{"id":598,"date":"2009-04-13T19:59:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T23:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2009-04-13T19:59:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T23:59:58","slug":"reptkillian-omigod-that-is-a-huge-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Reptkillian: Omigod! That is a huge snake!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To &#8220;adopt&#8221; a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. <em>n.<\/em> A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/huge.gif\" alt=\"Omigod! That is a huge snake!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reptkillian<\/strong>:  \/<em>rep + kill + eun<\/em>\/ 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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles) and kill (cause to die) <em>Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Reptkillian:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 10:46:00<\/em> <br \/>excellent<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 14:25:00<\/em> <br \/>like it<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 16:13:00<\/em> <br \/>Powerful!  Terrorific!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 20:54:00<\/em> <br \/>excellent word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Underpestimate<\/strong>:  \/<em>uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt<\/em>\/ One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  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 &#8220;pesty mates,&#8221; as well. <em>Created by:<\/em> readerwriter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Underpestimate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 10:46:00<\/em> <br \/>wonderful verbotomy<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=readerwriter\">readerwriter<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 11:01:00<\/em> <br \/>Thanks. This wasn&#8217;t an easy one!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 14:25:00<\/em> <br \/>beauty!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 16:30:00<\/em> <br \/>Admirable!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Domestigator<\/strong>:  \/<em>dom esti gay tor<\/em>\/ 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&#8217;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!<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) &amp; Gator (nickname for an alligator,  either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)<\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Domestigator:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 01:52:00<\/em> <br \/>Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mrskellyscl\">mrskellyscl<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 06:38:00<\/em> <br \/>Thanks for the early morning chuckle.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=abrakadeborah\">abrakadeborah<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 08:18:00<\/em> <br \/>LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for &#8220;reptile dysfunction&#8221; \ud83d\ude42 YOU are hilarious!  <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mweinmann\">mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 08:29:00<\/em> <br \/>Hilarous squid pro quo&#8230;..great sentence!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 10:46:00<\/em> <br \/>terrific combo<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 16:03:00<\/em> <br \/>terrific verbotomies &#8230; greater gator creator!  \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Sowildenialtrust<\/strong>:  \/<em>SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust<br \/>\n(sowildenialtrustee)<\/em>\/ SOWILDENIALTRUST is an error\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<br \/>\nIt starts out as love but descends into terror-<br \/>\nOut in the food chain those creatures belong\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<br \/>\nYou might bring them in but you know before long-<br \/>\nThey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll eat you and then you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have cause to reget<br \/>\nnot purchasing a more&#8230; conventional pet.<br \/>\nThey were so cute, so cuddly and small!<br \/>\nWe made them a  plush cozy bed in the hall.<br \/>\nBut if you embrace all of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wild creations,<br \/>\nYou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST&#8230;..SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English sw\u00c4\u0081; akin to Old High German s\u00c5\u008d so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek h\u00c5\u008ds so, thus, Latin suus one&#8217;s own&#8230;SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English s\u00c4\u0081wan; akin to Old High German s\u00c4\u0081wen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian s\u00c4\u2014ti&#8230;..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&#8230;..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]&#8230;..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 tr\u00c4\u201cowe faithful. <em>Created by:<\/em> metrohumanx.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Sowildenialtrust:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 02:04:00<\/em> <br \/>Take only pictures&#8230;leave only footprints&#8230;kill only time.<br \/>\n(The Spelunker&#8217;s Motto)<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 02:26:00<\/em> <br \/>Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA&#8230;They traded the snake for a pet protozoa ! <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 02:49:00<\/em> <br \/>Is protozoa singular or plural?<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-04-09: 22:12:00<\/em> <br \/>Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=huge\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=huge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. To &#8220;adopt&#8221; 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=598\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reptkillian: Omigod! 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