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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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Benefishiary
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ben uh FISH ee ayr ee
Sentence: Goldie the goldfish's faithful owner left Goldie his entire (very sizeable) estate, so that she "could continue to live in the manner to which she was accustomed." After Goldie's death, the remainder would go to the owner's favorite charity, Fishies First. The angry relatives, all of whom were cut out of the will, just found it pretty fishy.
Etymology: beneficiary + fish + fishy
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COMMENTS:
Holy Mackerel, what a great word. I'm telling you this just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2010-01-20: 19:20:00
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Beastqueath
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: beest - kweeth
Sentence: Over her family's protestations Lucinda chose to beastqueath all of her worldly goods to her dog, Barrymore.
Etymology: Blend of 'beast' (animal) and 'bequeath' (will, impart, leave, bestow, grant, consign)
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COMMENTS:
Did he Barrymore Bones? - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:49:00
ruff break - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:02:00
Barrymore, a hard act to follow... - Nosila, 2008-08-22: 21:08:00
Looks like it drew quite a furore. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:37:00
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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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Chipmunch
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
Animalianaire
Created by: Syzygy
Pronunciation: animal-ian-aire
Sentence: As the sole heir, Fluffy became an animalianaire several times over.
Etymology: animal and millionaire.
Confur
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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COMMENTS:
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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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
Finherit
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)
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