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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.

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Crittergibber

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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Linguapeta

Created by: Borogove

Pronunciation: ling-wa-pe-ta

Sentence: Her linguapeta differed when she approached the ugly pug.

Etymology: From 'lingua', latin for language and pet

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Poochuguese

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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Patroanimalinguism

Created by: mkoppun

Pronunciation: pat-tro-an-i-ma-lin-gwi-zum

Sentence: Patroanimalinguism is an art form. However, pets don't like it that much.

Etymology: Patronize, Animal, Linguist

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Petlangue

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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Dogalect

kelyn

Created by: kelyn

Pronunciation: DOG-ah-lekt

Sentence: My cutesy little puppy-wuppy and I understand each other through our own special dogalect. Oh yes, we do, don't we sweetums?

Etymology: Dog + Dialect

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Chittychat

artr

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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Snoogiewoogie

Created by: kietra

Pronunciation: SNOO-gee-WOO-gee

Sentence: As soon as she saw my cat, she reverted to snoogiewoogie, the primal language of oxytosin.

Etymology: Snoogiewoogie doesn't make sense, but it's a great example of a word someone might say.

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Dramaticpaws

Created by: carpefactum

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Whenever Muffy talked to her cat, it always seemed like a long dramaticpaws.

Etymology:

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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.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-08: 111:00:00
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 Verbotomy - 2007-06-08: 15:13:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-04: 00:14:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James