Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pol lee kod del

Sentence: When Old Lady Harris finally passed on from Shaker's Acres to the Great Beyond, the only thing she left her niece, Bethany, was her beloved, Hyacinth Macaw parrot, Polly. Polly could talk, incessantly, as it turns out and demanded all Bethany's attention. It turns out,too, her aunt had treated Polly like a baby and as a result she had been able to pollycoddle the raucous bird and spoil her rotten. When Polly did not get her way she screached and swore loudly. "Oh well," thought Bethany, "at least she also left me a few bucks to buy food and supplies for the bird". It was with horror then that Bethany read that parrots like Polly lived to the age of one hundred!

Etymology: Polly (popular name for a pet parrot) & Mollycoddle (a pampered darling;treat with excessive indulgence)

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: big nor a mut

Sentence: Sally’s bignoramut’s main activity was to wait by the door for her. Unfortunately, one day the big stupid fat dog lay too close to the door when Sally burst inside her apartment. “Bonkraashunch”! “Dawling! I’m sorry!” Sally cooed apologetically. “Thump thump thump...”

Etymology: From IGNORAMUS, BIG and MUT.

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: charm id E us

Sentence: He rescued the mixed-breed bassett from the phound. The poor mutt had long, matted, hair, desperately in need of shampooing and clipping, along with a frighteningly ugly, part boxer, part schnauzer, part pugly, face ... earning him the name of Scrunge Bob Scare Pants ... so charmideous he was a blessing in disguise!

Etymology: HIDEOUSLY, CHARMING = CHARMIDEOUS. // A pound for hounds is a phound. // Pug ugly is pugly.

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COMMENTS:

Love it! Scrunge Bob Scare Pants -ha, what a tail. If I had a Bassett, I'd call it Angela! - Nosila, 2009-04-23: 19:24:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: roh-lee-po-lee

Sentence: "Polly wants a cracker", a phrase repeated and reacted upon so many times that Polly is a rolypolly.

Etymology: rolly-poly (short and plumply round, as a person or a young anima) polly (a tame parrot)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in pet u gush

Sentence: Simone realized she was a pet owner who was impetyougush. She had found Marshmallow, her white Persian cat when a kitten and raised her to sleek adulthood. Marshmallow slept 16-20 hours a day on the top of the couch. Simone fed her, cleaned out her stink box and just when she felt unappreciated, Marshmallow would roll over on her back and look adorable. When Simone came home from a hard day, Marshmallow would reach our her paw and touch Simone, so that she had no choice but to pat her. Then the purring would commence and Simone would unwind and relax. She soon realized that people measured cats' intelligence by their own standards. If you were an impartial observer, you'd wonder who was smarter: a cat who did whatever it wanted all day long with no accountability or pressures or the stupid human who raced home from a hard day at work to strain poop out of kitty litter, fill up the food bowl and put clean water in a dish and then hope the animal you did all that for would grace you with a purr or tummy rub offer or rub against your legs. Yep, cats aren't the stupid ones, are they??

Etymology: Impetuous (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation) & Pet (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement) & You Gush (you give an unrestrained expression of emotion)

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COMMENTS:

Outstanding etymology. Your word play on impetuous is purrfecshun! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 02:07:00

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Created by: Keeah

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pet ag ree

Sentence: To be a lovable lazy lump of ginger feline love machine was Tom's petagree.

Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement) & Agree (be agreeable or suitable)and WordPlay on Pedigree (line of descent of a pure-bred animal)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ig noh ray mau sser

Sentence: her ignoramouser dribbled, drooled, slept, sprawled and stank, but she hadn't had any visiting rodents since he'd arrived, which was fine by her.

Etymology: ignoramous mouser

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: moh-pet-tron

Sentence: Hammy the cat's mopetronic behaviour was starting to creep her out, the constant eye contact and weird little grunts he made by his empty food dish - he would lay there all day until she fed him again. If Hammy could talk he would say, "You must tell me how beautiful I am daily, and you must pet me when I want you to, not only that YOU are MY slave, you do what I want when I want."

Etymology: moron (a stupid dimwit) + pet (domesticated tamed animal companion)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: cat as tro fee

Sentence: As pets go, Felix was a catastrophy...lazy, stupid, house-wrecking cute ball of adorable feline.

Etymology: Cat ( feline pet) & Catastrophe (disaster) & Trophy (award, token)

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