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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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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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Cuddledagger

Created by: ChristopherAndersen

Pronunciation: CU dul DA gur

Sentence: That little cuddledagger bit me!

Etymology: from "cuddle," something you want to hug and "dagger" a hidden pointy weapon

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Shreddybear

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: shreddy/bare

Sentence: To prepare their child for the cruel world they gave him a shreddybear which bit him every time he cuddled it

Etymology: shred + teddy bear

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COMMENTS:

Tough love! And tell me, did the child grow up to be a money lender - and put "the bite" on others? Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-07-31: 18:18:00

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Obscazzard

Created by: frostycharlie69

Pronunciation: ob-SCAZ-ard

Sentence: That blasted obscazzard just pricked me! I wasn't expecting that!

Etymology: From "Obscure" and "Hazard"

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Foolfur

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: FOOL-fur

Sentence: Alex's trip across country meant many agonising nights under foolfur blankets in seedy backwater motels.

Etymology: fool + faux fur

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Kittytankerous

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: kit/ee/tang/ker/uhs

Sentence: Bosses have to be kittytankerous individuals to get their job done.

Etymology: kitty + cantankerous

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COMMENTS:

I like it - mdmquincy, 2007-08-01: 18:41:00

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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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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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Mascut

Created by: radiogirl

Pronunciation: MAES-kÃt

Sentence: I was enchanted by her appearances, good manners and experience, but when it came to asking her for advice, it turned up she was just a self-assured mascut, as she turned her back on me.

Etymology: mascot + cut

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