Verboticisms

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

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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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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COMMENTS:

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

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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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: choo mil ee ay ted

Sentence: When Hugo brought his puppy home, everyone thought that it was adorable. As time went by though, it developed a bad habit of gnawing on leather goods, particularily shoes. Hugo was chewmiliated to find that when he held an anniversary party for his parents that the dog had destroyed all the guests' shoes left at the front door. Shredded beyond recognition, all that was left was a pile unwearable footwear. That dog had sole alright...

Etymology: Chew (biting and grinding in your mouth)& Humiliated (embarrassed by;mortified;made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride)

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: non-man-er-ism

Sentence: My dog's most striking nonmannerism is her tendency to rub her butt on the stairs (for some obscure medical reason). My little brother, watching this, tried to imitate her and ended up getting carpet burn on his rear.

Etymology: from non + "man" + mannerism

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COMMENTS:

That story is so funny it must be true! - wordmeister, 2007-04-28: 22:49:00

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Created by: sabbychankicksass

Pronunciation: pet/tra/fido

Sentence: When the neighbor's dog begins to engage in "petrifido" all over my face , I think to myself I will have to wash my face when I get home...

Etymology: the words pet, petrified and fido combined to make one word

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: jen-et-ee-cat

Sentence: Miss Smythe was rather embarrased when Felix spayed the furniture in front of her guests. But she accepted that it was part of her puss's geneticat.

Etymology: genetic (influenced by genes) + cat (a domesticated feline) + etiquette (a code for social behaviour)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: zoo mil ee ayt

Sentence: Although Andrea was very fond of her new love, John, a rich doctor (her Mother would be delighted), she was afraid of going to his place for the first time. He had loads of animals and she feared that they might zoomiliate her, because she was not fond of them and they might sense it. Her worst phobias were realized that first night when the dogs dogged her, the cats were purrfectly awful to her, the hamsters hampered her, the budgies bugged her, the rabbits were rabid to her, the parrot parodied her, the ferrets fretted her, the turtles left her shell-shocked, the horses gave her nightmares, the cows bullied her, the goats and sheep treated her baaaadly and the chickens were fowl to her. She ran off never to return. Dr.John Doolittle then turned to his flock and thanked them for getting rid of the gold-digger!

Etymology: Zoo (Menagerie;group of animals housed in a place) & Humiliate (embarrass;mortify;shame)

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COMMENTS:

daaaaaamn, you're good - galwaywegian, 2009-11-13: 04:22:00

do you guys play Verbotomy at 4:00 in the morning while I am still sleeping? - mweinmann, 2009-11-13: 07:42:00

By the way, I love your word...you seem to be in "full gear" while I am not yet awake! - mweinmann, 2009-11-13: 07:43:00

Being on Mountain Standard Time, I get the new word at 10:00 each night...so it's usually the last thing I do before I fall into the arms of Morpheus! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 12:09:00

You did it again - another fantastic word and sentence! I'm on easter standard time and can't stay awake till midnight to get the new word. - splendiction, 2009-11-13: 19:50:00

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Created by: fionnabhair

Pronunciation: PUP'lik

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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