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DEFINITION: n. That weird stare your cat, dog, bird or other pet gets in it's eye when it sees you naked. v. tr. To stare at your owner when he or she changes clothes or is otherwise naked.
Verboticisms
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Barestare
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: bear-stair
Sentence: My cat's habit of monitoring my daily showers always ends up with him giving me the same incredulous barestare when I emerge unclothed and dripping wet.
Etymology: bare + stare
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COMMENTS:
A peeping tom! If it was a human barestarer would he be defended by a bare-rister? Such fun to play with this great one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:22:00
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Voyfurism
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: VOY+ FUR+ ISM
Sentence: Benji's voyfurism is really out of control when Heidi stays the night.
Etymology: Voyeurism, and furries!
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-18: 14:51:00
Embedding fur in voyeurism was a stroke of genius! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 14:55:00
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Dogle
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: dah - gull
Sentence: Spot, stop dogling me, you little pet perv (if only you could have two word verboticisms...)
Etymology: dog + ogle
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COMMENTS:
Dagnabbit. Stole my word. - ErWenn, 2008-02-18: 09:35:00
So good it dogled my mind! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:53:00
lovely! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-18: 10:06:00
Good one! There's actually a town named 'Dogle' in New Mexico, (US). It doesn't come up on Mapquest though. Maybe it's just a place where a bunch of wide-eyed dogs gather. - Tigger, 2008-02-18: 18:56:00
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Pugeyed
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Puhg-I-d
Sentence: Bambi, the slow-eyed blonde, was a nudist with a deer figure. It was no surpreyese her pet dog went around her pugeyed!
Etymology: A pug who eyed her and a play on bug-eyed
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COMMENTS:
Did he do it with pugnancy in mind! Good word with many possible meanings. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 18:57:00
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Blushpuppy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃˌpʌpi/
Sentence: I know he probably just wanted me to take him outside, but when I noticed my dog was staring at me, I went all blush-puppy.
Etymology: From blush + puppy (sounds like "hush puppy", which has nothing to do with the meaning)
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COMMENTS:
Your clever pun fun verbot has stolen my heart and vote! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:55:00
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Petuglance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet you glans
Sentence: When Roger climbed naked out of the forest pool after his morning ablutions, his beloved elephant, Seemore, gave him a petuglance which asked the oft unspoken question, "How do you breathe through that thing??"
Etymology: pet (domesticated animal kept for companionship) & you & glance (look) & petulant (easily annoyed)
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COMMENTS:
you get a vote for the seymore/seemore pun! (and a good verbot) - swallowedbyafish, 2008-02-18: 02:37:00
HA! Funny sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-18: 05:34:00
Roaring with laughter! That ending suggests a whole new spelling and meaning for petuglans! (I don't know which made me redder, this remark or laughing so hard!) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:59:00
Great sentence! LMTO (Laughing My Trunk Off)... - Tigger, 2008-02-18: 18:43:00
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Petuslant
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PET -u- slant
Sentence: When Bob's pet sloth peered through the bathroom window as he was getting out of the shower, petocchio was its petuslant.
Etymology: PETUSLANT: a blend of pet, petulant & slant(a particular way of looking at things) PETOCCHIO "pet eye"(loosing based on the italian word or expression, "mal occhio" .
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COMMENTS:
I like your ingenuity in your choice of words in your etymology. Great fun pun creation on the first one! Has a unique sound to it when you say it out loud, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:48:00
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Doggawking
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Dawg - gokk - ing
Sentence: It was quite common for Bernice to find her beagle, Homer, doggawking at her as she admired herself in the mirror while she dried off after her shower
Etymology: Dog and gawk.
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COMMENTS:
Clever play also on dog walking ... Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:00:00
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Weenersniffle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: wee nur sniff el
Sentence: His weenersniffle seemed to say, aha, so that's where the smell comes from.
Etymology: wienerschnitzer, weener sniffle
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COMMENTS:
Nobody nose! (lol) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:25:00
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Catskance
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cat/skans
Sentence: I swear every time I change my clothes, my feline, Garth, sneaks a catskance to check me out.
Etymology: cat + askance (With a sideways glance) + scan
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COMMENTS:
Simple fun pun ... Terrific word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 15:02:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Attention Verbotomists: We are trying a new thing this week with "photos", which we are using to illustrate the definitions, instead of the cartoons. I have chosen photos from some of the best photographers at Flickr. Click on the photo credit (creative commons license) under the image to see the original pictures. Hope you like them! ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-02-18: 07:36:00
I'd be seriously worried abour Nosila!
ErWenn - 2008-02-18: 09:43:00
I thank everyone for not playing "em-bare-assed" or some variant thereof.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-18: 11:55:00
I/we can appreciate you might need a break from your drawing board, James. Pix, into the mix, of verbotomy, is nice,but I Njoyed your cartoons muchly! So I hope there will be a mix of both in the future. Your cartoons are a huge part of the heart, and mind, of verbotomy!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-18: 12:05:00
Petifully good definition, Nosila!
Thanks Silvery! ~ James