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'They're so cute! What kind of kittens are they? Porcupines.'

DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.

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Barbdeydoll

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: barb/dee/doll

Sentence: She might look like a model but she's really a barbdeydoll

Etymology: barbie doll + barbed wire

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Cuddleshark

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: kud-dul-shark

Sentence: Her arms appeared warm and inviting and her eyes had that come-hither look, but every time he approached her, the vicious fangs of the cuddleshark were revealed.

Etymology: cuddle, cuttle shark

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COMMENTS:

Great word. Such soft savagery. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-31: 18:24:00

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Fraudermalent

Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: fraw-derm-ah-lent

Sentence: She had a strict policy to never touch wool, or even wire-haired terriers, stating they were both fraudermalent.

Etymology: fraudulent + derma (of the skin)

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Sharpfuzlic

Created by: FreakinDuh

Pronunciation: Sharp-fuzz-lick

Sentence: "That's so sharpfuzlic!" A woman said after sitting on a pointy bush she thought was grass.

Etymology: Sharp + Fuzz

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Canditoxifer

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: can-dee-TOKS-ee-fer

Sentence: Roxy's fixed botoxy beam never waned,always gleaming warm and fuzzy. But beneath that manufactured mien lurked more malice than mellow. She was a canditoxifer: in look, glowing warm and fuzzy; of tongue, poisonous and arrow sharp.

Etymology: Based on, and a blending of the words, Candy (Fr):crystallized sugar; Cand,-e,(L):glowing warmly; Tox,-ic,(L):poison; Tox,-euma,(G):arrow, and Fer,(L):agent,doer.

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COMMENTS:

Wow - what a sentence!! I wish I had more votes - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-31: 16:54:00

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Brillobunny

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Bril-oh-buhn-ee

Sentence: Samantha hadn't shaved her legs in nearly a week, which caused trouble when Ollie decided to play a little footsie on the loveseat and then got barbed and shredded like he'd just been leg-humped by a brillobunny.

Etymology: Brillo (scouring pad) + bunny (cutie-wootie furry animal)

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COMMENTS:

Your sentence is hilarious! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-31: 07:57:00

I agree with purple but might add it's hilhairious - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-31: 12:00:00

This is one rabbit I wouldn't like to pull out of a hat! Good word & sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-31: 18:34:00

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Obfuscactus

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ob-fyewss-cak-tus

Sentence: i was drawn to her, feeling at last that i had found someone kind and caring, unaware that she was actually a well-known obfuscactus

Etymology: obfuscate, cactus

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like a prickly pairing. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-31: 08:03:00

Saguaro, wrong number. - Kyoti, 2007-07-31: 09:37:00

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Furguise

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: furr-g-eyes

Sentence: Upon meeting her mother he appreciated that she had many positive attributes but he wouldn't be fooled by all the delicate knitted potholders and tea cosys; he still concluded that she was a furguise.

Etymology: furry + disguise

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