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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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Pugsbunny
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with Bugs Bunny
Sentence: Geraldine was the office pugsbunny. She looked like that old stereotype of a kindly librarian, but underneath that cardiganned, bunned, spectacled exterior, she had a heart of steel and never pulled her punches.
Etymology: pug (short for pugilist) + bunny (sl. rabbit) + Bugs Bunny (smart alec rabbit cartoon character)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-31: 12:01:00
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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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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
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
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
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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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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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
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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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
