Verboticism: Dimyum
DEFINITION: n. A lovable yet stupid pet. v. To be dumb, fat, lazy, arrogant, and totally, completely, irresistibly cute.
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Catastrophy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: cat as tro fee
Sentence: As pets go, Felix was a catastrophy...lazy, stupid, house-wrecking cute ball of adorable feline.
Etymology: Cat ( feline pet) & Catastrophe (disaster) & Trophy (award, token)
Ignoramouser
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ig noh ray mau sser
Sentence: her ignoramouser dribbled, drooled, slept, sprawled and stank, but she hadn't had any visiting rodents since he'd arrived, which was fine by her.
Etymology: ignoramous mouser
Pollycoddle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pol lee kod del
Sentence: When Old Lady Harris finally passed on from Shaker's Acres to the Great Beyond, the only thing she left her niece, Bethany, was her beloved, Hyacinth Macaw parrot, Polly. Polly could talk, incessantly, as it turns out and demanded all Bethany's attention. It turns out,too, her aunt had treated Polly like a baby and as a result she had been able to pollycoddle the raucous bird and spoil her rotten. When Polly did not get her way she screached and swore loudly. "Oh well," thought Bethany, "at least she also left me a few bucks to buy food and supplies for the bird". It was with horror then that Bethany read that parrots like Polly lived to the age of one hundred!
Etymology: Polly (popular name for a pet parrot) & Mollycoddle (a pampered darling;treat with excessive indulgence)
Pettedplant
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: pet ed PLANT
Sentence: Her dog Mimado usually lay around the house like a pettedplant, and today was no exception. "Oh, smoochiepoochie!" she exclaimed fondly as her dog pet-ter-pattered over and settled down in her lap for one of his 3-hour naps. The fact that Mimado was now almost 90 pounds was beginning to weigh on her, both literally and figuratively. But she had created this monster, and now she was being hoisted by her own pet-ard.
Etymology: potted plant + pet
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COMMENTS:
great word - galwaywegian, 2010-11-06: 06:13:00
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Petagree
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet ag ree
Sentence: To be a lovable lazy lump of ginger feline love machine was Tom's petagree.
Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement) & Agree (be agreeable or suitable)and WordPlay on Pedigree (line of descent of a pure-bred animal)
Slothpuppy
Created by: Wonderbread
Pronunciation: [slawth-puhp-ee]
Sentence: Princess managed to foul all over my dad's golfing shoes, but when I looked into her big, round eyes I couldn't help but forgive her. She's a total slothpuppy.
Etymology:
Lardarling
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lah-dar-ling
Sentence: Unable to take her dogs for a walk, but indulging their cute tricks with special treats, Rotunda ended up with lardarling labradors.
Etymology: lard (fat) + darling (adorable)
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COMMENTS:
Fatastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 10:18:00
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Rolypolly
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: roh-lee-po-lee
Sentence: "Polly wants a cracker", a phrase repeated and reacted upon so many times that Polly is a rolypolly.
Etymology: rolly-poly (short and plumply round, as a person or a young anima) polly (a tame parrot)