Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: piti-pʊs

Sentence: Mr. Floppypants met Roger at the door with such a pitipuss that you'd think he'd been gone nearly forever. The truth is that Roger had only gone to the mailbox and back but the guilt he felt was enough to make him break out a new box of Mr. Floppypants' favorite treats.

Etymology: pitiful (deserving or arousing pity) + puss (a person's face or mouth)

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Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: piti-pout

Sentence: With his pitipout, Pooki, my pitiful Pomeranian, left me no choice but to quit my job and stay home to keep him company.

Etymology: pity (a feeling of empathy for another) + pout (a droopy facial expression of dismay or disappointment)

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Created by: gobidesert

Pronunciation: pet-an-tic

Sentence: The cat has been petantic all morning -- perhaps we should take it for a walk?

Etymology: Variation on pedantic.

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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: 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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: cri/ti/size

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

Etymology: criticize + eyes + critter

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COMMENTS:

should this perhaps be spelled critterseyes? - MrDave2176, 2007-10-22: 17:16:00

good one MrDave - that would have been better - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 05:56:00

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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: chippy

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: Beseeching, beguiling, gaze

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Created by: Chickp

Pronunciation: Guilt-eyezd

Sentence: My dog guiltized me through the front window as I walked away from the house

Etymology: guilt+eyed

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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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