DEFINITION: v. To “adopt” a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Reptkillian: /rep + kill + eun/ Isiah was thrilled with his new pet snake Skinnard, until he attacked his girlfriend, his second cousin and his best friend Marty. When Marty disappeared, Isiah realized that Skinnard was a reptilian sub-species of the special repkillian class and definitely not meant to be a pet. Etymology: reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles) and kill (cause to die) Created by: mweinmann.
Comments on Reptkillian:
Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
excellentgalwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
like itsilveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:13:00
Powerful! Terrorific!splendiction, 2009-04-09: 20:54:00
excellent word!
Underpestimate: /uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt/ One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry. Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be “pesty mates,” as well. Created by: readerwriter.
Comments on Underpestimate:
Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
wonderful verbotomyreaderwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
Thanks. This wasn’t an easy one!galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
beauty!splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
Admirable!
Domestigator: /dom esti gay tor/ Crikey, but the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was a true domestigator. He turned every animal he met into a pet. He put the Pen in Penguin, the M’am in Mamba and the Con in Anaconda. He was a true communigator and an edugator. He found out the hard way that the Pole Cat was not really a cat and he looked out for the wilferal wildlife. Sadly, but ironically, he met his Cregator after having a stinging ray put a hole in his heart. Maybe it was squid pro quo (a favor for a favor) but he never seemed to have reptile dysfunction before that fateful day!
Etymology: domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) & Gator (nickname for an alligator, either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Domestigator:
metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 01:52:00
Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie!mrskellyscl, 2009-04-09: 06:38:00
Thanks for the early morning chuckle.abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 08:18:00
LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for “reptile dysfunction” đ YOU are hilarious!mweinmann, 2009-04-09: 08:29:00
Hilarous squid pro quo…..great sentence!!Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
terrific combosilveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:03:00
terrific verbotomies … greater gator creator! đ
Sowildenialtrust: /SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust
(sowildenialtrustee)/ SOWILDENIALTRUST is an errorââŹÂŚ
It starts out as love but descends into terror-
Out in the food chain those creatures belongââŹÂŚ
You might bring them in but you know before long-
TheyââŹâ˘ll eat you and then youââŹâ˘ll have cause to reget
not purchasing a more… conventional pet.
They were so cute, so cuddly and small!
We made them a plush cozy bed in the hall.
But if you embrace all of GodââŹâ˘s wild creations,
YouââŹâ˘ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.
Etymology: SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST…..SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English swĂÂ; akin to Old High German sĂ
 so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek hĂ
Âs so, thus, Latin suus one’s own…SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English sĂÂwan; akin to Old High German sĂÂwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sĂâti…..WILD: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt…..DENIAL: refusal to admit the truth or reality, : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality;[1528]…..TRUST: assured reliance on the safety,consistency or dependability of someone or something; Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trĂâowe faithful. Created by: metrohumanx.
Comments on Sowildenialtrust:
metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:04:00
Take only pictures…leave only footprints…kill only time.
(The Spelunker’s Motto)metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:26:00
Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA…They traded the snake for a pet protozoa !metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:49:00
Is protozoa singular or plural?Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:12:00
Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel!
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