Verboticisms

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)

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Created by: Lolagrrl

Pronunciation: powt-TEND

Sentence: Although Alin did his best to poutend when he tried to get his way, he was far to old to have this ploy work in his favor and everyone wound up just being embarrassed for him... Kinda' like when a person does something so humiliating to himself that you almost wish you could erase it from your memory... Like Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem. Yeah, just like that.

Etymology: Pout + Pretend Can also be used in other forms such as "Poutential" - Having the ability to guilt trip; "Poutendency" - More likely to guilt trip than not; and "Poutentate" - One who has the ability to effectively inflict guilt.

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Created by: fourgirls

Pronunciation: pet seethe

Sentence: Craig's cat, Mouse, was very upset by his constant computer use. It could be seen in his petseething stare that he was in need of attention.

Etymology: pet and seething mad

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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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊdḷ/

Sentence: The default expression of my dog is a pouttle, so I can forgive him, but humans who do it make me want to smack them.

Etymology: sounds like "pout" but more cutesy

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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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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Hang-dog-gon-it

Sentence: Amber always had that remorseful sense of hangdoggoneit when she'd see the baleful look in the eyes of her pets when she'd return home from various outings.

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

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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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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

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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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