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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
Verboticisms
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Undognified
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: un - dog - nif - fide
Sentence: Marissa's was embarrassed at Fido's undognified behavior on Thanksgiving. Although he was affectionate and housebroken, he thrust his head under Aunt Mabel's skirt repeatedly, grabbed a piece of Turkey from Uncle Fester's mouth and exhibited sexual behavior on Grandpa's leg while Grandpa ate his Pumpkin Pie.
Etymology: undignified (lacking dignity), dog
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COMMENTS:
good one! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 12:13:00
heh! - galwaywegian, 2009-11-14: 14:33:00
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Mortifido
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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COMMENTS:
"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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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
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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Petpeeved
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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COMMENTS:
dog-gone good word...loved rovereager/roverwhelmed! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 12:11:00
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Pawfensive
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: pah-FENS-iv
Sentence: Woofie doesn't mean to be pawfensive, he LIKES you!
Etymology: paw, offensive
Pettiquette
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: PET i ket
Sentence: Herb's labrador Bert had a dogs' pettiquette when greeting strangers. While it was embarrassing for Herb, Bert felt it natural to taste a stranger.
Etymology: From: ettiquette and pet.
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COMMENTS:
petticularly good word! - Nosila, 2009-11-14: 00:36:00
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Crotchsniff
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: crotch-sniff
Sentence: "I... don't put dog food in my pants," Mary said, awkwardly fending off the dog's crotchsniff. She was awful at first dates.
Etymology: "crotch sniff" possibly the most embarrassing experience with another person's pet
Embareassment
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: embarasmənt
Sentence: When the family went to the beach, they always took their golden retriever Sam. He was good at keeping an eye on the kids. When he attempted to stop Sarah from going in the water by grabbing her swim suit they all laughed that it looked like the old Coppertone ads. Now that Sarah is 16, they aren\'t laughing so much. Now it’s just an enbareassment.
Etymology: embarassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + bare ass
Nonmannerism
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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Dogamantitas
Created by: LogoEggoGurl
Pronunciation: Dog/Ga/Man/Ti/Tas
Sentence: wow that women has dogamantitas!
Etymology: i is a made to explain that it is a survare disease and its cant we cured ( it is only exposied to ure body when u r by a dog or u lick a dog or com in sexual contact with a dog this cant happen with a cat!)
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COMMENTS:
wow domantitas id hate to get that!!!!1 - LogoEggoGurl, 2007-04-29: 15:16:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
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?
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
Is it our waxing or waning wampeter? What's the other one (since a karass always has exactly two wampeters)?
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!
Quit a tail from the punster extrordinaire! Poor FIDO is the Lee Harvey Oswald of doggie misbehavior.
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James