Verboticism: Arachnophonia
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.
Arachnophonia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh - rak - nuh - FONE - ee - ya
Sentence: Maribell was deeply attracted to Gilbert but was terribly afraid of the spiders he kept in an aquarium and putting on her best face she resorted to arachniphonia to keep from letting Gilbert know she abhorred his 'pets'.
Etymology: Blend of arachnophobia and phony.
Points: 695
Comments: Arachnophonia
galwaywegian - 2008-03-07: 06:54:00
very reptilerehensible!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-07: 09:21:00
A word that creeps into the mind and stays there! Extraordinary!
Nosila - 2008-03-07: 23:07:00
Maribell must have met Gilbert on the Web! You've spun a good word.