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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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Quoopy

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: qu-oo-pee

Sentence: That woman needs to stop quoopy-ing her dog.

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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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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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Primapratil

Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: prim-uh-prat-ul

Sentence: My sister does nothing but primapratil to her dog, it's a wonder he doesn't doesn't tell her to "shutty-whaty-uppy-wuppy."

Etymology: primative+prattle

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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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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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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)

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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

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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)

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