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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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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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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
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"
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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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
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
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
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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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
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)
