{"id":315,"date":"2008-04-05T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T04:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2008-04-05T23:16:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T04:16:59","slug":"faunetical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Faunetical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on direct level with any type of animal, except for human beings. <em>v.<\/em> To talk to animals because you know that communicating with people is useless.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/duck.gif\" alt=\"Oh Ducky, I'm so glad that I can talk to you\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faunetical<\/strong>:  \/<em>fawn-eh-tic-al<\/em>\/ Josie was highly faunetical and could use her grasp of faunics to communicate with fauna all over the world. <em>Etymology:<\/em> phonetic + fauna  <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Faunetical:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Stevenson0\">Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 07:00:00<\/em><br \/>\nJosie is obviously a highly talented human willing and able to faunacate with all animals. Another brilliant word!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 08:57:00<\/em><br \/>\nShe is particularly faund of farm animals, especially Mr. Ed because of his large&#8230;&#8230;..vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 23:30:00<\/em><br \/>\nExcellent: great use of &#8220;fauna&#8221;.  Is she the same Josie of &#8220;Josie and the Pussycats&#8221; fame?  I guess she spoke to them in &#8220;Catalan &#8221;  What a faunabulary!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Arkticulate<\/strong>:  \/<em>ark tik you late<\/em>\/ Fauna could arkticulate with any kind of animal on the planet.  She had a rare gift that allowed her to speak and be understood by each creature in their native tongue.<br \/>\nShe could hawk-talk;yakity-yak;elephant-rant;utter-otter;giraffe-gaffe;fish-dish;talk turkey;rattler-tattler;shark-bark;rabbit-on;horse-discourse and goat-quote.<br \/>\nShe was fluent in flamingo-lingo &amp; dingo-lingo;fox-talks &amp; ox-talks;cat-chat &amp; rat-chat;ram-jam &amp; lamb-jam;seal-spiel &amp; eel-spiel;hog-blog &amp; dog-blog;lynx-thinks;gander-slander;worm-term;panda-memoranda and leech-speech.<br \/>\nShe could also speak legal-beagle;bird-word;spout-trout;jaw-macaw;slang-orangutang;fawn-phonetics;gibbons-gibber;rhino-rhetoric;ass-sass;bear-criticism and pelican-brief.<br \/>\nShe had a built-in critter transmitter. She knew American Swine language and was considered fly-lingual. Yes, Fauna deerly loved all creatures but one: people. They were the real beasts! <em>Etymology:<\/em> ark (as in Noah&#8217;s Ark, where there were 2 of every every kind of animal on Earth) &amp; articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way or put into words or an expression) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Arkticulate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 01:44:00<\/em><br \/>\nWhoo hoo! Your sentence is laugh-out-loud funny. &#8216;bear-criticism and pelican- brief.&#8217;  Love it.  how about knowing the worm terms and the ant rants? can&#8217;t leave out the lesser among us, now, can we?<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 01:46:00<\/em><br \/>\njeez-you amended before I could post my comment and beat me to one of &#8217;em!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 01:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nsorry, stache, as soon as I go to end it,I think of another.  Make the animal voices stop!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=petaj\">petaj<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 07:40:00<\/em><br \/>\nfunky-glibbon, gosshawk-gossip, cricket-critique, crow-crow, raven-on, &#8211; fun stuff, got my vote.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 11:26:00<\/em><br \/>\ngreat word<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 23:58:00<\/em><br \/>\nCheers, mates&#8230;After I signed off, they kept popping in my head: wombat-chat;moose-juice; and many other terns of phrases!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-04-01: 20:40:00<\/em><br \/>\nMissed this one completely:great word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Assisiate<\/strong>:  \/<em>a-see-see-ate<\/em>\/ Jonathan was in sync with all varities of animals and able to assisiate with them at will. <em>Etymology:<\/em> St Frances of Assisi (who could communicate with animals) + associate <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Assisiate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 11:08:00<\/em><br \/>\nnice twist<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 12:41:00<\/em><br \/>\nI hadn&#8217;t a clue until I read your etymology.  Very nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 23:36:00<\/em><br \/>\nHard for me not to vote for this one. Great minds, and all that stuff!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Confido<\/strong>:  \/<em>kun-FI-doh<\/em>\/ Poor purpleartichokes.  Having had only 4 hours sleep the night before, nobody could understand the malformed sentences and willy-nilly thoughts she tried to convey.  She couldn&#8217;t wait to go home and confido with Ernie.  He always understood her. <em>Etymology:<\/em> confide, fido<\/p>\n<p>My word is already found by verboogle, however, it is an herbal medicine for male &#8230;er&#8230; problems. <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Confido:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 11:22:00<\/em><br \/>\nbark bark purple &#8211; yap yap ruff ruff ruff? (please respond with an appropriate response)<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\">purpleartichokes<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 11:59:00<\/em><br \/>\nYAAAWWWWWNN!!  Grrrrrrrumph.  Lick, lick, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 12:44:00<\/em><br \/>\nWhat a funny, fun word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-28: 23:03:00<\/em><br \/>\nPurple..love your word! Sounds like an Irish drinking song refrain: Confido diddle-ee-ido-daiday! But I guess we should consider your word in Ernest&#8230;! Cheers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=duck\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=duck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the create-a-word game<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Verbotomy\">Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-03-28: 00:01:00<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=leechdude\"><strong>leechdude<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you leechdude. ~ James<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-03-28: 01:36:00<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Great &#8216;toon, as usual.  Thanks for the def, too, leechdude.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-03-28: 17:48:00<\/em><\/p>\n<p>thanks, JW.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-03-28: 17:50:00<\/em><\/p>\n<p>oops.  wrong box.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n. A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on direct level with any type of animal, except for human beings. v. To talk to animals because you know that communicating with people is useless. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Faunetical: \/fawn-eh-tic-al\/ Josie was highly faunetical and could use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faunetical<\/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":[90,32,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315"}],"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=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}