{"id":1316,"date":"2011-10-10T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2011-10-10T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:00:06","slug":"menagerieatrois-do-you-think-its-time-that-elsie-started-sleeping-on-the-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Menagerieatrois: Do you think it’s time that Elsie started sleeping on the floor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> 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.<\/em> A pet which sleeps in its owner’s bed. <\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Menagerieatrois<\/strong>: \/men aj aree a twa<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> Menagerie (collection of animals) & Wordplay on M\u00c3\u00a9nage \u00c3\u00a0 trois (French for sex between 3 people or three people sharing a household) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Snugglemugger<\/strong>: \/sn\u00c9\u2122g\u00c9\u2122lm\u00c9\u2122g\u00c9\u2122r<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> snuggle (settle or move into a warm, comfortable position) + mugger (a person who attacks and robs another in a public place) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Smushjunkie<\/strong>: \/SMUSH’-jun’-key<\/em>\/ “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:<\/em> 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:<\/em> IrishAmerican.<\/p>\n

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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 … Continue reading Menagerieatrois: Do you think it’s time that Elsie started sleeping on the floor?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}