Verboticism: Awkwinate

'Sit! Sit! Sit!'

DEFINITION: n. A person who has difficulty controlling their pets, especially if they often become entangled in the leashes. v. To get entangled in the leashes of one's pets.

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Canineditiontwister

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: kay-nIn-ed-i-shun-twister

Sentence: Introducing Canineditiontwister. That's you! in this new version of Twister, the "industry phenomenon" that's sold millions around the globe. The new twister is a game of solitare for you, and the first ever fun-packed adventure for your dogs. They're the game pieces in this new edition! In the box: 5 leashes and a pair of scissors, playing guide for dogs and humans (including a link to downloadable map of your neighborhood where you're sure to find a lot of rukus raising scenery for your dogs. (Dogs sold separately.) Must be 18 or older to purchase, or this high (line draw on wall in commercial 5 feet off ground). Play at your own risk. Children seek permission from parents.

Etymology: Twister (popular game) + edition (version) + canine: Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. Canines tend to be slender and long-legged, with a long muzzle, bushy tail, erect pointed ears, and well-developed canine and cheek teeth. **They prey on all types of animals**; some also eat carrion and vegetable matter. They probably were the first animals to be domesticated. Though helpful in controlling rodent and rabbit populations, canines have been hunted for their pelts and slaughtered to prevent their reputed (and sometimes real) destruction of livestock and large game.

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Petzel

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: petsəl

Sentence: Rod’s dogs each has a mind of its own. If one wants to go north the other wants to go south. If one wants to go down the sidewalk, the other wants to go around a tree. As they go this way and that he either looks like a contortionist or a petzel wrapped in leashes.

Etymology: pet (a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure and treated with care and affection) + pretzel (a crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot)

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Wounddog

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: wow und dawg

Sentence: Elvis took his hound for a walk. But the hound didn't like being held back by his leash, so he raced in circles around Elvis, coiling, looping, twisting, spiraling, and curling the leash around Elvis' legs and ankles, even his blue suede shoes. Elvis sang out in misery as he tripped and tumbled down: "You aint nothin but a wounddog, Now I'm cryin all the time. Making me nothin but a bound ground hog, Cryin all the time. Well, you aint never caught a rabbit And you aint no friend of mine."

Etymology: Wound Dog is a play on Hound Dog. There is a way to correct the spelling of the word! After clicking on edit beneath save and go back is "oops! I want to change the spelling of my word" and with a click on that ... voila!

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COMMENTS:

Alas! That has happened to me more than once. - readerwriter, 2009-02-03: 05:47:00

Ohhh nooooo....I suddenly realized we were of like minds and our words are too similar!! - mweinmann, 2009-02-03: 08:57:00

Yes mweinmann, I agree. Glad it was unintentional. Even when this happens deliberately, I just consider it a form of compliment/flattery. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 09:08:00

Good....I felt bad when I realized this had happened.... - mweinmann, 2009-02-03: 09:50:00

that song will stay with me all day!! - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:05:00

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Traingled

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: train-gld

Sentence: Sperry Spazolia always got traingled up in the leashes of his pedigreed pets.

Etymology: Train- Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction over a period of time. Tangled - Existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder.

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Houndwound

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hownd wownd

Sentence: When Oliver yook Fred & Ginger, his 2 dogs out for a walk, they usually had him houndwound before he got home.

Etymology: Hound (dog) & Wound (wrapped in a coil;tied up)

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Doggeroll

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: do-ger-rol

Sentence: There once was a man named Stover/ Who had a dog named Rover/ Well, two...the other named Stew/ (What else is new?)... When he took them to the park for a walk/ Those pooches would bark and balk/ And Stover would doggeroll over and over/ In clover/ That guy named Stover.

Etymology: A play on DOGGEREL meaning loose or irregular verse, especially of an inferior nature and DOG + ROLL meaning to move on a surface by turning over and over

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Excellent word play. - Mustang, 2009-02-03: 07:16:00

so clever to create a limerick to go with your doggeroll! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:40:00

Thanks. Except I forgot to use the word in the sentence/poem. Will try to correct. - readerwriter, 2009-02-03: 09:52:00

terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:04:00

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Awkwinate

Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: Ark-win-ate

Sentence: Jim was the worst dog walker ever. Trying to control five dogs at once, he always found himself awkwinated.

Etymology: Combination of "Awkw" from awkward - lacking dexterity or skill; and "inate" from dominate - to rule or control.

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Houndbound

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: how nd bow nd

Sentence: He was so tired of being hound bound that he got rid of the dogs and bought some chickens which he had hoped would be free range, but as they got lost too often he eventually put them on leads. it wasn't long before he became henmeshed.

Etymology: bound, bound

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love henmeshed - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:02:00

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Collarcoated

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kall or kot ted

Sentence: To his hip dude friends, he was known as "Dawg" because of his many pet dogs. But to his devoted canine pets he was known as "Doofus" because of his lack of control over them. When they strolled they loved to make him seem collarcoated to the rest of the world. It was not hard to do this, since their iq's were much higher than his, doggone it!

Etymology: Collar (a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it) & Coated ( having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination) Play on color-coded(a method of organizing things by a series of colors for faster identification)

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Petangled

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pet /angled

Sentence: Laura's German short-hair pointer is nearly as large as she is and she easily and often gets completely petangled while out for walks with the massive animal and has to do numerous twists and turns and dances to free herself from the lease.

Etymology: PETANGLED - verb - from PET + TANGLED (snarled, interlaced, or mixed up)

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