DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Petpeep: /pet peep/ When Jenny returned from holdays every year, she got the same treatment from her menagerie…the petpeep. Even though she had ensured someone would come by daily to feed, water, talk to them and change their litter areas, it took a week for them to forgive her. The guinea pig glared, the beta was baleful, the cat was contemptuous, the sheepdog looked sheepish and the Siamese cat was sulky. Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement;a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)& Peep (a secret look; to look furtively)also Wordplay on Pet Peeve (an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed) Created by: Nosila.
Sniveleyes: /snivəlīz/ Tom always felt bad when he came home from work to find his dog and cat peering out the window as if they had been there forever. They would present him with their very best sniveleyes treatment as if they had been weeping all day long. The whole scenario changed when he found out the the wet eyes were a result of them being allergic to each other. Etymology: snivel (complain in a whining or tearful way) + eyes (a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see) a play on civilize Created by: artr.
Gillty: /Gill-tee/ Samantha tapped some flakes into the fish bowl. “Aww”, she said staring into the fish’s sullen eyes. “Did you miss me, Chip?”. Chip floated toward the edge of the bowl and nuzzled the glass. He always managed to make her feel so gillty that she had to go out to work in order to feed him. He was such a bloody selfish cod. Etymology: Guilty – pisspronunciation Created by: wordslikevenom.
Staretling: /stay r tling/ The eye contact she found staretling Etymology: startling, stare Created by: galwaywegian.
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