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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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Kisseekisseepoopoonese

Created by: afireinside

Pronunciation: kiss/E/kiss/E/poo/poo/nees

Sentence: She was very fluent in Kisseekisseepoopoonese as she had a toy poodle.

Etymology: kiss+poo+chinese

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Yapanease

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: yap/an/eez

Sentence: Any breed of dog will readily understand yapanease. It is the easiest of all languages to master.

Etymology: yap + ease

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COMMENTS:

no yapollogies! excellent - galwaywegian, 2007-12-27: 12:44:00

Catchy and cute ... and right on the meaning! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:30:00

Hot diggety dog! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:17:00

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Petois

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: PET-wah

Sentence: Bob was zoetic in petois from Foxxidental to Pigeon Henglish.

Etymology: PATOIS: "A provincial dialect" - from O Fr "patoier" to handle clumsily, to paw. Perhaps imitative of the sound made by a paw. 2. Non standard language. & PET 3. ZOETIC (zoo & poetic) 4. FOXXIDENTAL (fox & Occidental- an invented language)

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COMMENTS:

I was going to use this word. - xirtam, 2007-12-27: 13:29:00

love zoetic - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-27: 17:42:00

I will use this word every time the baby talk to a cat is used ... short, sweet, and right on the meaning. Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:21:00

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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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Doggatory

Created by: imashelcha

Pronunciation: Like "derrogatory", only condenced.

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Etymology: From derrogatory, applied to dogs.

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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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Petsperanto

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pet spur anto

Sentence: her version of petsperanto involved adding "chkins" to any word of more than one syllable and relegating all "r"s do lingo linmbo, weplacing them with woubleyoos.

Etymology: pet esperanto

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-27: 17:42:00

If Joseph Stalin was alive today would he ask if "Petsperanto" is the language of flies? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:29:00

Funny sentence and a nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-27: 23:30:00

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