Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: finherit

Sentence: When the old man died he left his fortune to his goldfish. That’s right Bubbles finherited more than a million bucks. The first thing the executor did was purchase a very expensive, heated-seat, gold-plated, designer toilet ”just in case”.

Etymology: fin (a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish) + inherit (receive money, property, or a title as an heir at the death of the previous holder)

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: ben uh FISH ee ayr ee

Sentence: Goldie the goldfish's faithful owner left Goldie his entire (very sizeable) estate, so that she "could continue to live in the manner to which she was accustomed." After Goldie's death, the remainder would go to the owner's favorite charity, Fishies First. The angry relatives, all of whom were cut out of the will, just found it pretty fishy.

Etymology: beneficiary + fish + fishy

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COMMENTS:

Holy Mackerel, what a great word. I'm telling you this just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2010-01-20: 19:20:00

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Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: herehare

Sentence: Mr. Buttomhole's gerbil seemed to strut around more proudly once she became the heirhair apparent.

Etymology: heir 'inheritor' hair 'with hair'

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:03:00

Hear! Hear! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:40:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: hen/i/fish/ee/air/ee

Sentence: Not too many people know that Colonel Sanders left everything to the ones who made his dream a reality. Yes, when he passed his millions were left to his many henificiaries.

Etymology: Hen Benificiary

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COMMENTS:

hahahahaha! Haha! Brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2008-08-22: 04:24:00

I feel a little peckish. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:42:00

I am sure the Colonel "rolled over" when he heard his henificiaries sold out to Taco Bell! - lumina, 2008-08-22: 17:30:00

Eggscellent word! - Nosila, 2008-08-22: 21:15:00

Looks nice; sounds nice, probably tastes nice, too! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:42:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: jerb wil

Sentence: In his last Gerbwill and Testament, Old Man Lemming left all the money he had squirrelled away to his pets, all of whom were rodents and made Bill the Gerbil his executor. His daughter, Peggy Lemming, thought this was an oddicile and hired a lawyer to contest it. The lawyer interrogated all the heirs, including the rat and the mouse, who both squealed. As he suspected, the rodents had hamstered the Old Man's meds, so that he got confused and rewrote the new gerbwill. Peggy got her revenge on the rodents when she used her inheritance to buy several large cats for the mansion.

Etymology: Gerbil (pet rodent) & Will (a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die)

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Created by: BSqueeze4

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ˈanə - ˈkwēT͟H

Sentence: Miss Helmsley wished now she had killed him herself, for the estate she thought was all hers, had been aniqueathed to Scruffy!

Etymology: "ani" (from animal) + "queath" (from bequeath = to declare, given by will

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: bee - skweek

Sentence: Elvira loved her pet mice; so much so that she made a huge besqueak to them in her will. She provided $1,000,000 for the purpose of supporting her three blind mice and another $250,000 each for the ones who could see.

Etymology: bequeath,bequest, squeak

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: fill-OOD-uh-cree-chur

Sentence: Joe was a wealthy mortgage broker, but his dearth of endearing qualities left him without friends, family or hares. Just before his demise, he left his estate, including stork options, to the only living thing which did not despise him - his groundchuck, Speedbump. A thorough analysis of Speedbump's petfolio revealed him to be the wealthiest PHILUDICREATURE in North America , and got him on the covers of both Forbes and People magazines as "The Financial World's Richest Rodent"- A title envied by by many Cheap Executive Officers.

Etymology: Prefix PHIL-loving : having an affinity for (late latin)+LUDICROUS: meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish + CREATURE: a lower animal; especially : a farm animal Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare.....thus: PHILUDICREATURE

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COMMENTS:

After a week of petsitting, I'm back. Now we can ALL sing along: http://www.neilinnes.org/audio/audio.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:39:00

always lots of pun and games on Fridays - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 15:29:00

I think Joe was a "philudicrit" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:53:00

Mister Slater's Parrot was a philidicreature- but a lovable one. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 07:31:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: ham - stair

Sentence: Henrietta left her favorite pet, Helena, the bulk of her fortune. She wanted to make sure that her BFF Hamster was pampered, pleased, petted and perfumed until the day she too passed into the next world. Before Henrietta died, she even started referring to Helena as her special hamstheir.

Etymology: Hamster (rodent, often kept as a pet), Heir (someone who inherits money, position or posessions).

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