Verboticism: Spoilcat
DEFINITION: v. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner's bed.
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Marrwedge
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: marwej - If you say it right, you'll sound like Elmer Fudd
Sentence: John and Mary found themselves becoming more distant from each other. It wasn't that they didn't care for each other deeply. The problem was that Mollie, their Norwegian Elkhound had taken to sleeping in their bed. Sure it was cute when she was a puppy and slept at the foot of the bed. As she got bigger and the weather got colder Mollie crept towards the pillows. She is no longer just a dog, she is a marrwedge. Now she is a full-fledged, cover-stealing, fur-shedding, intimacy-quelling bed hog.
Etymology: marriage (matrimony)+ wedge (a piece of wood, metal, or some other material having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to separate them)
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COMMENTS:
Does Mollie snore like my Rascal or steal your pillow if you get up to use the bathroom? - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-06: 04:47:00
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Menagerieatrois
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men aj aree a twa
Sentence: Have you herd? When Oxsana and Bronco had adopted Elsie, the little cow had curled up on their bed. But now as a full-grown cow, she was udderly too big. Oxsana found that her sheets rustled, she got a cramp in her calf and she was never in the mooed. Her main beef was that Bronco would never become a fodder and they could never live happily heifer after.
Etymology: Menagerie (collection of animals) & Wordplay on Ménage à trois (French for sex between 3 people or three people sharing a household)
Tubble
Created by: Lazberg
Pronunciation: Tubbel
Sentence: Let the dog tubble with us.
Etymology:
Farmabeddon
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: farm/ah/bed/on
Sentence: Our former noctural bliss soon turned into farmabeddon when we adopted a trio of homeless kittens.
Etymology: farm + bed + armageddon
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COMMENTS:
love it JW! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-06: 07:27:00
Luv it! Purrrfect! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-06: 10:58:00
Great word - TJayzz, 2009-01-06: 13:37:00
Good word - mweinmann, 2009-01-06: 15:00:00
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Crittermate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: crit - er - mait
Sentence: Gerold and Dagmar had taken Scruffy in when he was very young and Scruffy believed they were his siblings. He made himself right at home as their crittermate, even taking up half their bed at night.
Etymology: Critter and mate - a play on the word littermate
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COMMENTS:
Clever sentence! Clever Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 13:41:00
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Fleaesta
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: flE-s-TAH
Sentence: It didn't matter how much whining he did or how many "discussions" were weathered, Dennis knew choosing to spend the night with Nina invariably meant another fleaesta with her cats.
Etymology: Fleaesta v. tr. combination of flea: a blood-sucking parasite that feeds on mammals and birds, known for its leaping ability siesta: a midday nap as taken in Spain and Latin America.
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COMMENTS:
Purrfect! Does Dennis live in CATalonia, Spain? - Nosila, 2009-01-06: 23:18:00
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Xenocturnalia
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /ze-noc-tur-na-li-a/
Sentence: Sleeping on the same bed with Clarisse Starling is one thing, but this was above and beyond the XENOCTURNALIA that Daizy the Sheep signed up for when it joined agent Starling to be a true and faithful sidekick. As Hannibal Lecter smiled and whispered his customary: “Good evening Clarisse,” the poor lamb went silent and quietly left the bedroom.
Etymology: XENO - prefix that usually refers to an across-species process or act (e.g. XENOtransplantation; XENOgraft); NOCTURNAL - night-related, usually sleep related; -ALIA - a suffix reserved for a ritual of a sexually suggestive nature (e.g. SaturnALIA)
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COMMENTS:
"Merino" - I got it - as in a breed of sheep. HA - good one! - karenanne, 2010-05-21: 15:17:00
Oops - sorry - I entered my comment in the wrong place. But for yours - I like how the "lamb went silent" - good movie reference! - karenanne, 2010-05-21: 15:19:00
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Corabbitation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ko-rab-bi-TEY-shun
Sentence: I heard scratching; was that Cotton-tail - had he returned?" Quickly, I leapt out of bed, and opened the bedroom door. Sweeping my furry little friend up in my arms, I said, "Where have you been?" In a nanosecond, I knew the answer, six little bunnies were running over my toes. Cotton-tail had brought his family home. Jumping up onto my bed, they all snuggled around me: it was cozy: it was contentment: it was corabbitation. Suddenly, and it seemed like only seconds later, a jagged elbow buried itself into my ribs. Roxie rasped, "Wake up; dreaming again; I suppose, what about this time?" "Rabbits," I said. "More like Playboy Bunnies," she responded.
Etymology: Rabbit & Co-habitation.
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COMMENTS:
how sweet - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-13: 09:09:00
Great sentence, especially the last line. Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:27:00
Good one, OB. Sometimes I dream I'm Scarlett O'Hare and I am going to the Hop with Rabbit Redford and we dance to that song by Queen: "SomeBunny to love..." - Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:50:00
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Hogsquash
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hog-sk-wosh
Sentence: Ever since Lydia aquired her pot-bellied pig, Porky, she had allowed him to sleep in her bed at night. That was fine util her boyfriend Dave moved in. Then every night turned into a hogsquash, Porky would end up under the covers 'hogging' the lot and taking up all the space, eventually forcing Dave into the spare room.
Etymology: Hog(a pig) + Squash(force or squeeze into a restricted space) = Hogsquash
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COMMENTS:
has a certain jene sais quoi! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-06: 07:26:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-06: 10:47:00
Fermez la pork! - Nosila, 2009-01-06: 23:31:00
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