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'Yuck! Your dog is trying to kiss me!'

DEFINITION: n. Embarrassing pet behavior; may be perfectly natural for the pet, but often makes humans feel self-conscious or ill at ease. v. To be embarrassed by your pet's beahviour

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Petpeeved

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: pet PEEVD

Sentence: Kitty was really petpeeved about her dog's behavior whenever people would come to visit. He growled at men and was rovereager to "greet" all the women. He petstered them until they felt quite roverwhelmed.

Etymology: pet + peeved (bothered, annoyed); a play on "pet peeve"

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dog-gone good word...loved rovereager/roverwhelmed! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 12:11:00

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Decorbum

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: deck/or/bum

Sentence: After a healthy bout of bottom sniffing and leg hugging, Amanda finally managed to persuade Rex to let her girlfriend enter the apartment. Whilst she made coffee for them both, Rex displayed great decorbum as he gave his balls a thorough licking.

Etymology: decorum (good manners) + bum (your rear end)

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OMG, that sentence is so funny!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-27: 07:56:00

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Mortifido

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: more-ti-FIE-do

Sentence: The mortifido exhibited by Angie's cockupspaniel completely destroyed the dog show arena and left Angie with a sheep(dog)ish look on her face

Etymology: mortified + Fido

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"cockupspaniel"... that's priceless! - pinwheel, 2007-04-27: 07:07:00

Very good! I tried the Fido path too... best I could come up with was Fi-don't. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-27: 08:00:00

Excellent word Petaj - as usual - you get my vote - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-27: 09:03:00

petaj Thanks Jabberwocky - this week has been much easier for me than Vonnegut week - that was a real struggle to come up with words. - petaj, 2007-04-27: 21:11:00

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Beastiamity

Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: beest-ee-am-i-tee

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Petophile

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: petəfīl

Sentence: There is a rule at the dog park that no children under 12 should enter the off-leash area. To do so often results in the children being knocked over and petophiled by most of the male and many of the female dogs present. Looks like that **Birds & Bees** talk may need to be moved up on the calendar.

Etymology: pet (a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure and treated with care and affection) + pedophile (a person who is sexually attracted to children)

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Petophile

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: pet-uh-fahyl

Sentence: As soon as he saw the 5 foot, 100 pound woman being dragged behind the 85 pound labrador he knew he was about to be petophiled.

Etymology: Pet - Defile

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Petabarrassment

Created by: totalyclipse

Pronunciation: pet a barr assment

Sentence: He was diagnosed with petabarrassment.

Etymology: Said to be from Greek penta (five) with the middle letter removed, as if the previously coined prefix tera- had been formed in the same way from Greek tetra (four).

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Snuffleupaguest

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: snuf-full-up-a-gest

Sentence: My future mother-in-law had just walked in the door when much to my chagrin-tintin, my dog, Ernie, decided it was an appropriate moment to stick his nose in her crotch and snuffleupaguest.

Etymology: snuffle up a guest, snuffleupagus (A Sesame Street character with a very long nose.)

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COMMENTS:

That's...that's a fantastic word. - ErWenn, 2007-04-27: 09:19:00

petaj When Ernie is behaving himself does he snuggleupaguest? - petaj, 2007-04-27: 21:26:00

Love chagrin-tintin too! - wordmeister, 2007-04-29: 05:57:00

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Fur pas

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ferr-pah

Sentence: His dog burying its face into his new girlfriends groin was an embarrassing Fur Pas

Etymology: Fur, Faux Pas

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Werpet

Created by: raenpayne

Pronunciation:

Sentence: as a noun: ugh, don't be such a werpet! sir, your dog is a werpet. as a verb: stop werpetting my leg.

Etymology: wer - middle egyptian - bad + pet modern english - an animal companion which may or may not be considered an equal or a lower being depending on the number of tree huggers in your area

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-27: 00:02:50
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-27: 00:03:45
Yes the rumors are true. This week we are offering the The Verbotomy Cup as prize for the top player of the week. See details on the Verbotomy Blog ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-27: 12:54:00
Hi Verbotomy, Those cups (mugs)are really great. Would it be possible for any of us to purchase ones even if we don't win?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-27: 23:57:00
Hi Jabberwocky, Glad you like the Verbotomy Cup! It is our wampeter, and as such I don't think we would sell it, because that might turn it into a MacGuffin. ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-04-28: 01:07:00
Is it our waxing or waning wampeter? What's the other one (since a karass always has exactly two wampeters)?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-28: 08:49:00
I believe it is still waxing. And think that Dan Pink's right brain is the other wampeter. ~ James

mana1066 - 2007-05-06: 23:04:00
some of that went right over my head. whine! i want a cup too!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-04: 07:54:00
Quit a tail from the punster extrordinaire! Poor FIDO is the Lee Harvey Oswald of doggie misbehavior.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-13: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James