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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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Stripnosis
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: strip-no-sis
Sentence: as i got out of the shower i was suprised to find my cat in the bathroom, in a deep state of stripnosis
Etymology: strip, hypnosis
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COMMENTS:
I think people, like cats, are afflicted with stripnosis. Excellent creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:52:00
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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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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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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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Rexamination
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: reks-am-in-ay-shun
Sentence: While taking a shower that morning, Greg realized that he was undergoing his dog's careful rexamination. After such intense scrrrrrutinizing, he was left feeling somewhat inadequate the whole day.
Etymology: Rex, examination
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COMMENTS:
That Rex gets around! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-18: 10:05:00
Did he suffer from disrexia? Great blend! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:28:00
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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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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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Yorkseeyourderrier
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: york/see/yor/dairy/air
Sentence: A neighbour's dog always gives people the yorkseeyourderrier look as they walk past the property.
Etymology: Yorkshire terrier + see + your + derrier
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COMMENTS:
Especially if they are wearing kilts! Unique combination! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 11:39:00
Clever! My sister has one of those dogs and they are always barking up, looking up, or licking up someone's derrier! - 548240262, 2008-02-18: 18:25:00
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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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Oddeyes
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: odd-ize
Sentence: Fluffy was giving Eric that oddeyes stare before he got into the shower.
Etymology: odd + eyes
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COMMENTS:
Unique and oddly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 09:50:00
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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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Buffboggle
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Buff-bogg-el
Sentence: The nudist had no inhibitions when it came to other people, but was highly embarrased when his pet gave him a buffboggle and hid under the couch.
Etymology: Buff- (Coloqial form) nakedness / Boggle- (Coloquial form) viewing with wide eyes or astonishment.
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COMMENTS:
Doubly B good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:05:00
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Peekunease
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /PEEK-uh-neez/ (like the common pronunciation of "Pekingese")
Sentence: When Joyce returned from the store, she tried on her new swimsuit once again, but this time felt a sudden sense of 'peekunease'. She turned to see little Fluffly staring up at her, regarding her with, what felt to her like, disapproval and morbid curiousity at the same time.
Etymology: peek - to peer furtively (c.1374, piken "look quickly and slyly," of unknown origin) + unease - state of discomfort or awkwardness (un- "not" ease - from Old French, aise "comfort, pleasure") & Pekingese - breed of small dog originally from Peking, China
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COMMENTS:
Great Pique! Excellent pun fun! Excellent Blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 11:44:00
Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-02-18: 21:46:00
Good one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-19: 15:48:00
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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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Catagoreyes
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cat/ah/gor/ize
Sentence: Whenever our cat caught me stepping into the bath I could sense his sideways catagoreyes, silently cataloging all my imperfections
Etymology: categorize + cat + gore + eyes
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COMMENTS:
Triple grand slam! Great sentence, etymology and verbot! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-18: 10:30:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2008-02-18: 21:47:00
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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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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