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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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Petherit

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: pett-herr-it

Sentence: Bartholomew, the pot-bellied pig who was the sole petherit of her grandfather's fortune sure tasted great after he roasted for 3 hours on the rotisserie.

Etymology: pet + inherit

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I suppose first came the pig and toast, then the pig out! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:01:00

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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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Philudicreature

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: fill-OOD-uh-cree-chur

Sentence: Joe was a wealthy mortgage broker, but his dearth of endearing qualities left him without friends, family or hares. Just before his demise, he left his estate, including stork options, to the only living thing which did not despise him - his groundchuck, Speedbump. A thorough analysis of Speedbump's petfolio revealed him to be the wealthiest PHILUDICREATURE in North America , and got him on the covers of both Forbes and People magazines as "The Financial World's Richest Rodent"- A title envied by by many Cheap Executive Officers.

Etymology: Prefix PHIL-loving : having an affinity for (late latin)+LUDICROUS: meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish + CREATURE: a lower animal; especially : a farm animal Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare.....thus: PHILUDICREATURE

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metrohumanx After a week of petsitting, I'm back. Now we can ALL sing along: http://www.neilinnes.org/audio/audio.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:39:00

always lots of pun and games on Fridays - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 15:29:00

I think Joe was a "philudicrit" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:53:00

metrohumanx Mister Slater's Parrot was a philidicreature- but a lovable one. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 07:31:00

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Fidough

artr

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

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Beastowal

Created by: woofmaster

Pronunciation: bee-stow-al

Sentence: Lord Mannerly beastowed his fortune to his pet rabbit, and hare apparent, Mr. Whiskers. It was a rather large beastowal.

Etymology: Bestowal - "Be" + "Beast"

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Mr. Whiskers obviously deserved the inharitence. Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-21: 06:49:00

Top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:13:00

Great word, beast of the bunch. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-23: 00:22:00

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Inhamsterance

Created by: BSqueeze4

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Animalianaire

Created by: Syzygy

Pronunciation: animal-ian-aire

Sentence: As the sole heir, Fluffy became an animalianaire several times over.

Etymology: animal and millionaire.

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Doshlicker

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dosh-LIK-er

Sentence: When Fifi, the doshlicker of the late Horace Marshall III, became pregnant a dadkeen scramble developed amongst the owners of the neighborhood's mutes, to "claim" their pooch's paternity of the pups.

Etymology: Blend of DOSH: an old and frequently heard slang term used to describe an amount of money, cash, moola. For example: I'm out of dosh; got no dosh; and Give me all your dosh & DISHLICKER: Australian slang for a dog.

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metrohumanx VERY original, mate! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:47:00

we can always count on ozzie to come up with something completely original - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:08:00

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Welanim

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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Aniqueath

DrWebsterIII

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-09-21: 00:01:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-19: 00:09:00
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB . Thank you OZZIEBOB . ~ James

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-24: 01:31:00
GENIUS!!! (how'd I miss it)

hyperborean hyperborean - 2012-10-24: 14:26:00
Yesterday and today's definitions are giving me deja vu. Haven't we done these once before?

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-25: 00:34:00
maybe we have to branch out and come up with definitions

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-25: 15:57:00
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WORD!!! but i'm giving Sethyll the crown today