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DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
Verboticisms
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Koalalusion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: co-ALL-ah-loo-zhun
Sentence: His online profile described him as someone who "likes to cuddle by the fire", but when he showed up at her door clad in black leather with a tatoo proclaiming that he slept with her mother, Sue quickly realized she had just hooked-up with yet another koalalusion.
Etymology: koala, illusion
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COMMENTS:
poor sue, seems like she has a bad habit... - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 15:39:00
She shouldn't have had such high expectations when she signed up at the dating service Letch.com - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-23: 16:58:00
Another aussie creature in the list! - petaj, 2007-01-24: 02:11:00
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Prickeley
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: prickeley
Sentence: i am not cute i am prickeley
Etymology: prickking
Kittytankerous
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kit/ee/tang/ker/uhs
Sentence: Bosses have to be kittytankerous individuals to get their job done.
Etymology: kitty + cantankerous
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COMMENTS:
What about teachers? - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 12:58:00
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Trickupines
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: trick-yoo-piynz
Sentence: Some cacti look cute and fluffy, but when you go to hug them you find out they are trickupines.
Etymology: trick+porkupines or trick+you+porkupines (i just noticed this, wasn't intended, lol)
Confusting
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: confewsting
Sentence: he was stung by a most confusting creature.
Etymology:
Indistofuzzitravile
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: in-di-stow-fuzz-it-ra-vile
Sentence: Although She became very attractive over the last couple of beers; I had to remind myself that she was indistofuzzitravile.
Etymology: in + distance + fuzzy + travel + vile
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COMMENTS:
wow that's alot of letters. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 17:08:00
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Quillpillow
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: qwill-pill-oh
Sentence: Jen was a quillpillow in that she seemed soft but was in fact prickly and hostile.
Etymology: quill + pillow
Angoratack
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: ang-gora-tak
Sentence: Hermione was being a complete angoratack again, despite Hugh having gone to the trouble of buying wine and flowers on his way home.
Etymology: from angora (the softest, most beautiful fluffy wabbit fur) and tack (a small sharp nail with flat head). Most applicable in Hermione's case.
Trickulent
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: trick you lent
Sentence: He seemed so nice on the internet, but his harsh criticisms and vile asides revealed a truly trickulent side.
Etymology: tricking + truculent (cruel, savage)
Comments:
allwise - 2007-01-23: 02:28:00
he he, nice sentence =)