much she should pay him for his valuable service. "Don't worry", he said "I'll send you my bill!"
Etymology: Mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended) & Mallarkey (insincere or foolish talk; misinformation)
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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