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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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Infantidote
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: In-FAN-tih-dote
Sentence: I detest small dogs and those who infantidote upon them.
Etymology: infantile + dote
Animanguage
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ah-n-ih-m-ang-g-w-ih-j
Sentence: Jenny's dog watched her in disgust as she spoke to him using an animanguage which sounded suspicusly like babytalk in front of all of his dog friends.
Etymology: animal+language
Petanticate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet ant ikayt
Sentence: Petula had gone to her Petiotrist many times to try and petanticate better with her pet pug, Petunia. Though a petulant pet, Petunia perpetually tried to pet peeve Petula by pretending not to understand her peticular speech patterns. Finally, Petula put herself in her pooch's persona and put out many puppy perks for Petunia. Amazing what prolific pet perks and persuasive pet lingo can do to persuade a pooch to perform with perfection!
Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement) & Pedantic( marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects) & Communicate (transmit thoughts or feelings or information)
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.
Anigmalia
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's an enigma to me why people speak to their animals in anigmalia.
Etymology:
Gushese
Created by: NathanWolfe
Pronunciation: Hard G as in "gag" Gush pronounced as in "lush" not "push" "ese" pronounced as "eez"
Sentence: "I can't help myself. My fluency in gushese increases exponentially with the strength of my kittens purring."
Etymology: GUSH verb (used without object) 1. to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement 2. to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively -ESE as in Japanese
Petolish
Created by: Wordotwist
Pronunciation: Pet o lish
Sentence: When I first came to the US,I found it far easier to understand the petolish people used to speak to their pets,then the English they spoke to me.
Etymology: A combination of pet and lish as in English,Spanish,yidish etc.Joined by the o sound commonly used by owners in words addressed to pets.
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:
Schmalliewallieschmoopsdedo
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Fuckin sound it out!
Sentence: Jesus, if I type this sentence for reals, I'll never get laid again.
Etymology: Meet me and my bitch, appearing in Austin. 704 bitches
Pookiespiel
Created by: celan1
Pronunciation: poo kee speel
Sentence: Her elaborate pookiespiel with Fido churned my H. pylori.
Etymology: Pookie + Spiel
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