Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kit-ee-kit-ee

Sentence: After far too many years of kissing that old man's disgusting, wrinkled face, Muffy felt that she had truly earned the right to be a kittykitty. After all his children were too busy spending money to visit and rarely remembered his birthday.

Etymology: kitty (a pool of money) kitty (a cat)

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COMMENTS:

Kitty, kitty, hare, heir - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:46:00

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Created by: frenchprof

Pronunciation: chip-munch

Sentence: Dang chipmunch did me in again!

Etymology: Chip: O.E. forcippian "to pare away by cutting, always confused with "cheap" by people in my country. onomatopaeic comes from the well known author Munch's manic depressive sister Laura Catherine. So a cheap munch

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: finherit

Sentence: When the old man died he left his fortune to his goldfish. That’s right Bubbles finherited more than a million bucks. The first thing the executor did was purchase a very expensive, heated-seat, gold-plated, designer toilet ”just in case”.

Etymology: fin (a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish) + inherit (receive money, property, or a title as an heir at the death of the previous holder)

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtskɹoʊ/

Sentence: When her father's estate was placed in petscrow to take care of his favorite mouse for the remainder of its brief life, she thanked her stars that he hadn't left anything to his tortoise.

Etymology: From pet + escrow

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: fīdō

Sentence: Once the old lady kicked the bucket her beloved pooch was rolling in fidough.

Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog)+ dough (money)

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COMMENTS:

Doh! - Nosila, 2010-01-19: 17:42:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: ham/stir/dam/pur

Sentence: The hamsterdamper foiled his plans to put his father's eclectic Dutch pipe collection on ebay.

Etymology: hamster + damper + Amsterdam

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COMMENTS:

Just as a well, might ended in a dutch auction? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:39:00

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Created by: christera

Pronunciation:

Sentence: i will let my dog petitage me.

Etymology: heritage , pet

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Created by: apathy42

Pronunciation: pet-a-fish-ee-airy

Sentence:

Etymology: Pet and beneficiary

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COMMENTS:

Glad I didn't go with this version! - Osomatic, 2007-09-23: 20:41:00

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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: Sarahbarah

Pronunciation: Well-ah-nim

Sentence: My friends fish was known as a welanim after she died because she left over 3,000,000 dollars for his care.

Etymology: Wel-Comes from "wealthy", refferning to large amount of mon anim-comes from "animal", pets are all animals

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