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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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Petificient
Created by: monde
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Etymology: Mashword: mashes 'pet' and 'beneficient'.
Hareapparent
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hay rap par ant
Sentence: Bugs was the hareapparent to Bunny's fortune. The family sat aghast as the lawyer rabbitted on....
Etymology: heir apparent hare
Animalianaire
Created by: Syzygy
Pronunciation: animal-ian-aire
Sentence: As the sole heir, Fluffy became an animalianaire several times over.
Etymology: animal and millionaire.
Bestiacope
Created by: LadyPepper
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Etymology: From the Latin "bestia" meaning animal and the "copia" meaning supply
Petherit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pett-herr-it
Sentence: Bartholomew, the pot-bellied pig who was the sole petherit of her grandfather's fortune sure tasted great after he roasted for 3 hours on the rotisserie.
Etymology: pet + inherit
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COMMENTS:
I suppose first came the pig and toast, then the pig out! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:01:00
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Aniqueath
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
Philudicreature
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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Thoroughbread
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: thur-oh-bred
Sentence: Sheba was a thoroughbread. Her late owner had thoroughly breaded her with the whole of his considerable estate.
Etymology: thoroughbred + bread, as in dough, as in moolah
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
Petagreed
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet a greed
Sentence: When wealthy Sir Hamilton Guinness expired, he left his entire estate to PETA, the organization he knew would look after his pet hamster, Heiry. Not only was this hurtful to his daughter Peta, but confusing also, because she was sure he meant her in his will. Her pedigree was not petagreed and so a legal battle ensued. It took the lawyers over 5 years to reach a settlement. The only trouble was that Heiry, like most hamsters only had a lifespan of three years. However, he did have the biggest hamster funeral ever...it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records!
Etymology: Peta (Militant Animal Rights Group-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)& Greed (one of the 7 deadly sins;reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth) & play on Pedigreed (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal) & Pet Agreed (animal that goes along with the decision)
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