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DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. To speak to an animal using an invented language.
Verboticisms
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Petoral
Created by: SteveMB1959
Pronunciation: pet-oral
Sentence: My dog understands me when I speak 'petoral'.
Etymology: Petoral: To speak 'pet-talk'
Furnicate
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.
Etymology:
Critterfranca
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: cri-ter-frank-a
Sentence: He used to love sitting on his favorite bench in the park - until SHE started showing up each morning muttering in critterfranca to her poodle.
Etymology: critter (animal/pet) + franca (from lingua franca - any lanugage used as a way of speaking to others who speak different languages)
Snuggleswap
Created by: happyhippy
Pronunciation: u say it how u spell it!
Sentence: snuggleswap-- chosen becuase when talking to a pet in this way u want to feel phisical closeness with the animal, or to snuggle. also the swap part of the word is because, aswell as the human urge to understand things, for instace the pet's mind, but also as u want to let the paet know what u r thing,in short u want to swap secrets, so therefore came about the word - snuggleswap
Etymology:
Oogywoogywoo
Created by: XLilDevilGirlX
Pronunciation: oo ge woo ge woo
Sentence: aren't u a oogywoogywoo. yer u r. yer u r.
Etymology: ok i'm not gonna lie (coz i can't think of 1 to say @ this moment in time) i totally made up oogywoogywoo so it doesn't have a meaning.Which makes it even better coz then u can think of 1 urself so let ur imagintion run wild.
Dramaticpaws
Created by: carpefactum
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Whenever Muffy talked to her cat, it always seemed like a long dramaticpaws.
Etymology:
Lingoogoo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lin goo goo
Sentence: When Lisa talked to her pup, Pugsley, she always spoke in lingoogoo. It was a made-up baby talk that made her sound like an idiot and embarrassed the heck out of poor Pugsley, especially in front of the other dogs.
Etymology: Lingo (a characteristic language of a particular group) & Goo Goo (what people say in baby talk)
Spoilspiel
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: sp-oil-sp-eel
Sentence: Mariah's husband says that one day the dog will tell her to shut up with the spoilspiel and hand her a dictionary. Aww Arabella arhhy arey aww, said Minnie to her beloved pooch.
Etymology: Spoil- pamper or overindulge. Spiel- glib speech.
Zooyak
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ZOO-yak
Sentence: Bob preached that by means of Zooyak, his zoomenhoff-like language, the wolf shall lie down with the lamb.
Etymology: Blend of ZOO: (Gk) an animal & YAK (slang): to talk, chatter
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COMMENTS:
BOOYAH for ZOOYAK and Preacher Bob!
You've outdone yourself, Ozziebob. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:49:00
Very good, critterally speaking. - Mustang, 2008-08-01: 16:32:00
Oogachukka for zooyak, Bob, wolves love ewe! - Nosila, 2008-08-01: 19:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-08: 04:52:00
Great definition remistram! Outstanding submissions already! Gonna be hard voting today.
Jabberwocky - 2007-06-08: 12:11:00
I wish I could vote for every word today
jadenguy - 2007-06-08: 12:16:00
I guess everybody's creative juices are flowing since the weekend is upon us. Contentment envelops us like a warm wind on a brisk morning stroll.
ziggy41 - 2007-06-08: 12:40:00
ahh that's got to be an exact replica of my dog in the pic!
ErWenn - 2007-06-08: 14:04:00
Holy crap, there's a lot of good words today!
Verbotomy received a very positive review today in the The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. The story quotes words created by Stevenson0, Clayton and Rikboyee. See more: The Globe and Mail: Getting together to make up words.
Jabberwocky - 2007-06-08: 15:18:00
figures ziggy41 would have a k9
jadenguy - 2007-06-08: 15:43:00
I want a pug but I'm often concerned about not noticing it where i walk.
texmom - 2007-06-08: 21:44:00
It really was hard to choose. Petois just had that touch of class.
administraitor - 2007-06-09: 17:58:00
Toronto’s venerable “Mop & Pail” as the paper is affectionately known, is what led me to Verbotomy on Friday. My first instinct was to submit “Doggerel” then realized that it was in no way sufficiently twisted to survive! I’m looking forward to a lotta laffs with this!
mplsbohemian - 2007-06-10: 19:58:00
Dang, I just came up with a much better word, and it's too late for me to enter it: gerbilish!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James