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DEFINITION: n. A person who insists that lower life forms (fish, clams, cephalopods, reptiles, or insects) can be affectionate pets and excellent watchdogs. v. To talk to an animal who can't possibly understand a single word you're saying.
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Chatterpillar
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chat - ter - pill - ur
Sentence: Daphne loved butterflys and, each year, would just wait until they appeared in her garden so that she could sit in her favorite chair and watch them fly around. She felt an almost magical quality inhabited her garden when they there. This year, she decided to "tip the scales" in her favor by befriending the caterpillars that would soon be transformed. Each day, she would crawl around in her garden looking for them. When she saw one, she would engage in chatterpillar with each one of them, beseaching them to make her garden their "forever" home.....
Etymology: Chatter + Caterpillar >> Chatter (speak rapidly and incessantly) Caterpillar (worm-like larva of various insects, especially butterflies and moths)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 13:43:00
cute - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-28: 13:48:00
Love it! - TJayzz, 2009-01-28: 13:56:00
You have metamorphosized a great word! - Nosila, 2009-01-28: 19:35:00
appeals to the child in me as well as the adult ... fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:27:00
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Dummunication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: duh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn
Sentence: Cindy has a pet spider. She talks to it all the time. This would be dummunication because spiders don't have ears.
Etymology: dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs)
Shrimpatico
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: SHrim-PAH-ti-koh
Sentence: "Oh, do you see what shrimps see?" asked Bob, not even battering an eyelid. "To confess the truth, Bob, it's just I don't think that's as easy as you say," said Roxy. " I'll try to do so, to please you; but I rather think Crusty, brought up in the sea, sees the world quite differently; indeed, through different eyes." Have you got a pencil and paper!" exclaimed Bob. "Just write him a note in Shrimperanto and he will understand immediately." Bob watched eagerly, convinced that he had developed some special shrimpatico, with even the tiniest of crustaceans.
Etymology: Blend of SHRIMP: Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia. In a loose sense, any small crustacean & SIMPATICO: congenial or like-minded; sharing similar temperaments and, therefore, able to get along well together.
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COMMENTS:
nice one OB - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 04:23:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-28: 13:50:00
Love it...it shows we are all just Prawns in the game of life. - Nosila, 2009-01-28: 19:30:00
Seansational! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:16:00
This is hilarious ....shrimpsational - mweinmann, 2009-01-29: 23:58:00
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Interviewterbrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ter vu ter brayt
Sentence: Clara always spoke to her pets and whatever critters came into her yeard. She would interviewterbrate them for hours, despite the fact they could not understand her. Many of her neighbors just found her to be plain crazy.
Etymology: Interview (discuss with or ask questions) & Invertebrate (species lacking a backbone, hence thought to be of a lesser order)
Zanynatter
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: zay nee nat ter
Sentence: "Fishy, Fishy, in the aquarium, it is home to you I come. Let me tell you 'bout my day. I'll feed you, while I have my say. I can tell by your eyes, the gossip shared was a surprise. Ahhhh! How you pucker your lips sweetly, and blow bubbly kisses to me." Nettie cooed to her neon tetras. Her husband shook his head and muttered, " Zanynatter, Nettie."
Etymology: ZANY, NATTER. NATTER - to talk about not very serious matters, often rapidly and at length and sometimes in an irritating way. ZANY - to be strangely entertaining in an amusing and unusual clownish and foolish way.
Foolittle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: foo lit el
Sentence: the truth be known she was more foolittle than Doolittle, but the bugs never complained.
Etymology: doolittle, fool
Gnatchat
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gnat/chat
Sentence: When the tiny flying insects start to interfere with dinner, Julie justs calls them altogether for a little gnatchat and asks them to go bother the family next door.
Etymology: GNATCHAT - from CHITCHAT + GNAT (a small flying insect)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe next time Julie will gnatchat them into visiting the cat in the hat - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:30:00
fun word and fun to say - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:31:00
Julie was just doing what comes gnaturally. - Mustang, 2009-01-28: 23:44:00
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Critterchat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: KRIT-ehr-chat
Sentence: Thelmalou shamelessly engaged in critterchat with her pets, small wild animals and any other kinds of creatures she encountered believing with all her heart that they truly understood her.
Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (any animal) and 'chat' (idle talk) , word play based loosely on the word chitchat
Animalculinguist
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: an-eh-mal-kyu-ling-gwist
Sentence: Dr. Anthea Pod was shocked when she received the letter cutting off her government funding. For years she had been known as the world's foremost animalculinguist. For over 40 years she had been celebrated as the authority and researcher of the languages of small or microscopic organisms. At long last, her book, Tiny Talkers: Languages of the Hidden Ones, was about to be published by the University of California at Berkeley. "Why, oh, why," she cried out in her laboratory. But, she knew who could comfort her. She knew who heard her. She knew who would always be there for her.
Etymology: From ANIMALCULE, a very small or microscopic organism + LINGUIST, one who specializes in languages
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COMMENTS:
-great word & sentence/narrative! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:21:00
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Chatnimal
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: chat-ni-mal
Sentence: Ellie would chatimal to anything that moved. She thought that all bugs and animals understood her strange language.
Etymology: Chat - To talk. An(imal)- Taken from part of the word animal.

Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
No problema. Never use a large word when a diminutive one will do.
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
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