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DEFINITION: n. A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on a 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
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Annmmall
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: an-mal
Sentence: hi i am a annmmall
Etymology: dmgolej
Verteprate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: virt ta prayt
Sentence: Helen could communicate with all animals. Her ability to verteprate came at an early age and served her well to interrogate the pets of crime victims, perepetrators and witnesses, as a special service to the police. It was amazing what we do and say in front of our pets because we think they won't talk. But Helen could get pets to verify alibis, deny stories and defeat many a criminal in his illegal ways. Pets told no lies nor harboured any ulterior motives for their statements. Helen only wished her gift worked on her 13 year old son, but alas that is not the way life goes!
Etymology: Vertebrate (animal having a having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium) & Prate ( idle or foolish and irrelevant talk; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
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COMMENTS:
Eggzellunt!! Furshur. - Mustang, 2009-05-18: 07:54:00
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Zoociate
Created by: dennisrussis
Pronunciation: zu-shi-eit
Sentence: He tried to explain something extremely simple, but a man looked like it was beyond his comprehension. What more could he desire? It was simpler to ZOOCIATE with a dog: understand everthing, but can't talk.
Etymology: zoo + associate
Zoomunicate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: zoo-MYOO-ni-keyt. (uh-see-SEE-eyt)
Sentence: Some people looked upon Bob as the zoological equivalent of Zamenhof, {or a modern day St Francis of Assissi)zoomunicating(assissiating) with the animal world in a language he called, "Menagerese". Others, however, thought that he was nothing more than a greedy, guttural rat; or, at best, a self-deluded do-little, who needed to see a "quack" immediately.
Etymology: ZOOMUNICATE: Blend of zoo:Gk element meaning animal and communicate. QUACK: "medical charlatan, doctor (slang) short for quacksalver, from Du. kwaksalver, lit. "hawker of salve," 2. The harsh, throaty sound of a duck. ASSISSIATE: as in St Francis of Assissi:patron saint of animals; who, it is claimed, was able to talk to animals.
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COMMENTS:
I like this one almost as well as Tigger's! Maybe just one 'm' less. - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:25:00
If I have unintentiontally "stolen" or plagiarize Tigger's verbotomy: please consider "assissiate" as my verbotomy for today. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 04:13:00
(chuckle) - stache, 2008-03-28: 10:09:00
hey Ozzie - Steve0 already beat you to it with assisiate - I'm sure your very fertile mind can come up with another one though - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:18:00
why don't we go with 'Menagerese' - that's a great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 13:18:00
I think I'lI take your advice, JBW. Impossible for me not to vote for this one. "Great" minds and all that stuff! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 23:39:00
you kill me, ob. - stache, 2008-03-30: 20:50:00
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Confido
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kun-FI-doh
Sentence: 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't wait to go home and confido with Ernie. He always understood her.
Etymology: confide, fido My word is already found by verboogle, however, it is an herbal medicine for male ...er... problems.
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COMMENTS:
bark bark purple - yap yap ruff ruff ruff? (please respond with an appropriate response) - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:22:00
YAAAWWWWWNN!! Grrrrrrrumph. Lick, lick, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-28: 11:59:00
What a funny, fun word. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:44:00
Purple..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...! Cheers - Nosila, 2008-03-28: 23:03:00
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Varminister
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: var-min-ist-er
Sentence: Having lost the backing of the people, Hillary surprisingly turned to varministry.
Etymology: varmint+ minister= varminister
Critterpatter
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: crit - er - patr
Sentence: Helga had a gift that enabled her to 'converse' with all sorts of animals and whenever she was around them she'd keep up a continual twitter of critterpatter.
