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DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
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Domestigator
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dom esti gay tor
Sentence: Crikey, but the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was a true domestigator. He turned every animal he met into a pet. He put the Pen in Penguin, the M'am in Mamba and the Con in Anaconda. He was a true communigator and an edugator. He found out the hard way that the Pole Cat was not really a cat and he looked out for the wilferal wildlife. Sadly, but ironically, he met his Cregator after having a stinging ray put a hole in his heart. Maybe it was squid pro quo (a favor for a favor) but he never seemed to have reptile dysfunction before that fateful day!
Etymology: domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) & Gator (nickname for an alligator, either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)
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COMMENTS:
Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 01:52:00
Thanks for the early morning chuckle. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-09: 06:38:00
LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for "reptile dysfunction" :) YOU are hilarious! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 08:18:00
Hilarous squid pro quo.....great sentence!! - mweinmann, 2009-04-09: 08:29:00
terrific combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
terrific verbotomies ... greater gator creator! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:03:00
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Assassassin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: as-uh-sas-in
Sentence: Harry has a very big heart when it comes to animals in distress. All too often, when he takes in a wild animal as a pet it turns out to be an assassassin. Whether it is a matter of costs, trouble with authorities or bad behavior from his charge, he usually ends up taking a bite in the shorts.
Etymology: ass (buttocks) + assassin (a murderer)
Predpetator
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pred-pet-ah-tore
Sentence: His life insurance application was denied because he mentioned that he was married to a predpetator.
Etymology: predator + pet
Underpestimate
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt
Sentence: One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry.
Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be "pesty mates," as well.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful verbotomy - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
Thanks. This wasn't an easy one! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Admirable! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
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Psychophage
Created by: isaac
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A person that consumes the mind of other persons. For example my wife just plays or eats my brain.
Etymology:
Cutezeemammothsized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: quet-z-mam-moth-sized
Sentence: Jackie says to Annette,"well hun,that cute baby snake has now turned into a "cutezeemammothsized" massive man eating mammoth!"... "OH! By the way, I think your your couch potato,beer drinking Henry is inside Cutezee...now what are you going to do?"
Etymology: Cute; Attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way. Zee;The letter Z. Cutezee; A play on the word cutsey; self-consciously or excessively cute. Mammoth;Like their modern relative the elephant, mammoths were quite large,in English the noun "mammoth" has become an adjective meaning "huge" or "massive". Sized; Having a specified size or bulk
Fostermamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fos ter mam ba
Sentence: When Ana Conda adopted her baby snake, she was told it was a harmless garter snake which would stay small. But in a few short years it got so big and ate anything in it's path, without the benefit of adder-tives. It was then she discovered she had become a fostermamba to a not-so-civil serpent! Oh, boa-have...
Etymology: Foster (adoptive) & Mamba (poisonous snake) & Wordplayon Foster Mom
Domestigator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dumb esty gay tur
Sentence: Here lies what's left of the body of Dr Dootoolittle, animal domestigator-not-so-extraordinaire
Etymology: domesticator, gator
Petzillawoe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pet-ZILL-eh-wo
Sentence: After having to call professionals in the past to deal with the cuddly chimp and the fuzzy panther he acquired as babies and watched them grow into dangerous creatures, Willard felt again the pangs of petzillawoe when the cute little python he bought as a newborn turned out to be, in fact, a dangerous anaconda.
Etymology: Blend of 'pet' (usually a small personally owned animal) and 'woe' (troubles) and is a play on 'Godzilla', a fictional monster
Fangquet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fangkwit
Sentence: Hank was fascinated by snakes. He loved his collection of exotic reptiles. He loved to take them out of their cages for their feeding. He said it created a bind between himself and his slithering buddies. His friends used to tell him he was not careful enough handling these dangerous kritters. Now his friends can say they were right after Hank became a fangquet for his pets.
Etymology: fang (the tooth of a venomous snake, by which poison is injected) + banquet (an elaborate and extensive meal)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Grazie, Biscotti !Magnifico!
Weasels ripped my flesh....(frank Zappa)
His name was Flipper, Flipper- hangs out with Tuna, caught in a drft net....floats out to sea....
readerwriter - 2009-04-09: 03:29:00
See ya later, Domestigator...In a while, Crocophile!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James