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DEFINITION: v. To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. n. A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep.
Verboticisms
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Dogmateyes
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: dog/ma/tize
Sentence: It is impossible to stay in bed when your dog begins to dogmateyes.
Etymology: dogmatize (asserting opinions) + dog + eyes
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COMMENTS:
Interesting angle! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:33:00
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Pillowstalk
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: pil-oh-stork
Sentence: i woke abruptly, feeling certain that Mr Kittikins was pillowstalking me with cat like determination.
Etymology: pillow, stalk, pillow talk
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COMMENTS:
you had that strange feeline too? - galwaywegian, 2008-03-18: 08:32:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-18: 14:49:00
I go out stalking, after midnight, out in the moonlight... Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-18: 14:50:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-18: 16:36:00
stalking is a very good word to describe cats! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 18:51:00
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Matildefy
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: ma til di fy
Sentence: Marc Jones was devastated. Born two days ago, his little son Buck was already deep in the art of Matildefiance - and was pulling his mother (who never wanted a child in the first place) down with him.
Etymology: Matilda - a Roald Dahl character who was quite good at the whole staring thing. Defiance - what silent, unshakable stares are all about.
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COMMENTS:
Unusual but interesting! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:31:00
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Pediastare
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: pee/dee/a/stare
Sentence: Violet had the habit of creeping very quietly into her mother and father's bedroom. She had been told that she could not wake them before Mr. Sun came up, so she waited, patiently and intently. The power of Violet's unblinking pediastare could raise her mother from the deepest sleep and was so completely creepy that there was no way to return to sleep after experiencing it.
Etymology: pedia- root word meaning child + stare The word also echoes the name of a popular brand of children's over-the-counter medicine.
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COMMENTS:
Interesting etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 18:56:00
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Gazerbeam
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: GAI zer beem
Sentence: Although I had clearly told my daughter that she was not to wake me up early on Christmas morning, I felt her gazerbeam focused on me, cutting through my dreams, and opened my eyes to see her staring at me. Next to her was the digital clock, reading 6:07 a.m. I mumbled, "Santa Claus says no one is allowed to get up on Christmas Day before 7:30 or all the presents will disappear," and she gasped and quickly ran back to her room.
Etymology: gaze + laser beam
Sonraise
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: sun rays OR son raise
Sentence: Scotty, my son, the electronics technician in the transporter room, on the Starship Enterprise, often receives the request "Scotty, beam me up." When he comes home for a visit to me, his father, his eyes spark and shine, with rays so intense, that even if I'm in a sound sleep, there is joy from his sonraise, that special "Son, beaming me up!"
Etymology: SUN RAYS / SON RAISE . SUN RAYS - bright beams of light that can raise the sleeping. SON RAISE - sparks of light from a son's eyes that can raise the sleeping. /// Oh how we enjoy sun beams and son beams!
Hipponoteyes
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hip/oh/not/ize
Sentence: People thought I was crazy to have a pet hippo but, with training, he was able to hipponoteyes me to get me up and out for my daily run.
Etymology: hippo + hypnotize + eyes
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COMMENTS:
Far out! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-18: 10:19:00
Reminds me of the song: "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy" Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-18: 16:31:00
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Oculamorph
Created by: yelloweyes
Pronunciation: awk-you-la-morf
Sentence: My husband has been oculamorphing me lately. I thought it was cute at first, but now I am considering divorce.
Etymology: Ocula - connected to ocular, which means "connected to the eyes or vision." Morph - connected to Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Stalkgawking
Created by: bradly224
Pronunciation: Stalk*Gawk*Ing
Sentence: She awoke to her one night stand perched next to her on the edge of the bed, stalkgawking her.
Etymology:
Esostare
Created by: DragonRider428
Pronunciation: esso-stair
Sentence: I get this creepy feeling that something's giving me the esostare.
Etymology: the word "stare" with the prefix "eso", meaning inward or within
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by banky. Thank you banky. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by banky. Thank you banky. ~ James
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