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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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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
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:
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
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
Aspouse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: as powz
Sentence: When Tina found the tiny snake, she called her Cleo and decided to aspouse her as one of the family. Over the years Cleo grew and grew until she became massive and spent her days and nights hunting around the house. Tina was unaware that Cleo had become smitten with her husband Henry. One day, Tina could not find Henry. She reported him missing and it was not until the police arrived, that they noticed the Henry-shaped bulge inside the snake. "What did your husband do for a living?", asked the policeman. "Why he was an accountant." Tina declared. "Well no wonder Cleo took a fancy to him" said the cop, "he was an adder!"
Etymology: Asp (a variety of viper;cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death)& Espouse (to adopt as one's own;to give your support to something;to wed)
Sowildenialtrust
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust (sowildenialtrustee)
Sentence: SOWILDENIALTRUST is an error… It starts out as love but descends into terror- Out in the food chain those creatures belong… You might bring them in but you know before long- They’ll eat you and then you’ll have cause to reget not purchasing a more... conventional pet. They were so cute, so cuddly and small! We made them a plush cozy bed in the hall. But if you embrace all of God’s wild creations, You’ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.
Etymology: SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST.....SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English swā; akin to Old High German sō so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek hōs so, thus, Latin suus one's own...SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English sāwan; akin to Old High German sāwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sėti.....WILD: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt.....DENIAL: refusal to admit the truth or reality, : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality;[1528].....TRUST: assured reliance on the safety,consistency or dependability of someone or something; Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful.
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COMMENTS:
Take only pictures...leave only footprints...kill only time.
(The Spelunker's Motto) - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:04:00
Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA...They traded the snake for a pet protozoa ! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:26:00
Is protozoa singular or plural? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:49:00
Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:12:00
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Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: When Katy returned home, her adderation for Boadicea, the pet snake her husband Henry kept soon turned to horror. Eating Henry meant she was no longer a civil serpent.
Etymology: Adder (snake species) & Adoration (feeling of profound love)
Verminder
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ver-min-der
Sentence: Herbie Tollogist joined up at verminders' anonymous after his anaconda grew to such a weight that the rafters on which it enjoyed coiling itself collapsed bringing the roof crashing around his ears.
Etymology: vermin (pesky animals) + minder (carer)
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COMMENTS:
superb word - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:47:00
Good one--Herbie really has to believe in a higher power now! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:05:00
Herbie Tollogist...love it! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:05:00
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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)
Kittycatastrophe
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kit/tee/ka/tas/tro/fee
Sentence: The baby mountain lion looked so helpless and adorable when it stumbled into their tent that Sally and Sam decided to take it home. It soon turned into a kittycatastrophe.
Etymology: kitty cat + catastrophe
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COMMENTS:
admire the dichotomy between the 2 words in yhour etymology! Portrays the change in feelings ever so well! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:07:00
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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