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DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. tr. To speak to an animal using such a language.

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Critterjitter

Created by: jeatyet

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The dog did not respond to critterjitter, but the cat did.

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Quoopy

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: qu-oo-pee

Sentence: That woman needs to stop quoopy-ing her dog.

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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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Spetch

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: spetch - s-pet-ch

Sentence: Spetching at her dog over his antics made me laugh.

Etymology: speech changed so the word pet is in the middle ... spetch

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COMMENTS:

I'm spetchless - nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:19:00

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Critterchatter

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Critr - chatr

Sentence: Margot had invented a whole lexicon of critterchatter to converse with her pets.

Etymology: Critter - (animal) + Chatter (talk)

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COMMENTS:

Brilliant! - Maxine, 2007-12-27: 15:57:00

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Poodelingo

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /pood-el-ling'-goh/

Sentence: If the way Patti's dog kisses her on the mouth doesn't make you feel nauseous, her cutesy poodelingo probably will.

Etymology: poodle [poodel] - (German, pudel - short for pudelhund) + lingo - language or speech, esp. if strange or foreign (a corrupt form of the Latin, lingua)

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Dialicked

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dy a likt

Sentence: She had evolved her own special dialicked...her dog responded by planting great sloppy kisses on her face.

Etymology: dialogue & licked

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COMMENTS:

delicktable! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-27: 12:44:00

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Dogalect

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: dawg-uh-lekt

Sentence: Tom had a distinct dogalect when he used to communicate with his dog. And somehow the she seemed to understand, although everybody else thought he was quite insane.

Etymology: Dog: a domesticated canid. + Dialect: a special variety of a language.

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