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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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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”
Manureism
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: man/ur/ism
Sentence: A weekend with his 8 year old twin cousins was all it took to teach the toddler all sorts of manureisms. Talk about potty mouth
Etymology: manure + mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:14:00
Would you like some Mum spray deodorant for the manureism mouths? - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:55:00
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Neglidance
Created by: nickmarziani
Pronunciation: Neg-lah-dance
Sentence: Karen, look at the neglidance little Susie is doing. Your bastard brother must have let her watch MTV again.
Etymology: Negligence + Dance, of course.
Chapercanery
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: shap-er-CAYN-ery
Sentence: While keeping the hunting dog of his brother in law, Denny, while Denny was on vacation Filbert resorted to some underhanded chapercanery to teach the old dog some new and socially unacceptable new tricks.
Etymology: Blend of chaperon and chicanery
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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Malasitterism
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Mal-a-sit-ter-ism
Sentence: Despite all precautions and checking, one cannot totally avoid the possibility that a child will pick up a malasitterism from the babysitter.
Etymology: Mal- Bad / Sitter- Part-time caregiver / ism- habit or manner
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COMMENTS:
Especially if the baby sitter is Mrs. Malaprop! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:59:00
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Rolemuddle
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Rohl-MUHD-l
Sentence: No, no, don't give up. I must put the words into my mind's blender. Beaugross; Impravity; Paracretinize. Damn it, they haven't mixed too well, have they? I must stick to my system to the letter. Faginize -that's a new twist. Don't panic; don't despair. I gotta keep my negativity in check. Peccachickie, braternize, "wickedpedia". I give up, it's all skyscrimble. My mind's in a muddle, a muddle, a muddle. Muddle - that's something a bit more like it - that's it, I think I've got it: "rolemuddle".
Etymology: ROLEMUDDLE: role: part played by a person in life; Muddle: to cause to be confused, mixed up; to muddy
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COMMENTS:
good word! - libertybelle, 2008-02-26: 08:49:00
Oh, this is a good one. Though "faginize" would've been nice too if it weren't for the fact that our Dickens-starved, PC society would probably think to lump the first three letters together instead of the first five. "You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys..." - ErWenn, 2008-02-26: 10:11:00
you certainly ended up with a god word - I go through the same mental gymnastics every morning - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:17:00
sorry - I meant good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 15:54:00
Not only is it an excellent word ... it fits my mind and life to a T today ... sometimes we just have to muddle onward! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:50:00
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Umorupt
Created by: ddove60
Pronunciation: u mor upt
Sentence: "If uncle Mike umorupts one more child in this house, he will not be welcome for next weeks Nascar race."
Etymology: Humor + Corrupt
Harmucation
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: harm you kay shun
Sentence: When Harry met Sally, she was a nice lady, polite, well-mannered, and a delight to see. By example, Harry taught her to pick her nose and scratch her bottom, and to shovel all the food on her plate, to make sure no one else got some. Now, Harry is sorry and sad to tell, his harmucations have made Sally as irritating as ... ahem ... well ... himself!
Etymology: Harm You, Educations - teaching people bad habits is giving them harmucations.
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