Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. To speak to an animal using an invented language.
Verboticisms
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Sanscritter
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: san skritt err
Sentence: all of the critters who lived out back would come a runnin' when she commenced a hollerin' in sanscritter
Etymology: sanskrit critter
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COMMENTS:
A fine portmanteau. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 04:39:00
LOL! Or could it be a language spoken when one is without their critter? Sans critter. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 06:04:00
Rintintinspired! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:56:00
do you guys like seriously get up to milk the cows and verbotomize? or are British? I didn't even know there was a 6:56 AM! but really, great word. inspired. i may vote early! - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:30:00
Up at 4:30 AM EST to get my butt to work on time. No cows, but a few chickens is not out of the question. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 09:41:00
love this word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:39:00
Being in Australia really helps with the timing for me. I usually check the cartoon and new definition just before leaving work. Come up with a few ideas on the drive home and then hit the thesaurus and login during the early evening. My problem is, I often don't get to voting before the next definition is up. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 22:10:00
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Caterwail
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: cat/ur/wayl
Sentence: It was very annoying listening to her caterwail with her kittens
Etymology: cat + caterwaul + wail
Furble
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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Animanguage
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ah-n-ih-m-ang-g-w-ih-j
Sentence: Jenny's dog watched her in disgust as she spoke to him using an animanguage which sounded suspicusly like babytalk in front of all of his dog friends.
Etymology: animal+language
Googoopet
Created by: Robyn
Pronunciation: GOO-goop-et
Sentence: "Es dat mummy's widdle puddy tat? Yes hur es! Yes hur es!" Ever since Sara got a baby kitten, she stopped speaking standard English and devloved into fluent googoopet.
Etymology: Goo - glue or sticky substance. Goop - gluey substance Pet - companion animal.
Critterpatter
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
Dogguage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dog/gwij
Sentence: The language of choice for her three pups was dogguage. Even though it was gobbledygook to everyone else and sounded cutsey-wutsey, her pups were bonded to her and understood every rhyming couplet of her dogguage and loved her for it.
Etymology: dog + language
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COMMENTS:
Did they speak in doggerel? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 08:58:00
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Furnacular
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Fer-nack-yoo-ler
Sentence: It takes hard working and determination, almost 7 years in college, and 4 years of trade school to learn the furnacular of pets.
Etymology: Fur (the hair of certain animals) + vernacular (language spoken in a specific place)
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COMMENTS:
how did I miss this one? great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:50:00
Extra-good. I should've waited to vote. Seems like this definition spawned an unusually remarkable set of words. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 13:13:00
I agree. Very good! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 14:00:00
Thanks all! There were many good words for this definition. - ziggy41, 2007-06-09: 22:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-08: 04:52:00
Great definition remistram! Outstanding submissions already! Gonna be hard voting today.
Jabberwocky - 2007-06-08: 12:11:00
I wish I could vote for every word today
jadenguy - 2007-06-08: 12:16:00
I guess everybody's creative juices are flowing since the weekend is upon us. Contentment envelops us like a warm wind on a brisk morning stroll.
ziggy41 - 2007-06-08: 12:40:00
ahh that's got to be an exact replica of my dog in the pic!
ErWenn - 2007-06-08: 14:04:00
Holy crap, there's a lot of good words today!
Verbotomy received a very positive review today in the The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. The story quotes words created by Stevenson0, Clayton and Rikboyee. See more: The Globe and Mail: Getting together to make up words.
Jabberwocky - 2007-06-08: 15:18:00
figures ziggy41 would have a k9
jadenguy - 2007-06-08: 15:43:00
I want a pug but I'm often concerned about not noticing it where i walk.
texmom - 2007-06-08: 21:44:00
It really was hard to choose. Petois just had that touch of class.
administraitor - 2007-06-09: 17:58:00
Toronto’s venerable “Mop & Pail” as the paper is affectionately known, is what led me to Verbotomy on Friday. My first instinct was to submit “Doggerel” then realized that it was in no way sufficiently twisted to survive! I’m looking forward to a lotta laffs with this!
mplsbohemian - 2007-06-10: 19:58:00
Dang, I just came up with a much better word, and it's too late for me to enter it: gerbilish!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James