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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.
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Peekablue
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: peek/a/blue
Sentence: Apache, Laura's dog, after being sad and lonely all day would whine and play peekablue with her when she got home from work.
Etymology: PEEKABLUE - noun - from PEEK (a quick, or furtive look, or glance; peep) + BLUE (dejected, depressed, despondent, down-hearted, downcast, glum, melancholy)
Guilteyzed
Created by: Chickp
Pronunciation: Guilt-eyezd
Sentence: My dog guiltized me through the front window as I walked away from the house
Etymology: guilt+eyed
Meglancecholy
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /meglænskəli/
Sentence: When I arrived home, my pet gave me one of those meglancholies, and I couldn't help to feel guilty about leaving it alone the whole afternoon...
Etymology: MEGLANCECHOLY. n. From Melancholy + Glance
Fidoeyed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fīdōīd
Sentence: After a long, hard day at work Jeff*s pup Bobo greets him with his best fidoeyed look as if to say **How could you leave me all day here with that stupid cat?** Guiltreats will surely ensue.
Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog) + doe-eyed (having large, gentle, dark eyes)
Anthropetmotive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: an-throw-pet-MO-tive
Sentence: Mark was studiously ignoring his dog Gracie's anthropetmotive stares all through his dinner until he could no longer avoid it. "Fine! I'll feed you now," he said resignedly.
Etymology: anthro- meaning human-like; pet - becasue pets do this; and -motive as in Emotive. It also sounds like anthropomorphic - to instill human-like qualities into non-human things.
Eyesbreaker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: eyes/braker
Sentence: She could melt ice with her eyesbreaker stare
Etymology: ice breaker + eyes
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COMMENTS:
well done...my dog gives me that every day. - Chickp, 2007-10-22: 12:12:00
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Glowergard
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: gla-wer-garghd
Sentence: Old Jessie gave me a glowergard late last night after I forgot to change his water. Poor Jessie, he can't even try to be independent...
Etymology: glower + regard
Lowguiltify
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: lowguiltify is pnownced 'low' ad then the word 'guilt' and then 'fy'.
Sentence: My pet decided to lowguiltify he for making her feel neeglected .
Etymology:
Errlepathy
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: 'er-'le-puh-the
Sentence: Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn't enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card.
Etymology: Blended: (1) err: mistake or wrongdoing + (2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages
Condogle
Created by: Nimbulan
Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul
Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.
Etymology: Condem, Ogle.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-22: 10:34:00
Came up with this one thanks to my sucky-baby cat.
Your pet inspiration! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
staretling