Verboticism: Feigndore

'So what do you think of my snake?'

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.

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Feigndore

Created by: diyan627

Pronunciation: fain-door

Sentence: I feigndore my sister's abhorable pet-of-a-creature. (I borrowed from picabomama's great creation :)

Etymology: feign (to give a false appearance of; to represent falsely; pretend to; to imitate so as to deceive; to fabricate; archaic, to invent or imagine) + adore (to worship as God or a god; to regard with deep, often rapturous love)

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Comments: Feigndore

silveryaspen - 2008-03-07: 22:10:00
Clever to up play the pretend in the defnition. Good one!

kashman - 2008-03-09: 00:36:00
I wonder if your "feigndore" for your sister's pets is real? ;)