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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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Animavocalism
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: an e mah voc ah liz um
Sentence: She mumured sweet animavocalisms in the horse's ear as she urged him towards the starting line for the big race.
Etymology: anima - concerning animals vocalism - spoken
Critterspeak
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT - ehr - speek
Sentence: Clarissa had an emotional bond with her pets that bordered on derangement and had even gone so far as to develop an entire vocabulary of critterspeak that she sometimes absent mindedly used when conversing with people.
Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (any creature) and 'speak'.
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COMMENTS:
BORDERED on derangement? Methinks she was Home, Home on deranged.... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:46:00
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Snoogiewoogie
Created by: kietra
Pronunciation: SNOO-gee-WOO-gee
Sentence: As soon as she saw my cat, she reverted to snoogiewoogie, the primal language of oxytosin.
Etymology: Snoogiewoogie doesn't make sense, but it's a great example of a word someone might say.
Furnicate
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.
Etymology:
Dogguage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dog/gwij
Sentence: Jenny's language of choice for her three pups was dogguage. Even though it was gobbledygook to everyone else and sounded cutsey-wutsey, her pups were bonded to her and understood every rhyming couplet of her dogguage and loved her for it.
Etymology: DOGGUAGE - noun - from DOG + LANGUAGE
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COMMENTS:
Very clever. - Mustang, 2008-08-01: 16:31:00
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Crittergibber
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: KRIH-tuhr-jihb-uhr
Sentence: Alex's frustration at his girlfriend's constant crittergibber to her fish was no so much about the noise per se, as the fact that she was truly unaware the fish couldn't reply.
Etymology: critter + gibberish. The word for this definition, ideally, is really cutesy.
Squeakinese
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skwēkənēz
Sentence: Julie had her own language for communicating with her Pookie. Her boyfriend refers to it as Squeakinese. Whenever she gets started he has to leave the room to keep his ears from bleeding.
Etymology: squeak (a short, high-pitched sound or cry)+ Pekinese (a lapdog of a short-legged breed with long hair and a snub nose, originally brought to Europe from the Summer Palace at Beijing [Peking] in 1860)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-01-04: 09:36:00
clever...best one today!! - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:14:00
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Scoobydoobedobedoo
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Skoo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
Sentence: When Sally's husband found that her dog Snookypie had once again done a whoopsie on the carpet, he gave her an ultimation, it was either him or the mutt. Sally was horrified. She told him that Snookypie was really upset by his actions and when she started to speak the usual scoobydoobedoo in the dogs ear he immediately went upstairs to pack.
Etymology: See famous cartoon Scoobydoo.
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COMMENTS:
Makesyawannakill, doesn't it?
You stuck a nerve, Tjayzz. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:29:00
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Petronize
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: pet re naiz
Sentence: Don't petronize me - feed me!
Etymology: pet + patronize
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COMMENTS:
Bear with me - just found you guys. This is fun! - administraitor, 2007-06-08: 12:00:00
Wow - excellent start - great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:34:00
Agreed. I'm pretty new here, too. A lot of these people are out for blood, so watch your back. Fair warning, and welcome, comrade. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 13:11:00
Don't listen to Clayton, he's feeling a bit petkish today. We're all fine verbfolk! Welcome aboard! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 14:12:00
I'm pretty new here, too, and so far I'm enamored with the experience. It's a great chance to use words differently and reshape the language to suit the ever-present specter of urban lifestyle with which it has yet be afflicted. Plus we can use words good! It's great silly fun for people who love communicating, too. And I think Clayton's just ribbing you, these are great folks. - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 15:09:00
Just being silly, of course. And trying to psych out some of the competition. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 16:28:00
Great word! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-09: 10:16:00
I'm gonna use that one - hatman003, 2007-06-09: 23:53:00
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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