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DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
Verboticisms
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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"
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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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
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)
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
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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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
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
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
Prictonitesymob
Created by: xxbri
Pronunciation: Prick-toe-night-sim-mob
Sentence: Karen leaned in to the fuzzy creatures and was greeted with a prictonitesymob
Etymology: Karen thought procupines were kittens and she leaned in to cuddle them, she was taken by surprise
