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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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Givenuponhumanism
Created by: 1245678
Pronunciation: giv-en-up-on-hue-man-is-um
Sentence: if you cant communicate with other fellow human beings you suffer with givenuponhumanism.
Etymology:
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
Communicat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmyoōnəkat
Sentence: After seeing Cats 37 times Alley felt that she could communicat. She felt that she could speak to her feline friends in their native tongue. She was dissappointed when the guy at the piercing shop politely told her that he was fresh out of implantable whiskers. When she tried to communicat with her human friends they collectively decided that their eccentric chum had gone over the edge. Even though Tom was a bit turned on when Alley started licking herself and purring, he joined in on the planning for an intervention.
Etymology: commune (feel in close spiritual contact with) + communicate (share or exchange information) + cat (a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractile claws)
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COMMENTS:
smart word, twisted sentence...love it - DrWebster111, 2009-05-18: 22:10:00
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Critterpatter
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: critr-patr
Sentence: Angelina had a tough time communicating with most adults but had a gift of critterpatter, a unique ability to communicate with creatures of all kinds.
Etymology: 'Critter' (creature) 'patter' (talk)
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COMMENTS:
cute word - mweinmann, 2009-05-18: 22:44:00
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:12:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-06-04: 03:32:00
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Petsperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pet spur an toe
Sentence: He said had a doctorate in Petsperanto, but she thought he was a quack
Etymology: esperanto, pet
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COMMENTS:
petstacular word - Nosila, 2010-06-04: 09:21:00
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Glossomammalia
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: gloss-o-mam-mail-i-a
Sentence: Emma, Dr. Doolittle's faithful assistant received the gift of glossomammalia one night at an ASPCA rally. She was an especially talented duck whisperer and soon was given her own show on Animal Planet where she would drive to the homes of people who had pets with issues and grievances against their owners. Eventually she went into animalaw, and succesfully argued in front of the Supreme Court to change the law to allow pets to sue their owners for cruelty.
Etymology: Glossolalia: "The gift of tongues" an estatic speech uttered in the worship services of several sects stressing emotion and religious ferver + mammalia: mammal, the highest class of vertebra.
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COMMENTS:
Strangely animerotic word. very good. - metrohumanx, 2009-05-18: 02:17:00
Animammerotic mammocentrism of the highest order! (but not the 'highest class' since none is 'higher' than another) - dochanne, 2009-05-18: 03:14:00
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Diafrog
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dīəfrôg
Sentence: Unable to find her prince, Jessica is left talking to any number of toads. She’s been known to work her tale off on this one-sided diafrog.
Etymology: dialogue (conversation between two or more people) + frog (a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping) Unwilling alter ego of princes in fairy tales.
Mallardkey
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mal lard kee
Sentence: Joan owned a pet duck which she named Sir Francis Drake. She was able to communicate with him very well. He became a therapist for her, as she told him all her problems and dreams. He listened and gave her very clear advice. Some people thought it was all mallardkey, really... getting advice from a duck! One day, she asked Sir Drake how much she should pay him for his valuable service. "Don't worry", he said "I'll send you my bill!"
Etymology: Mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended) & Mallarkey (insincere or foolish talk; misinformation)
Faunetical
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fawn/eh/tic/al
Sentence: Josie was highly faunetical and could use her grasp of faunics to communicate with fauna all over the world.
Etymology: phonetic + fauna
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COMMENTS:
Josie is obviously a highly talented human willing and able to faunacate with all animals. Another brilliant word! - Stevenson0, 2008-03-28: 07:00:00
She is particularly faund of farm animals, especially Mr. Ed because of his large........vocabulary. - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-28: 08:57:00
Excellent: great use of "fauna". Is she the same Josie of "Josie and the Pussycats" fame? I guess she spoke to them in "Catalan " What a faunabulary! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-28: 23:30:00
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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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