Verboticism: Ingrossiate
DEFINITION: v. To pretend that you adore someone's pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.
Ingrossiate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/gross/ee/ate
Sentence: Amy was so smitten with Jim that she ingrossiated herself with his pet snake to save the relationship.
Etymology: ingratiate (to establish oneself in the favour, or good graces of others) + grossed out
Points: 734
Comments: Ingrossiate
galwaywegian - 2008-03-07: 06:55:00
sssssmitten was she?
silveryaspen - 2008-03-07: 09:33:00
Was it the human snake he had hidden in his pants! Your sentence is so sly and clever!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-08: 21:06:00
Good word.