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DEFINITION: v. To leave your pet, child or lover in the care of a friend or relative who teaches them a stupid trick or bad habit. n. A stupid trick or bad habit learned from a caregiver.
Verboticisms
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Cawrupt
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: caw rupt
Sentence: My biggest pollygripe about picking up my pet parrot,Polly Walnuts, from my brother after my vacation was to find that he tried to cawrupt the Gullible bird. Instead of saying his usual "Polly wanna cracker", my brother taught him to swear and to answer the phone and impersonate others. He'd say his name was Capt.Jack Sparrow or Peter Finch or Walter Pigeon or Bird Reynolds or Jay Leno or Dan Quail or Denny Crane or Robin Leach or Russell Crow or Feather Locklear or Placido Flamingo. He also taught him rude sentences like, "Come over and I'll show you a cockatoo" or "You should see the big Parakeets in the next cage" and "You're a Raven Loonatic". One thing about birds is that you cannot unteach them to say something once it is wired into their tiny brains on a Condor that they aren't too Swift and that is something that is very hard to Swallow!
Etymology: corrupt (alter from the original;place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; containing errors or alterations)& Caw (a sound made by birds)
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COMMENTS:
That gave your parrot something to crow about. - Mustang, 2008-12-10: 22:48:00
This is funny....got my vote... - mweinmann, 2008-12-11: 18:27:00
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Nannierism
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nan/ni/riz/um
Sentence: We just put our three-year olds ability to swear with an accent down to another nannierism learned from his live-in babysitter.
Etymology: NANNIERISM - noun - from NANNY (a person employed to care for children in a household) + MANNERISM (Exaggerated, or affected style, or habit, as in dress, or speech)
Cusstoadyan
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: kuss/tow/deean
Sentence: Ever since little Gerry started spending time with his reprobate uncle he has picked up several unsuitable phrases for members of the family. It's no wonder because his uncle is a cusstoadyan.
Etymology: custodian + cuss + toady
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COMMENTS:
Great interplay! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:26:00
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Surrohgreat
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sir-oh-grate
Sentence: I hesistated to let my brother watch my child as he proved his status as a surrohgreat last time when he taught her a score of filthy limericks.
Etymology: surrogate + oh great!
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COMMENTS:
Took me a moment to parse this one, but it made me chuckle when it clicked. - ErWenn, 2008-02-26: 10:12:00
it sort of reminds me of sewer grate which would be a grate place for filthy limericks - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:24:00
Wouldn't you like to gate the mouths on the sirs who are surrohgreats! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:07:00
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Swindlebreaker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: swin/dil/brake/ur
Sentence: Joey was supposed to keep our puppy on a rigorous diet while we were away but instead fed it junk food which lead to uncontrolable farting. Henceforth we think of Joey as a swindlebreaker.
Etymology: swindle (take advantage of, cheat) + break wind
Nipinthebeak
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: nip - in - the - beek
Sentence: Someone's in the kitchen with Mynah! Someone taught him to say "*****". Help! I don't know how to stop Mynah from saying that! How do I nipinthebeak?
Etymology: Play on "Nip in the Bud" which means to stop it before it gets worse. Beak: bird's bill, slang term for mouth. Obviously, the cartoon inspried this bit of nonesense.
Zootard
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /zo-o-tard/ (note: each of the “o”s is a distinct sound as in “zoology,” for example; /zu-tard/ is INcorrect)
Sentence: Q. “Can you believe it?! We left our pet beagle with my idiot brother-in-law for a mere fortnight and that zootard taught it how to leg-hump anyone who sits in my favourite recliner!” A. “What’s so strange about that? I thought all dogs leg-hump?” Q. “Male dogs do. But Betsy’s a bitch!”
Etymology: zoo – fr. Greek for “animal” -tard – a slang root derived from the word “retard”
Misdeminder
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss de mine der
Sentence: Rex's new misdeminers had increased since she left him for a fortnight with her teenage nephew. Chief among the new ones was his ability to whip the knickers off any visiting lady who got near enough to pat his head.
Etymology: misdemeanor, minder
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 11:28:00
like it - yellowbird, 2008-02-26: 15:28:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:00:00
So innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:10:00
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Aninnoyance
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: ani-noi-ance
Sentence: The whole family was frustrated when they found that their parrot suddenly had a bad case of tourrets syndrome. This aninnoyance must have been tought by grandpa while the family was on vacation in Australia.
Etymology: animal + annoyance
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COMMENTS:
Very inventive sentene and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:21:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James