Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: doo-lit-al-yun

Sentence: ever since i became fluent in doolittalian, my dog and i have been much better at working through our issues

Etymology: dr doolittle, italian

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COMMENTS:

bada bingo! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-08: 04:29:00

Makes me yearn for spughetti! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:47:00

oh noes, now i'm thinking about the episode of futurama where fry finds his old dog. that episode made me cry. - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:43:00

mmm spughetti with a starter course of clam chowchowder and a fresh salad with collieflower - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 10:22:00

And Yorkshire pudding for dessert. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 11:17:00

perhaps a beagle with cream cheese or a cinnamon great daneish - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 11:38:00

Hamster and cheese? - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 12:22:00

or german shepherd's pie with a dachshund of catsup - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:49:00

Or some poodles in marinara sauce...or a parrot cake...or some chicken cat-chiatore... - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 14:09:00

I was going to get into more obscure pets, but I started running into the problem that people are about as likely to eat some animals as they are to keep them as pets. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 14:10:00

Like hushpuppies? Geez Rik, we're really crapping up your place here, aren't we? Hope you haven't become petulant! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 14:21:00

I don't think rikboyee is that petty - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 14:33:00

Woohoo! Quittin' time. Headin' home for a verbeer and a hot dog! Have a great weekend all! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 15:23:00

make sure you have catsup and mouseturd with your hot dog purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 15:43:00

i hate you jabber. heading over the cabin tomorrow, and there's still a mouse in there. yum. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 18:55:00

These puns are terrierbly funny. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 22:13:00

Well, they're pretty terrible, so I'll half agree with petaj. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 23:50:00

I guess puns just aren't your teacup. - jadenguy, 2007-06-09: 00:32:00

wow....if only comments were votes....i'd be best in show - rikboyee, 2007-06-09: 09:55:00

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: an-uh-muhl-ate

Sentence: Sophie was proud of the way she could animalate with her dog. "Who's a good boy?" Why you are my poopy doo..YES YOU ARE!" Give mommy kisses" OH such big, sloppy, puppy kisses! Yes they are...Oh YES THEY ARE!

Etymology: Blend of animal and relate

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Created by: Gigafrost

Pronunciation: [An-nuh-baa-blate]

Sentence: As Leah wished that she could further relate to her pet dog's upset stomach, she blurted out an array of aniblabations, in order to sympathetically comfort the animal.

Etymology: (Ani)- pertaining to an animal; (bab)- to talk profusely, utterly, without end; (ate)- Suffix meaning the act(ion) of.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: crit-ter-pat-ter

Sentence: Norma cuddled and stroked Barkley, sending out a stream of high-pitched, sappy critterpatter at the puppy, who wiggled and wagged with delight at the attention. Everyone else in the room, though,thought she had completely lost her mind.

Etymology: critter: animal + patter: meaningless talk; chatter

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kit-ee-kat-ee-chit-ee-chat-ee

Sentence: When Joan wants light uninvolved conversation she indulges in kittycattychittychatty with her cat, Mr. Lint. When she has a problem to work out it's a bowwowpowwow.

Etymology: kitty cat (a pet name for a cat) chitchat (light conversation; casual talk)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: pett-lang

Sentence: Whenever Kay petlangued with Fifi she'd nip her on the nose.

Etymology: pet + langue (language)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pooch u geez

Sentence: When Maria cuddled her dog, she spoke fluent Poochuguese. She switched to Felinese when talking to her cat and Pintoguese when talking to her pony.

Etymology: Pooch (pet dog) & Portuguese (Iberian Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil; Portuguese Water Hound, a breed of domesticated dog from the Algarve region of Portugal)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ZOO-yak

Sentence: Bob preached that by means of Zooyak, his zoomenhoff-like language, the wolf shall lie down with the lamb.

Etymology: Blend of ZOO: (Gk) an animal & YAK (slang): to talk, chatter

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COMMENTS:

BOOYAH for ZOOYAK and Preacher Bob! You've outdone yourself, Ozziebob. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:49:00

Very good, critterally speaking. - Mustang, 2008-08-01: 16:32:00

Oogachukka for zooyak, Bob, wolves love ewe! - Nosila, 2008-08-01: 19:10:00

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: KRIH-tuhr-jihb-uhr

Sentence: Alex's frustration at his girlfriend's constant crittergibber to her fish was no so much about the noise per se, as the fact that she was truly unaware the fish couldn't reply.

Etymology: critter + gibberish. The word for this definition, ideally, is really cutesy.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈfɝbl̩diˌgʊk/

Sentence: The speaking of furbledygook can sometimes be an entirely involuntary response, striking even the most serious and restrained people immediately upon contact with a cutesy-wutesy widdle puppy-doggy or kitty-katty.

Etymology: From fur + gobbledygook (intentionally reminiscent of "furball")

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COMMENTS:

This is another one that sounds better out loud than it looks written down. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 04:00:00

Looks fine to me. Gobbledygook is more fun to pronounce than it is to read, as well, but what a useful word. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 04:37:00

Cute word ErWenn! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 04:43:00

It reminds me of the little presents our cats leave when they're shedding - usually found by unsuspecting bare feet in the middle of the night - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 15:03:00

This is why all my cats are shorthairs, Jabberwocky. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 23:47:00

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