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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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Condogle
Created by: Nimbulan
Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul
Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.
Etymology: Condem, Ogle.
Gulk
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: Gulk.
Sentence: v.: Fido couldn't stop gulking at me when I arrived from my vacation. n.: My mom gives me her full-on gulk whenever I forget calling.
Etymology: Gulk: Guilt + Sulk
Uebluit
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: you blue it
Sentence: My wife gave me the uebluit eye, letting me know I was sleeping on the couch tonight.
Etymology: From the Latin: ueble, a person who makes mistakes.
Opthalmologuilt
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: op-thal-moll-o-guilt
Sentence: Almost immediately as I saw the look of opthalmologuilt from her, I realized that I had forgotten her birthday.
Etymology: opthalmology (science of the eye) / guilt (guilty)
Manipisad
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
Petthetic
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: pet-the-tic
Sentence: Rover slowly wagged his tail and gazed petthetically, as his master left for the day.
Etymology:
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
Peekablue
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: peek/a/blue
Sentence: Apache, Laura's dog, after being sad and lonely all day would whine and play peekablue with her when she got home from work.
Etymology: PEEKABLUE - noun - from PEEK (a quick, or furtive look, or glance; peep) + BLUE (dejected, depressed, despondent, down-hearted, downcast, glum, melancholy)
Lowguiltify
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: lowguiltify is pnownced 'low' ad then the word 'guilt' and then 'fy'.
Sentence: My pet decided to lowguiltify he for making her feel neeglected .
Etymology:
Comments:
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.
Your pet inspiration! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
staretling