Etymology: critter and patter
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 11:23:00
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Petofeelya
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: PET-OPHELIA
Sentence: The old neighborhood Just ain't the same Nobody knows just What became of Ophelia? Where have you gone? .....Ashes of laughter The coast is clear Why do the best things always disappear? Like Ophelia... Please darken my door. .....lyrics by The Band
Etymology: PET+OH!+FEELYA=PETOFEELYA.....PET: a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility perhaps back-formation from Middle English pety small.....OH!: used to express acknowledgment or understanding of a statement [interjection].....FEEL YA: late 20th centuy slang, possibly rooted in ebonics, derived from the phrase" I FEEL YA"-implying a deep, unspoken empathy bordering on mystical understanding..... FEEL to be aware of by instinct or inference. Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan; akin to Old High German fuolen to feel, Latin palpare to caress.....OPHELIA: A pivotal character in Hamlet, Ophelia is the most one-dimensional. She has the potential to become a tragic heroine but she instead crumbles into insanity, becoming merely tragic and ducklike. Ophelia sings songs and waddles around the stage,handing out flowers while citing their symbolic meanings and consuming millet. Although interpretations of the meanings differ, her telepathic contact with deceased waterfowl is generally accepted as a manifestation of madness- at least in the stage version that recently made it's North American tour of shabby playhouses and art-nouveaux beer gardens......
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COMMENTS:
Felin(e) ya Oh!philia :P - dochanne, 2009-05-18: 02:54:00
Ophelia Good, like I know I should now.. - Nosila, 2009-05-18: 13:17:00
funny.... - mweinmann, 2009-05-18: 22:45:00
You're back inventing words again! Good :) I've missed you! Great sentence and funny word! I clicked on the word just to see who could come up with a word like this and BOOM it's YOU! KUDOS! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-19: 02:56:00
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Zoommunicate
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /zoo-MYOO-ni-keyt/
Sentence: Trudy always knew she wanted to work with animals, since they were the only ones who seemed to understand her. She would visit the zoo several times a week because she liked to think that she could zoommunicate with the animals there. When there were no other visitors around, she would speak out loud to them, explaining how insensitive and heartless other humans were. Trudy would make her rounds, spending time with different creatures and trying to avoid the crowds. At first the animals at the zoo seemed to show interest in her monologues, but most of them were used to her presence by now and she was beginning to sense their boredom with her. Trudy was going to have to look for another zoo soon — she might even have to move to another city — in order to find a group of animals who were ready for a long-term committment.
Etymology: Zoo - a park or facility where animals are kept (from Greek, zoion "an animal") + Communicate - to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively (from Latin, commūnicāre "to impart, make common")
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COMMENTS:
Looking at the word alone, I like it, so far. - stache, 2008-03-28: 01:23:00
I am sorry if I have unintentionally "stolen" or plagiarize your word. I have included an alternative verbotomy for today: "Assissiate" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 04:17:00
Oh no, did we post the same word at the same time, Bob? No worries. - Tigger, 2008-03-28: 11:54:00
I could just go with my 2nd choice, "Varminteract" (varmint + interact) as an alternate. - Tigger, 2008-03-28: 12:03:00
Nice sentence. I considered, 'animonologue,' but thought it too one-way. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:48:00
Impossible for me not to vote for this one. "Great" minds, and all that stuff! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 23:41:00
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Anipurr
Created by: spotthecat1
Pronunciation: anee-purr
Sentence: The girl was so busy anipurring that she failed to notice that the rat had chewed off her earlobe.
Etymology: animal + purr
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COMMENTS:
I find your sentence very funny, which rather worries me. - stache, 2008-03-28: 12:50:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-28: 01:36:00
Great 'toon, as usual. Thanks for the def, too, leechdude.
stache - 2008-03-28: 17:48:00
thanks, JW.
stache - 2008-03-28: 17:50:00
oops. wrong box.
We are starting our summer season at Verbotomy today -- which means we are re-doing some of favorite Verbotomies from the past. Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-05-18: 10:06:00
Whew...thanks for the update! I thought it was reducks...
Reducks revisited... ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by leechdude. Thank you leechdude. ~ James
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