Verboticisms

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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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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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

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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

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tshom pan yun

Sentence: what had arrived into the household as a cute kitty with huge paws had turned into a lurking chompanion with a constant craving for meat and terrible personal habits. She had frequently felt she should have him removed, but he did keep the place free of encyclopedia salespeople, canvassing politicians and religious groups.

Etymology: companion, chomp

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COMMENTS:

sounds like the pros outweigh the anaCONdas - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:50:00

You really sunk your teeth into this clever create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 15:06:00

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Created by: isaac

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A person that consumes the mind of other persons. For example my wife just plays or eats my brain.

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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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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)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: pet-ZILL-eh-wo

Sentence: After having to call professionals to deal with the cuddly chimp and the fuzzy panther he acquired as babies and watched them grow into dangerous creatures, Leonard 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, Godzilla (monster) and woe.

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COMMENTS:

That was a real kick-asp sentence! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:40:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:48:00

gives a whole new meaning to all animals 'asp'pirations. - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:10:00

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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)

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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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