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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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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
Meglancecholy
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /meglænskəli/
Sentence: When I arrived home, my pet gave me one of those meglancholies, and I couldn't help to feel guilty about leaving it alone the whole afternoon...
Etymology: MEGLANCECHOLY. n. From Melancholy + Glance
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
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.
Fidoeyed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fīdōīd
Sentence: After a long, hard day at work Jeff*s pup Bobo greets him with his best fidoeyed look as if to say **How could you leave me all day here with that stupid cat?** Guiltreats will surely ensue.
Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog) + doe-eyed (having large, gentle, dark eyes)
Eyesbreaker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: eyes/braker
Sentence: She could melt ice with her eyesbreaker stare
Etymology: ice breaker + eyes
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COMMENTS:
well done...my dog gives me that every day. - Chickp, 2007-10-22: 12:12:00
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Glaredycat
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Gl-air-dee-cat
Sentence: When her owner Tom came home from work, Pusskins would often sit there putting on her best glaredycat expression waiting for him to feel so guilty that he would have to open a fresh tin of salmon for her tea, just to ease his conscience for having to leave her alone for so long.
Etymology: Glare(to stare intensively) + Cat(a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur) = Glaredycat
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-18: 11:21:00
Me likey...and me votey. :) - lumina, 2008-09-19: 06:23:00
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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:
Mydopia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: m aye doe peeee ya
Sentence: her mydopia was her second worst look, the worst was reserved for when you bought her the wrong birthday present. He shuddered as he remembered her last bout of presbuydopia.
Etymology: myopia, my dope (denoting possesion of an idiot).
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-18: 11:20:00
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Gilltrip
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gil trip
Sentence: When Daisy gets home from work each night, her goldfish, Smelt Gibson, always gives her the gilltrip look. You know, that pethetic longing to make her feel bad about him being alone so much. If he could, he'd show her that warning from the Sturgeon General that warns that neglected pet fish can become hard of herring...
Etymology: Gill (respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water) & Guilt Trip (remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence)
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COMMENTS:
on the nose!!!
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-22: 01:54:00
and those fish-tales from the ocean !!:)
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-22: 01:56:00
Dear DrWebsterIII: I do it just for the halibut...otherwise what's the porpoise? P.S. Love your comments to all...very supportive and if I may be koi, you are a kindly sole... - Nosila, 2012-11-22: 22:16:00
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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