Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pet-twa

Sentence: Madeleine took her tiny dog off to Paris in her handbag and spoke to it lovingly in petois to stop it barking on the Metro. It was a curious mix of French and doggy noises.

Etymology: pet + patois (non-standard speech/creole)

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COMMENTS:

good one. - texmom, 2007-06-08: 07:19:00

Excellent word petaj - hmm... I wonder why you have pet in your pseudonym - perhaps petios is your second language - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 09:05:00

today is a day when good words truely run a plenty. i wish i'd've come up with something this good. stupid television filling my brain with laughter and not verbotomies. - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:37:00

You're just lucky I work all day--that word was my first instinct! - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-08: 20:15:00

petois occurred to me straight away when i checked the cartoon before leaving work. Then I had to go to tennis and didn't get home for a couple of hours, so I was hoping that no one else would think of it. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 22:18:00

I'm embarrassed to admit that my only second language is verbotomese. Typically in Australia, most of us have not become fluent in anything but English. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 22:29:00

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Created by: lksa1

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Etymology: pet, rant

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: FER-buhl

Sentence: Dana's furbling to her shar-pei was beginning to get on my nerves. "Who's a puppy-wuppy? Who's my shaggy-waggy? Who's my woggy-doggie?" Sheesh!

Etymology: fur + burble

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COMMENTS:

Another cute word! And "Who's my shar-peisy daisy?" - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:50:00

And sounds like "verbal". - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 07:44:00

shaggy-waggy - dangerous phrase for a Friday - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:53:00

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Created by: bigdog

Pronunciation: es peh ran toe toe

Sentence: Her fluency in esperantoto allowed her to have extended conversations not only with her dog but other dogs, no matter what country she's in.

Etymology: esperanto + toto (we ain't in Kansas anymore)

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Created by: mweinfeld

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Created by: diyan627

Pronunciation: goo-guh-lue-gus

Sentence: Cynthia's husband gets so embarrassed when she starts the googoologos when they have company over at their house. Cynthia just goes into this other mode when the dog, Lucy, comes around. No matter how much he tells her how absurd she sounds, googoologos is a refined mode of communication for her and her dog. He's started to keep lucy behind a baby gate in the back bedroom when the guests are there. That way, Lucy is out-of-sight, out-of-mind, and they can have adult conversations with their guests. And no one gets embarrassed.

Etymology: Goo-Goo= baby talk + logos= words, logic

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Created by: SteveMB1959

Pronunciation: pet-oral

Sentence: My dog understands me when I speak 'petoral'.

Etymology: Petoral: To speak 'pet-talk'

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Created by: Alicia

Pronunciation: Boop/ee/scoop

Sentence: Sarah bent down for her dog. She Boopyscooped it.

Etymology: Boopy: Like A Weird Kind Of Language Scoop: Scooped The Dog Up.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: skwēkənēz

Sentence: Julie had her own language for communicating with her Pookie. Her boyfriend refers to it as Squeakinese. Whenever she gets started he has to leave the room to keep his ears from bleeding.

Etymology: squeak (a short, high-pitched sound or cry)+ Pekinese (a lapdog of a short-legged breed with long hair and a snub nose, originally brought to Europe from the Summer Palace at Beijing [Peking] in 1860)

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2010-01-04: 09:36:00

clever...best one today!! - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:14:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: chitēchat

Sentence: Valerie and her cat have a special relationship. Purrcy fills the role of the child she never had. They even have their own way of communicating. Friends call it chittychat.

Etymology: chit (late Middle English: denoting a whelp, cub, or kitten) + chat (talk in a friendly and informal way) derivative of kitty cat

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