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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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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.
Inverbalbrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in verb bal brayt
Sentence: Jen Tomology loved her pets. She kept insects and talked to them daily. She could inverbalbrate to them in her version of their languages. She could caterwaul with the caterpillars, she could mouth moth, mantis semantics and could aphidavit aphids. In her own waspish way she was trying to diversifly and bee relev-ant to her pets. That really bugged some people.
Etymology: Invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord) & Verbal (express in spoken words;relating to or having facility in the use of words;communicated in the form of words)
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
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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Critterchat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT-ehr-chat
Sentence: Marylou 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 and chat, word play based loosely on the word chitchat
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COMMENTS:
I must stop critterchattering too! - great word! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:24:00
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Bugwhisperer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bəgwɪspərər
Sentence: Julie liked to think of herself as a bugwhisperer. When a bug came into her house, she would try to talk to it, trying to convince it to leave peacefully. The fact that this never worked didn't seem to alter her approach. Her friends began to think her a bit buggy.
Etymology: bug (a small insect) + whisperer (one who speaks softly) A play off of the Dog Whisperer
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 11:04:00
has great appeal ... like a whispered secret! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:22:00
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Cozyologist
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: COE-zee-ALL-uh-jist
Sentence: Beverly insisted that ALL life forms were capable of returning her love -especially all the myriad creatures in her insect collection, each of which had a name. Beverly was a fanatic COZYOLOGIST, and she claimed that even the dust mites on her sofa could feel the pain of rejection. When she insisted that Timmy The Beard verify her beliefs, Timmy had to recuse himself from judgement...he was just too close to the subject.
Etymology: COZY+zoOLOGIST= COZYOLOGIST.....COZY:enjoying or affording warmth and ease,snuggly, marked by or providing contentment or comfort;perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian koselig cozy.....ZOOLOGIST: study of the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animal, animal type, or group,a branch of biology concerned with the promotion, the properties and vital phenomena of animals, even unresponsive ones.
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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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Animisinterpret
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: an/i/mis/in/tur/pret
Sentence: Sally tended to animisinterpret the actions of insects in her garden often getting stung or bitten in the process. She was convinced they had come to visit her and impart ancient wisdom.
Etymology: animism (attribution of a living soul to plants, insects etc) + misinterpret (drawa a wrong inference)
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COMMENTS:
animism was a great choice to use in your etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:44:00
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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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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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