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'I can't believe you left me here all day. Alone!'

DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.

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Loneleer

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: lone-leer

Sentence: It was the second time this month that Sue called in sick to work because her goldfish, Fluffy, gave her that loneleer when she was headed out the door.

Etymology: lone, leer

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Gillty

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Gill-tee

Sentence: Samantha tapped some flakes into the fish bowl. "Aww", she said staring into the fish's sullen eyes. "Did you miss me, Chip?". Chip floated toward the edge of the bowl and nuzzled the glass. He always managed to make her feel so gillty that she had to go out to work in order to feed him. He was such a bloody selfish cod.

Etymology: Guilty - pisspronunciation

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Gloomeyed

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Gloo-mide

Sentence: Sarah's cat, Mr. Huxley, glanced up at her all gloomeyed, walked casually over to the litter box, and began to fling the contents aimlessly about the room in an attempt to convey his displeasure with being left in the apartment for a week with nothing but a catnip ball and NPR radio programming.

Etymology: Gloomy: when the sun never shines, eyed: possessing two organic visual sensors located about the face.

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Chimplore

Created by: astorey

Pronunciation: chimp-lore

Sentence: I couldn't stand it when the dog would chimplore me to feed him, even though I knew he could barely drag his overweight body around the park as it was.

Etymology: Implore: call upon in supplication combined with chimp, as in the animal with expressive eyes.

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Begazing

Created by: chippy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Rascal was begazing me because he wanted a treat.

Etymology: Beseeching, beguiling, gaze

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Donleamealone

Created by: hiladizzle

Pronunciation: doen-lee-mee-alone

Sentence: She watched him walk slowly down the sidewalk as they parted ways for the night. They both hated this part. Saying good-night was almost the equivalent to good-bye for them. He turned for one last glance and noticed she had that donleamealone look on her face. His eyes filled with tears. He hated that look & it filled his heart with such an unfathomable pain to see. He quickly turned back around and rounded the corner and got in his car. Once inside, he let out a huge sigh and wiped his eyes. "One day", he thought as the engine roared to life, "I won't ever have to see that look again."

Etymology: Don't (contraction of do not) + Leave (to depart from) + Me (the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object) + Alone (separate, apart, or isolated from others)

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Incrimiscowl

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: in-krim-uh-skoul

Sentence: Even after giving Boots the entire bag of catnip her incrimiscowl still remained but soon became distracted by her tail and happily chased it for hours afterwards.

Etymology: incriminate + scowl

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Gloomcoma

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: gloom/coma

Sentence: Jenny was sure Jaws was mad at her again. Not only was he refusing to eat, holding his breath (no visible bubbles for seconds at a time), AND scaring her to death by floating belly up now and then, but he seemed to have the worst case of gloomcoma since she forgot he was in the room and ate a whole can of sardines on saltines in front of him.

Etymology: Gloom: Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. + Glaucoma: Disease in which the pressure of the fluid inside the eye is too high, resulting in a loss of peripheral vision

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COMMENTS:

If you are fishing for votes, it worked! Good Word - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 01:51:00

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Condogle

Created by: Nimbulan

Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul

Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.

Etymology: Condem, Ogle.

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Staretling

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stay r tling

Sentence: The eye contact she found staretling

Etymology: startling, stare

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

remistram - 2007-10-22: 10:34:00
Came up with this one thanks to my sucky-baby cat.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-22: 11:32:00
Your pet inspiration! ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-23: 03:03:00
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-17: 00:17:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
staretling