Verboticisms

Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: verb: peht-purr-PEHT-choo-ayt noun: peht-purr-PEHT-choo-it

Sentence: She petperpetuated her estate to Princess, her beloved shaggy dog. And now the petperpetuate spends her days lying on the floor next to the fireplace.... as an area rug.

Etymology: pet + perpetuate (to preserve from extinction or oblivion, as in to perpetuate one's name)

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COMMENTS:

Hope a a rich bitch didn't make a bitch rich? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:31:00

She'll never tell. She's all bite and no bark. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-23: 00:43:00

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Created by: phonematode

Pronunciation: thur-oh-bred

Sentence: Sheba was a thoroughbread. Her late owner had thoroughly breaded her with the whole of his considerable estate.

Etymology: thoroughbred + bread, as in dough, as in moolah

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Created by: christera

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Sentence: i will let my dog petitage me.

Etymology: heritage , pet

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dis-pet-say-shun

Sentence: All the years of enduring his master's baby-talk and bad breath paid off when Fluffy found out he was left a generous dispetsation.

Etymology: dispensation, pet

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 12:23:00

love it! - Syzygy, 2007-09-21: 23:10:00

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Created by: Mustang

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: pet-(h)air

Sentence: Fluffy, Uncle Bob's petheir apparent, shed on everyone and everything. Lying in his coffin, Uncle Bob even had the silky white strands statically clinging onto his trousers. Dear Uncle Bob got to take some of his beloved Fluffy with him and, according to his will, the rest was left to us to clean after the little furball as long as he lived. After the reading of the will, Fluffy decided to spend the remainder of his life in Uncle Bob's mansion in Hawaii so we had to move there. After all, it was what Uncle Bob wanted.

Etymology: wordplay on pet hair: lovely decorative bits of fur that cling to pants, skirts, walls, pots, pans, food, etc....pet: animal kept for amusement or companionship + heir: one who inherits an estate through a will

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COMMENTS:

petheirlarious - Nosila, 2010-01-19: 17:41:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pair/ott/tri/moany

Sentence: Since parrots often long outlive their owners, Polly was provided for with a generous parrotrimony.

Etymology: parrot + patrimony (property inherited from one's father)

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COMMENTS:

But the family of Polly's owner, took the matter in to their own hands: it was garrotimony. Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:33:00

A spokesman for parrots said he's glad...NO parrots were involved. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:56:00

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ˈanə - ˈkwēT͟H

Sentence: Miss Helmsley wished now she had killed him herself, for the estate she thought was all hers, had been aniqueathed to Scruffy!

Etymology: "ani" (from animal) + "queath" (from bequeath = to declare, given by will

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in herr it

Sentence: When Old Man Jack R. Abbott finally departed, he left all his large estate to his 2 pet rabbits, Miss Scarlett O'Hare and Rabbit Redford. Jack's daughter, Carolina Harera, was shocked that these two bunnies would inhareit instead of her. She really didn't want to give up her twenty-carrot diamond ring habit...

Etymology: Inherit (obtain from someone after their death) & Hare (swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit)

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COMMENTS:

Good stories Nosila - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-24: 03:05:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: con/fur

Sentence: It was Edna's last wish to confur all her estate to her much beloved rabbit, who became her sole haresse.

Etymology: confer (bestow) + fur

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With that kind of money that rabbit got a lot of tail. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-21: 08:01:00

He cot on to that early in life and had many hare raising adventures - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 10:15:00

With that kind of money there wouldn't be any shortage of confurdantes! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 06:54:00

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