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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.
Verboticisms
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Spoilspiel
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.
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.
Furnicate
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.
Etymology:
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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Furengi
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fur-en-gee
Sentence: Sally spoke a combination of English and Furengi to her dog, Quarky, which left the poor pooch quite confused. It's no wonder why he took a crap at the vet's office when told to "sit".
Etymology: Ferengi (of Star Trek), fur
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COMMENTS:
wowza, that's got all sorts of awesome going for it! - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:32:00
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Baypetalk
Created by: Zer22
Pronunciation: Bay-P-Talk
Sentence: I talk to my pet in baypetalk everday!
Etymology: Baypetalk = Baby + Pet + Talk
Critterfranca
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: cri-ter-frank-a
Sentence: He used to love sitting on his favorite bench in the park - until SHE started showing up each morning muttering in critterfranca to her poodle.
Etymology: critter (animal/pet) + franca (from lingua franca - any lanugage used as a way of speaking to others who speak different languages)
Petsperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: peht spur anto
Sentence: she could speak both petsperanto and pigeon English, but rarely had anything of interest to contribute.
Etymology: esperanto, pet
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COMMENTS:
love it - Nosila, 2010-01-04: 09:27:00
Good work - I thought of this one too, then went in to read the words and saw that you had already posted it! - karenanne, 2010-01-04: 12:15:00
wonderful word.....gets my vote. - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:16:00
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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