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DEFINITION: n., An animal, usually a much loved pet, whose dead and departed owner has bequeathed a huge sum of money solely for its comfort and care. v. To leave part or all of an estate to a pet animal.
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Anormalitised
Created by: WordSlammer
Pronunciation: A-nor-mali-tised
Sentence: An un normal thing left for a much loved pet from their Anormalitised owner
Etymology:
Petheir
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: pet-(h)air
Sentence: Fluffy, Uncle Bob's petheir apparent, shed on everyone and everything. Lying in his coffin, Uncle Bob even had the silky white strands statically clinging onto his trousers. Dear Uncle Bob got to take some of his beloved Fluffy with him and, according to his will, the rest was left to us to clean after the little furball as long as he lived. After the reading of the will, Fluffy decided to spend the remainder of his life in Uncle Bob's mansion in Hawaii so we had to move there. After all, it was what Uncle Bob wanted.
Etymology: wordplay on pet hair: lovely decorative bits of fur that cling to pants, skirts, walls, pots, pans, food, etc....pet: animal kept for amusement or companionship + heir: one who inherits an estate through a will
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COMMENTS:
petheirlarious - Nosila, 2010-01-19: 17:41:00
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Gerbillionaire
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jur-bil-yuh-nair
Sentence: Nobody thought twice about the stupid little rodent until the old man died and left it his fortune. Now everybody just loves the sweet, adorable gerbillionaire.
Etymology: Gerbil (any burrowing rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae, inhabiting hot dry regions of Asia and Africa and having soft pale fur) + Billionaire (a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, francs, pounds, or the like)
Billionhare
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bill eeeeeee un (h) ayr (h is discretionary)
Sentence: The first thing the billionhare did after the ingeritance came through, was have that ear reduction surgery she had promised herself. She had always felt like a kangaroo trapped in a hare's body. she hoped that eventually she would have the courage to have the pouch enhancement surgery and any other readjustments down under which proved necessary.
Etymology: billionaire, hare
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COMMENTS:
Wowie Zowie ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:48:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:10:00
Love it! BillionHare...is her name WARREN Buffet? - Nosila, 2008-08-22: 21:14:00
I like it; great tale also. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:35:00
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Confur
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/fur
Sentence: It was Edna's last wish to confur all her estate to her much beloved rabbit, who became her sole haresse.
Etymology: confer (bestow) + fur
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COMMENTS:
With that kind of money that rabbit got a lot of tail. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-21: 08:01:00
He cot on to that early in life and had many hare raising adventures - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 10:15:00
With that kind of money there wouldn't be any shortage of confurdantes! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 06:54:00
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Welanim
Created by: Sarahbarah
Pronunciation: Well-ah-nim
Sentence: My friends fish was known as a welanim after she died because she left over 3,000,000 dollars for his care.
Etymology: Wel-Comes from "wealthy", refferning to large amount of mon anim-comes from "animal", pets are all animals
Inhairitor
Created by: lynne61
Pronunciation: in-hair-i-tor
Sentence: When Fluffy was named the inhairitor of Grandpappy's estate, the family swore to fight the inhairitance of beaucoup bucks!
Etymology: inheritance + hair (hairy critter)
Heirhare
Created by: gazissax
Pronunciation: "air-hare"
Sentence: I am suing Grandpa's heirhare for my fair share of the estate.
Etymology: heir -- one who inherits hare - rabbit, bunny, common household pet
Inharetance
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: in hare eh tans
Sentence: Elmer Fudd left a large inharetanse of his carrot patch farm to Bugs Bunny.
Etymology: inherit and hare
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-09-22: 16:44:00
Lots of obvious ways to go today...I think today's winner will likely be the one who got here first.
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB . Thank you OZZIEBOB . ~ James
GENIUS!!! (how'd I miss it)
Yesterday and today's definitions are giving me deja vu. Haven't we done these once before?
maybe we have to branch out and come up with definitions
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WORD!!! but i'm giving Sethyll the crown today