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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.
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Uebluit
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: you blue it
Sentence: My wife gave me the uebluit eye, letting me know I was sleeping on the couch tonight.
Etymology: From the Latin: ueble, a person who makes mistakes.
Condogle
Created by: Nimbulan
Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul
Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.
Etymology: Condem, Ogle.
Petantic
Created by: gobidesert
Pronunciation: pet-an-tic
Sentence: The cat has been petantic all morning -- perhaps we should take it for a walk?
Etymology: Variation on pedantic.
Sniveleyes
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snivəlīz
Sentence: Tom always felt bad when he came home from work to find his dog and cat peering out the window as if they had been there forever. They would present him with their very best sniveleyes treatment as if they had been weeping all day long. The whole scenario changed when he found out the the wet eyes were a result of them being allergic to each other.
Etymology: snivel (complain in a whining or tearful way) + eyes (a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see) a play on civilize
Remonstraglaze
Created by: Durotriges
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Neither wine,roses nor soothing words could deflect the remonstraglaze that Rebecca turned upon him.
Etymology: remonstrate/ gaze/ glaze
Incrimiscowl
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-krim-uh-skoul
Sentence: Even after giving Boots the entire bag of catnip her incrimiscowl still remained but soon became distracted by her tail and happily chased it for hours afterwards.
Etymology: incriminate + scowl
Stareliputation
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I used my power of stipulation to shut my wifes mouth about the party.
Etymology: stare + manipulation
Pouttle
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊdḷ/
Sentence: The default expression of my dog is a pouttle, so I can forgive him, but humans who do it make me want to smack them.
Etymology: sounds like "pout" but more cutesy
Critiseyes
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cri/ti/size
Sentence: Each day when she left for work her cat would critiseyes her from the tiny opening in the living room shutters.
Etymology: criticize + eyes + critter
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COMMENTS:
should this perhaps be spelled critterseyes? - MrDave2176, 2007-10-22: 17:16:00
good one MrDave - that would have been better - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 05:56:00
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Gulk
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: Gulk.
Sentence: v.: Fido couldn't stop gulking at me when I arrived from my vacation. n.: My mom gives me her full-on gulk whenever I forget calling.
Etymology: Gulk: Guilt + Sulk
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-22: 10:34:00
Came up with this one thanks to my sucky-baby cat.
Your pet inspiration! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
staretling