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DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. tr. To speak to an animal using such a language.
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Poodelingo
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /pood-el-ling'-goh/
Sentence: If the way Patti's dog kisses her on the mouth doesn't make you feel nauseous, her cutesy poodelingo probably will.
Etymology: poodle [poodel] - (German, pudel - short for pudelhund) + lingo - language or speech, esp. if strange or foreign (a corrupt form of the Latin, lingua)
Critterjitter
Created by: jeatyet
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The dog did not respond to critterjitter, but the cat did.
Etymology:
Petois
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PET-wah
Sentence: Bob was zoetic in petois from Foxxidental to Pigeon Henglish.
Etymology: PATOIS: "A provincial dialect" - from O Fr "patoier" to handle clumsily, to paw. Perhaps imitative of the sound made by a paw. 2. Non standard language. & PET 3. ZOETIC (zoo & poetic) 4. FOXXIDENTAL (fox & Occidental- an invented language)
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COMMENTS:
I was going to use this word. - xirtam, 2007-12-27: 13:29:00
love zoetic - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-27: 17:42:00
I will use this word every time the baby talk to a cat is used ... short, sweet, and right on the meaning. Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:21:00
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Aniaby
Created by: freakystyley
Pronunciation: Any-A-B
Sentence: If Susan starts Aniaby-ing the dog again, I'm gonna shave its hair tonight!
Etymology: Animal + Babying
Poochiepoo
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: poo chee poo
Sentence: Mariana always speaks poochiepoo with her pet pooch.
Etymology: pooch (from English), coochie coo (from baby talk)
Yapanease
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: yap/an/eez
Sentence: Any breed of dog will readily understand yapanease. It is the easiest of all languages to master.
Etymology: yap + ease
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COMMENTS:
no yapollogies! excellent - galwaywegian, 2007-12-27: 12:44:00
Catchy and cute ... and right on the meaning! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:30:00
Hot diggety dog! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:17:00
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Kisseekisseepoopoonese
Created by: afireinside
Pronunciation: kiss/E/kiss/E/poo/poo/nees
Sentence: She was very fluent in Kisseekisseepoopoonese as she had a toy poodle.
Etymology: kiss+poo+chinese
Loversirerin
Created by: swetty
Pronunciation: wtfsdbgfnm nmsd f
Sentence: js ks ks lom s kls ksn jkn b bb jjj m styb swjw ka :)):))
Etymology: sdgdxf
Spetch
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: spetch - s-pet-ch
Sentence: Spetching at her dog over his antics made me laugh.
Etymology: speech changed so the word pet is in the middle ... spetch
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COMMENTS:
I'm spetchless - nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:19:00
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Dogguage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dog/gwij
Sentence: The 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: dog + language
