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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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Shuggadee
Created by: judyb
Pronunciation: shugg a dee
Sentence: Shuggadee ! You look great !
Etymology:
Patroanimalinguism
Created by: mkoppun
Pronunciation: pat-tro-an-i-ma-lin-gwi-zum
Sentence: Patroanimalinguism is an art form. However, pets don't like it that much.
Etymology: Patronize, Animal, Linguist
Boopyscoop
Created by: Alicia
Pronunciation: Boop/ee/scoop
Sentence: Sarah bent down for her dog. She Boopyscooped it.
Etymology: Boopy: Like A Weird Kind Of Language Scoop: Scooped The Dog Up.
Geekinese
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: geek/in/eez
Sentence: As far as after school jobs go, Sheila was happy enough at PetsRUs. She didn't really mind the poop runs, or even hosing down the cages. There were days however, when she felt if one more potential buyer stood at the puppy window tapping and speaking geekinese, that she would definitely fill out an app over at Orange Julius!
Etymology: geek: A person with an unusual or odd personality. ese: Suffix meaning the language or dialect of.
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COMMENTS:
OMG talk about Pulp Friction...at least at OJ they only pups she'd see would be Pizza Dogs! - Nosila, 2008-08-03: 00:51:00
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Petsperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: peht spur anto
Sentence: she could speak both petsperanto and pigeon English, but rarely had anything of interest to contribute.
Etymology: esperanto, pet
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COMMENTS:
love it - Nosila, 2010-01-04: 09:27:00
Good work - I thought of this one too, then went in to read the words and saw that you had already posted it! - karenanne, 2010-01-04: 12:15:00
wonderful word.....gets my vote. - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:16:00
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Furble
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: FER-buhl
Sentence: Dana's furbling to her shar-pei was beginning to get on my nerves. "Who's a puppy-wuppy? Who's my shaggy-waggy? Who's my woggy-doggie?" Sheesh!
Etymology: fur + burble
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COMMENTS:
Another cute word! And "Who's my shar-peisy daisy?" - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:50:00
And sounds like "verbal". - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 07:44:00
shaggy-waggy - dangerous phrase for a Friday - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:53:00
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Furnicate
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.
Etymology:
Babblassie
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: Should be pretty self-evident.
Sentence: She might have been an English Major, but every time she came across a cute little dog she spewed babblassie.
Etymology: Babble+Lassie one of history's favorite male dogs.
Googoologos
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: goo-guh-lue-gus
Sentence: Cynthia's husband gets so embarrassed when she starts the googoologos when they have company over at their house. Cynthia just goes into this other mode when the dog, Lucy, comes around. No matter how much he tells her how absurd she sounds, googoologos is a refined mode of communication for her and her dog. He's started to keep lucy behind a baby gate in the back bedroom when the guests are there. That way, Lucy is out-of-sight, out-of-mind, and they can have adult conversations with their guests. And no one gets embarrassed.
Etymology: Goo-Goo= baby talk + logos= words, logic
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