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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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Mascut
Created by: radiogirl
Pronunciation: MAES-kÃt
Sentence: I was enchanted by her appearances, good manners and experience, but when it came to asking her for advice, it turned up she was just a self-assured mascut, as she turned her back on me.
Etymology: mascot + cut
Fraudermalent
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: fraw-derm-ah-lent
Sentence: She had a strict policy to never touch wool, or even wire-haired terriers, stating they were both fraudermalent.
Etymology: fraudulent + derma (of the skin)
Obscazzard
Created by: frostycharlie69
Pronunciation: ob-SCAZ-ard
Sentence: That blasted obscazzard just pricked me! I wasn't expecting that!
Etymology: From "Obscure" and "Hazard"
Cuddleshark
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kud-dul-shark
Sentence: Her arms appeared warm and inviting and her eyes had that come-hither look, but every time he approached her, the vicious fangs of the cuddleshark were revealed.
Etymology: cuddle, cuttle shark
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COMMENTS:
Great word. Such soft savagery. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-31: 18:24:00
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Obfuscactus
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ob-fyewss-cak-tus
Sentence: i was drawn to her, feeling at last that i had found someone kind and caring, unaware that she was actually a well-known obfuscactus
Etymology: obfuscate, cactus
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like a prickly pairing. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-31: 08:03:00
Saguaro, wrong number. - Kyoti, 2007-07-31: 09:37:00
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Pugsbunny
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with Bugs Bunny
Sentence: Geraldine was the office pugsbunny. She looked like that old stereotype of a kindly librarian, but underneath that cardiganned, bunned, spectacled exterior, she had a heart of steel and never pulled her punches.
Etymology: pug (short for pugilist) + bunny (sl. rabbit) + Bugs Bunny (smart alec rabbit cartoon character)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-31: 12:01:00
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Shreddybear
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: shreddy/bare
Sentence: To prepare their child for the cruel world they gave him a shreddybear which bit him every time he cuddled it
Etymology: shred + teddy bear
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COMMENTS:
Tough love! And tell me, did the child grow up to be a money lender - and put "the bite" on others? Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-31: 18:18:00
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Sharpfuzlic
Created by: FreakinDuh
Pronunciation: Sharp-fuzz-lick
Sentence: "That's so sharpfuzlic!" A woman said after sitting on a pointy bush she thought was grass.
Etymology: Sharp + Fuzz
Foolfur
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: FOOL-fur
Sentence: Alex's trip across country meant many agonising nights under foolfur blankets in seedy backwater motels.
Etymology: fool + faux fur
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:
I like it - mdmquincy, 2007-08-01: 18:41:00
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