Verboticism: Zooboon
DEFINITION: n. A person who insists that lower life forms (fish, clams, cephalopods, reptiles, or insects) can be affectionate pets and excellent watchdogs. v. To talk to an animal who can't possibly understand a single word you're saying.
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Chatnimal
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: chat-ni-mal
Sentence: Ellie would chatimal to anything that moved. She thought that all bugs and animals understood her strange language.
Etymology: Chat - To talk. An(imal)- Taken from part of the word animal.
Critterchat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT-ehr-chat
Sentence: Marylou shamelessly engaged in critterchat with her pets, small wild animals and any other kinds of creatures she encountered believing with all her heart that they truly understood her.
Etymology: Blend of critter and chat, word play based loosely on the word chitchat
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COMMENTS:
I must stop critterchattering too! - great word! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:24:00
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Zooboon
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: ZOO boon
Sentence: When I was a young girl my boon companions were the girls in the Smith family next door, but now my zooboon companions are from every family in the animal kingdom. My mother came in once and found us napping in a zoobooning position and she forbid me from having them in my bed anymore. I don't know what the big deal was.
Etymology: ZOO: related to animals BOON (companions): blessed or jolly companions, something to be grateful for
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Animisinterpret
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: an/i/mis/in/tur/pret
Sentence: Sally tended to animisinterpret the actions of insects in her garden often getting stung or bitten in the process. She was convinced they had come to visit her and impart ancient wisdom.
Etymology: animism (attribution of a living soul to plants, insects etc) + misinterpret (drawa a wrong inference)
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COMMENTS:
animism was a great choice to use in your etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:44:00
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Dummunication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: duh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn
Sentence: Cindy has a pet spider. She talks to it all the time. This would be dummunication because spiders don't have ears.
Etymology: dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs)
Animalculinguist
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: an-eh-mal-kyu-ling-gwist
Sentence: Dr. Anthea Pod was shocked when she received the letter cutting off her government funding. For years she had been known as the world's foremost animalculinguist. For over 40 years she had been celebrated as the authority and researcher of the languages of small or microscopic organisms. At long last, her book, Tiny Talkers: Languages of the Hidden Ones, was about to be published by the University of California at Berkeley. "Why, oh, why," she cried out in her laboratory. But, she knew who could comfort her. She knew who heard her. She knew who would always be there for her.
Etymology: From ANIMALCULE, a very small or microscopic organism + LINGUIST, one who specializes in languages
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COMMENTS:
-great word & sentence/narrative! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:21:00
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Chirpet
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: chur PET
Sentence: They often chirpetted to Violet (their pet Afican Violet), "You look beautiful today", in soft crooning voices.
Etymology: chirpet v. to talk to or vocalize soothingly to one's pet. From: "chirp" v. to happily speak/a sound a bird makes and from "pet" v. to stroke an animal to promote happiness in both the owner and, presumably, the pet.
Bugwhisperer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bəgwɪspərər
Sentence: Julie liked to think of herself as a bugwhisperer. When a bug came into her house, she would try to talk to it, trying to convince it to leave peacefully. The fact that this never worked didn't seem to alter her approach. Her friends began to think her a bit buggy.
Etymology: bug (a small insect) + whisperer (one who speaks softly) A play off of the Dog Whisperer
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 11:04:00
has great appeal ... like a whispered secret! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:22:00
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Foolittle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: foo lit el
Sentence: the truth be known she was more foolittle than Doolittle, but the bugs never complained.
Etymology: doolittle, fool
Socialicing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sōshəlīs
Sentence: To say that Mary is lonely is an understatement. One of her few friends told her that a pet might be a good idea. The problem is that she can\'t afford a traditional one. Instead she has adopted some tiny little friends. She discovered them when she scratched her head. When she looks like she is talking to herself she is really socialicing.
Etymology: socialize (mix socially with others) + lice (small, wingless, parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds)
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