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DEFINITION: n., An animal, usually a much loved pet, whose dead and departed owner has bequeathed a huge sum of money solely for its comfort and care. v. To leave part or all of an estate to a pet animal.
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Heirhair
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: herehare
Sentence: Mr. Buttomhole's gerbil seemed to strut around more proudly once she became the heirhair apparent.
Etymology: heir 'inheritor' hair 'with hair'
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:03:00
Hear! Hear! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:40:00
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Anormalitised
Created by: WordSlammer
Pronunciation: A-nor-mali-tised
Sentence: An un normal thing left for a much loved pet from their Anormalitised owner
Etymology:
Petificient
Created by: monde
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Mashword: mashes 'pet' and 'beneficient'.
Bestiacope
Created by: LadyPepper
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Etymology: From the Latin "bestia" meaning animal and the "copia" meaning supply
Dispetsation
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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Kittykitty
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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Petscrow
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
Deneficiary
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: den + ih + fish + ee + airy
Sentence: Her 78 cats were the denificiaries of the crazy old lady's will.
Etymology: Beneficiary who lives in a den (maybe).
Inhareit
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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Besqueak
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bee - skweek
Sentence: Elvira loved her pet mice; so much so that she made a huge besqueak to them in her will. She provided $1,000,000 for the purpose of supporting her three blind mice and another $250,000 each for the ones who could see.
Etymology: bequeath,bequest, squeak
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-09-22: 16:44:00
Lots of obvious ways to go today...I think today's winner will likely be the one who got here first.
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB . Thank you OZZIEBOB . ~ James
GENIUS!!! (how'd I miss it)
Yesterday and today's definitions are giving me deja vu. Haven't we done these once before?
maybe we have to branch out and come up with definitions
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WORD!!! but i'm giving Sethyll the crown today