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'How could she bring him without a leash.'

DEFINITION: n. An unleashed pet (or boyfriend) which is running amuck, chasing cars, eating garbage, and jumping on innocent bystanders. v. To unleash your pet and let him or her run wild.

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Rampet

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rampət

Sentence: Joan almost hated to get an invitation to a party. She knows her boyfriend will have a bit too much to drink and act like a fool. His rampet behavior may be funny to some but they don\'t have to clean up the mess he makes. Smacking him with a rolled-up newspaper only works for a short while.

Etymology: rampant (violent or unrestrained in action or performance) + pet (a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure)

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Boornado

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boor-ney-doh

Sentence: Jill's boyfriend is not a welcome sight at many of her friend's parties. It doesn't take but a few drinks to turn him into a boornado.

Etymology: boor (a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person) + tornado (a localized, violently destructive windstorm)

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Fidoh

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: FIE-d'oh

Sentence: A common phrase heard whenever Filbert came around with his dog was 'Fidoh' because the dog was unruly and unmanageable and could be counted on to create havoc wherever it might roam.

Etymology: Blend of the generic pet name 'Fido' and the term 'D'oh' from the Simpsons sometimes indicating that something bad is about to happen.

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Eramcipate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ee ram sip ate

Sentence: Mary had a pet black ram, His name was OBAAAma, She eramcipated him one day, And landed in the slammer. ObAAAma sprung her from the joint, He did not want to disappoint, He pulled the wool o'er the warden's eyes, And Mary flocked off, without good byes. When OBAAma took our Mary home, Our Heroes looked like Mutton Jeff, But He said, "Mary, I love Ewe", And now Mary has a little lamb! Shears!

Etymology: Emancipate (to liberate, allow freedon to, to set free) & Ram (uncastrated adult male sheep)

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COMMENTS:

Laughing so hard I can barely type! You are so BAAAA'D you are flambtastic! Luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:28:00

Definitely funny and creative. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:23:00

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Disobediablo

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: diss-o-bee-dee-ahb-loh

Sentence: Yes, he was certainly a disobediablo. Contemplating the ceiling from her hospital bed of traction and her future plans for Hellmutt, her combination Pitt Bull-Chichuahua, Absentia knew even the Dog Whisperer couldn't help.

Etymology: DISOBEDIENT, meaning failing or refusing to obey + DIABLO, Spanish for devil

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COMMENTS:

Devilishly clever. - Mustang, 2009-03-19: 19:27:00

hahaha! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-03-23: 16:03:00

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Scalawagger

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: Skal - ah - wag - gur

Sentence: Ol Buffy was a scalawagger... His tail was fast, he was no lagger. Up and down the street he ran after cars and after vans. He took the food right off one's plate and with every female dog did mate. But now he is all dead and gone so this is the end of my doggie song.

Etymology: scalawag, wag, wagger... A scalawag one who is playfully mischievous and one that is also a wagger has a tail to wag as does a dog

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COMMENTS:

Awwwwwwww! Even though he was an outlaw ... a desperdogo, it's such a cute and clever rhyme ... and scalawagger is absolutely adorable! Your sentence and word are truly Superb! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:32:00

Really good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:29:00

I'm so sad he's dog-gone! Good Word, rombus. - Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:05:00

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Obsloviate

Created by: BookWorm579

Pronunciation: n: ob-SLAW-vee-it v: ob-SLAW-vee-ate

Sentence: Because Mary's obsloviate of a boyfriend made such a racket, the police had to shut down the party.

Etymology: Derived from "obnoxious" and "slob".

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Woofensive

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: wuf + fens + ev

Sentence: Laurie's dog was the most woofensive animal we had ever seen. She allowed Wally (she called him wallydog) to aggressively go after her guest's food, run after kids on bicycles and last but not least, relieve himself on everyone's legs.....

Etymology: Woof and Offensive

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COMMENTS:

Your etymology and word are so good they are something to bark about! Woof! Woof! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:39:00

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Fidoh

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: FY-d'oh

Sentence: A common phrase heard whenever Delbert came around with his dog was 'Fidoh' because the dog was unruly and unmanageable and could be counted on to create havoc wherever it might roam.

Etymology: Blend of the generic pet name 'Fido' and the term 'D'oh' from the Simpsons sometimes indicating that something bad is about to happen.

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COMMENTS:

:D - galwaywegian, 2009-03-19: 04:39:00

Fie on Fidoh! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:09:00

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Feralunatrog

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: FEAR-uh-LOON-uh-trog

Sentence: Sookie and Sandy sure liked to party- The food wasn’t good but the toasts they were hearty!- The music grew louder, the word passed around- Someone invited the bums from downtown… Soon it grew nasty-the punch it got drained-- Some fool brought a pit bull-The punches they rained- On innocent drunkards who passed out quite early- The riot squad turned out that night to be surly. So next time you party with Sookie and Sandy- Come with a tazer and keep the mace handy. Come with a buddy, a spouse or a dog, but... Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG

Etymology: FERAL+lUNAtic+TROGlodyte=FERALUNATROG.....FERAL: of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast, having escaped from domestication and become wild; Medieval Latin feralis, from Latin fera wild animal, from feminine of ferus wild 1604.....LUNATIC: affected with lunacy, wildly foolish; Middle English lunatik, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French lunatic, from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the erroneous belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon.....TROGLODYTE: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves; Latin troglodytae, plural, from Greek trōglodytai, from trōglē hole, cave (akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw, Armenian aracem I lead to pasture, graze) + dyein to enter.

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COMMENTS:

Roaring with laughter at your silly rhyme, and your dilly of a verbotomy! Funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:35:00

Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:58:00

dang it cut off all I said...good one! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:59:00

metrohumanx Thanks, all. I was pushing the envelope with that one....?! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:02:00

metrohumanx YEARS of Academy training.....WASTED! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:13:00

Insanely good. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:35:00

You got my vote! Excellent word! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:46:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-03-19: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2009-03-19: 13:42:00
The creative humor of all was dog gone good today!

silveryaspen - 2009-03-19: 13:47:00
Kudos to the poets, too! Silly rhymes with that grain of true! And an upbleat to the one about ewe!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-10-01: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2010-10-01: 03:58:00
domesthickated

galwaywegian - 2010-10-01: 03:59:00
oops!