Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pet spur ann toe

Sentence: Dr. Dooless spoke fluent petsperanto

Etymology: esperanto, pet

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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: 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: 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: texmom

Pronunciation: an e mah voc ah liz um

Sentence: She mumured sweet animavocalisms in the horse's ear as she urged him towards the starting line for the big race.

Etymology: anima - concerning animals vocalism - spoken

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Created by: Wordotwist

Pronunciation: Pet o lish

Sentence: When I first came to the US,I found it far easier to understand the petolish people used to speak to their pets,then the English they spoke to me.

Etymology: A combination of pet and lish as in English,Spanish,yidish etc.Joined by the o sound commonly used by owners in words addressed to pets.

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Created by: surdut

Pronunciation:

Sentence: It's an enigma to me why people speak to their animals in anigmalia.

Etymology:

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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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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: sp-oil-sp-eel

Sentence: Mariah's husband says that one day the dog will tell her to shut up with the spoilspiel and hand her a dictionary. Aww Arabella arhhy arey aww, said Minnie to her beloved pooch.

Etymology: Spoil- pamper or overindulge. Spiel- glib speech.

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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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