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DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
Verboticisms
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Chompanion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tshom pan yun
Sentence: what had arrived into the household as a cute kitty with huge paws had turned into a lurking chompanion with a constant craving for meat and terrible personal habits. She had frequently felt she should have him removed, but he did keep the place free of encyclopedia salespeople, canvassing politicians and religious groups.
Etymology: companion, chomp
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COMMENTS:
sounds like the pros outweigh the anaCONdas - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:50:00
You really sunk your teeth into this clever create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 15:06:00
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Anthropetmorphize
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Ann-throw-pet-more-fize
Sentence: When I happened upon the fawn and it looked at me with that "deer in the headlights" look--literally--I lost all judgment and wrapped him up in a blanket and took him home. By fall, I realized my tendency to anthopetmorphize Donder had laid waste to my garden, made my yard impassable for all the little deer turds, and put me in violation of several covenant codes. I could see the neighborhood association president measuring Donder with his eyes to see how he might fit in his trophy room.
Etymology: Anthropomorphize (To ascribe human characteristics to things not human) altered to include "pet"
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COMMENTS:
Some guys will do anything for a buck or to make more doe! Good word! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:10:00
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Reptkillian
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: rep + kill + eun
Sentence: Isiah was thrilled with his new pet snake Skinnard, until he attacked his girlfriend, his second cousin and his best friend Marty. When Marty disappeared, Isiah realized that Skinnard was a reptilian sub-species of the special repkillian class and definitely not meant to be a pet.
Etymology: reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles) and kill (cause to die)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Powerful! Terrorific! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:13:00
excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 20:54:00
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Domestigator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dumb esty gay tur
Sentence: Here lies what's left of the body of Dr Dootoolittle, animal domestigator-not-so-extraordinaire
Etymology: domesticator, gator
Fostermamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fos ter mam ba
Sentence: When Ana Conda adopted her baby snake, she was told it was a harmless garter snake which would stay small. But in a few short years it got so big and ate anything in it's path, without the benefit of adder-tives. It was then she discovered she had become a fostermamba to a not-so-civil serpent! Oh, boa-have...
Etymology: Foster (adoptive) & Mamba (poisonous snake) & Wordplayon Foster Mom
Underpestimate
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt
Sentence: One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry.
Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be "pesty mates," as well.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful verbotomy - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
Thanks. This wasn't an easy one! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Admirable! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
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Assassassin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: as-uh-sas-in
Sentence: Harry has a very big heart when it comes to animals in distress. All too often, when he takes in a wild animal as a pet it turns out to be an assassassin. Whether it is a matter of costs, trouble with authorities or bad behavior from his charge, he usually ends up taking a bite in the shorts.
Etymology: ass (buttocks) + assassin (a murderer)
Predpetator
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pred-pet-ah-tore
Sentence: His life insurance application was denied because he mentioned that he was married to a predpetator.
Etymology: predator + pet
Domestigator
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dom esti gay tor
Sentence: Crikey, but the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was a true domestigator. He turned every animal he met into a pet. He put the Pen in Penguin, the M'am in Mamba and the Con in Anaconda. He was a true communigator and an edugator. He found out the hard way that the Pole Cat was not really a cat and he looked out for the wilferal wildlife. Sadly, but ironically, he met his Cregator after having a stinging ray put a hole in his heart. Maybe it was squid pro quo (a favor for a favor) but he never seemed to have reptile dysfunction before that fateful day!
Etymology: domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) & Gator (nickname for an alligator, either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)
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COMMENTS:
Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 01:52:00
Thanks for the early morning chuckle. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-09: 06:38:00
LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for "reptile dysfunction" :) YOU are hilarious! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 08:18:00
Hilarous squid pro quo.....great sentence!! - mweinmann, 2009-04-09: 08:29:00
terrific combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
terrific verbotomies ... greater gator creator! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:03:00
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Aspouse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: as powz
Sentence: When Tina found the tiny snake, she called her Cleo and decided to aspouse her as one of the family. Over the years Cleo grew and grew until she became massive and spent her days and nights hunting around the house. Tina was unaware that Cleo had become smitten with her husband Henry. One day, Tina could not find Henry. She reported him missing and it was not until the police arrived, that they noticed the Henry-shaped bulge inside the snake. "What did your husband do for a living?", asked the policeman. "Why he was an accountant." Tina declared. "Well no wonder Cleo took a fancy to him" said the cop, "he was an adder!"
Etymology: Asp (a variety of viper;cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death)& Espouse (to adopt as one's own;to give your support to something;to wed)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Grazie, Biscotti !Magnifico!
Weasels ripped my flesh....(frank Zappa)
His name was Flipper, Flipper- hangs out with Tuna, caught in a drft net....floats out to sea....
readerwriter - 2009-04-09: 03:29:00
See ya later, Domestigator...In a while, Crocophile!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James