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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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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"
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
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
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)
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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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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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
