DEFINITION: v. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner’s bed.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Menagerieatrois: /men aj aree a twa/ Have you herd? When Oxsana and Bronco had adopted Elsie, the little cow had curled up on their bed. But now as a full-grown cow, she was udderly too big. Oxsana found that her sheets rustled, she got a cramp in her calf and she was never in the mooed. Her main beef was that Bronco would never become a fodder and they could never live happily heifer after. Etymology: Menagerie (collection of animals) & Wordplay on Ménage à trois (French for sex between 3 people or three people sharing a household) Created by: Nosila.
Snugglemugger: /snəgəlməgər/ Rudy limped into work suffering muscle aches and sore joints having been animauled by his not-so-tiny mastiff the night before. It seemed very cute when his little puppy wanted to sleep in the bed. Now he is a snugglemugger. Etymology: snuggle (settle or move into a warm, comfortable position) + mugger (a person who attacks and robs another in a public place) Created by: artr.
Smushjunkie: /SMUSH’-jun’-key/ “Good grief! there are so many animals and stuffed dolls on the bed there’s no room for me! You’re a total Smushjunkie! You know that, don’t you?! I’m sleeping on the couch …” Etymology: a person who has a pathological need for reassurance of their value by insisting on having multiple cuddles affixed to them as they sleep; a junkie for being smushed. Created by: IrishAmerican.
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