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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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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)
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
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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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
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
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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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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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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