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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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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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Poochylovspeak

Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: poo-ch-ee-low-va-spee-ka

Sentence: I happen to be fluent in poochylovspeak because I have a dog. Here let me try asking him. "gooshy mushy goo? moggy woggy shoogms! google ashiwah!! yesh yer! yesh yer! pooshy wooshy mugy wugims!"

Etymology: pooch:dog + love:affection + speak:langauge

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Critterjitter

Created by: jeatyet

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The dog did not respond to critterjitter, but the cat did.

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Dogalect

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: dawg-uh-lekt

Sentence: Tom had a distinct dogalect when he used to communicate with his dog. And somehow the she seemed to understand, although everybody else thought he was quite insane.

Etymology: Dog: a domesticated canid. + Dialect: a special variety of 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)

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