Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pet peep

Sentence: When Jenny returned from holdays every year, she got the same treatment from her menagerie...the petpeep. Even though she had ensured someone would come by daily to feed, water, talk to them and change their litter areas, it took a week for them to forgive her. The guinea pig glared, the beta was baleful, the cat was contemptuous, the sheepdog looked sheepish and the Siamese cat was sulky.

Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement;a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)& Peep (a secret look; to look furtively)also Wordplay on Pet Peeve (an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed)

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Created by: Durotriges

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Neither wine,roses nor soothing words could deflect the remonstraglaze that Rebecca turned upon him.

Etymology: remonstrate/ gaze/ glaze

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: critter/size

Sentence: Each day when she left for work her cat would critterseyes her from the tiny opening in the living room shutters.

Etymology: criticize + eyes + critter

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COMMENTS:

nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-09-18: 06:26:00

You have a crittercal eye! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 01:47:00

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Created by: sallybeth

Pronunciation: man-ip-e-sad

Sentence: She gave me a long manipisad to tell me how long it's been since i took her for a walk.

Etymology: manipulate and sad

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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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Created by: Kevcom

Pronunciation: gla-wer-garghd

Sentence: Old Jessie gave me a glowergard late last night after I forgot to change his water. Poor Jessie, he can't even try to be independent...

Etymology: glower + regard

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Hang-dog-gon

Sentence: Felicity never failed to notice the hangdoggone look her pets would give her when she'd return from a night out or even a shopping trip, and her pooch Hector was the most baleful of her menagerie.

Etymology: Blend of 'hangdog' (shamefaced; guilty), 'doggone' (damned; confounded),

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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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Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: 'er-'le-puh-the

Sentence: Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn't enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card.

Etymology: Blended: (1) err: mistake or wrongdoing + (2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages

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Created by: Corebowe

Pronunciation: TOM;uck;yule

Sentence: n., "Having woken up late and gone straight to work without feeding my dog, I was greeted with a piercing tomoccule when I returned that evening." v. tr., "Michelle tomocculed her husband until he gave in and apologised."

Etymology: From latin 'tom' - to cut (LoboTOMy, AppendecTOMy, aTOM) and 'occulo', meaning eyes - roughly translated as 'to cut with eyes'

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