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DEFINITION: v. To pretend that you adore someone's pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.
Verboticisms
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Toadypander
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: toe-DEE-pan-de&r
Sentence: Phillip slowly raised the box top, his eyes locking on Martha's expression in anticipation. Martha's face blanched as she peered inside, but not wanting to disappoint the child, she began to toadypander. "Oh... possum... how darrrliiing..."
Etymology: Combination of toady: a sycophantic flatterer + pander: to basely cater to the vices of another
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COMMENTS:
Clever sentence. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-01: 21:03:00
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Beastbuddy
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: beast BUD ee
Sentence: "Um, isn*t a scorpion kind of a dangerous pet?" she asked, as she scooted toward the other end of the couch. "Shhh - you'll hurt Spike*s feelings! He doesn*t even know he's supposed to be scary. He's my beastbuddy and would never hurt anyone," he responded. "Just make sure to shake out your shoes before you leave - you know, so you don*t hurt him. He gets a tiny bit cranky when people step on him."
Etymology: best buddy + beast
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COMMENTS:
Is Spike a Scorpio..good word - Nosila, 2010-05-18: 20:02:00
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Pseudopetadoritis
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
Meaning full! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 22:27:00
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Panicoddle
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: pan-EE-cod-dul
Sentence: The heightened rush of panicoddle was almost intoxicating as Martha reached a shaking finger to stroke Patrick's pet tarantula.
Etymology: Panic + ani(mal) + coddle
Scoobygroovydupe
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: skoo-bee-groo-vee-doop
Sentence: It was getting harder and harder for Jane to scoobygroovydupe when visiting her in-laws. How could anyone possibly love a balding, three-legged dog with cataracts who had a penchant for leg-humping?
Etymology: Scooby Doo, groovy, dupe
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COMMENTS:
A lot of professed pet fans are scoobygroovdupees! Fun! Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:27:00
Scoobygroovydupe, Where Are You? We got some work to do now. Scoobygroovydupe, Where Are You? We need some help from you now. (all together now) - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 11:24:00
Come on Scoobydupe, I see you, pretending you got a sliver... - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 11:35:00
But you're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver (three-legged dog with cataracts who has a penchant for leg-humping) - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 13:23:00
I actually knew someone who had a three-legged dog with cataracts, poor thing. They called him Tripod. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 13:39:00
I guess "Tripod" is more appropriate than Lucky. Heh! A great creation purpleartichokes! Ya made me smile... and sing! - Jamagra, 2008-03-07: 15:16:00
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Fauxstroke
Created by: ekky99
Pronunciation: fo-stroke
Sentence: The young girl petted the dog even though she detested it, she was a real fauxstroke ingenue.
Etymology: faux (false) + stroke (to run your hand over the fur of a pet)
Feigndore
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: fain-door
Sentence: I feigndore my sister's abhorable pet-of-a-creature. (I borrowed from picabomama's great creation :)
Etymology: feign (to give a false appearance of; to represent falsely; pretend to; to imitate so as to deceive; to fabricate; archaic, to invent or imagine) + adore (to worship as God or a god; to regard with deep, often rapturous love)
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COMMENTS:
Clever to up play the pretend in the defnition. Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 22:10:00
I wonder if your "feigndore" for your sister's pets is real? ;) - kashman, 2008-03-09: 00:36:00
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Abhorable
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: abhor/able
Sentence: David was so cute and so charming and so rich that Tiffany found herself cuddling up with his menagerie of abhorable animals, despite her fear of venomous attack.
Etymology: A play on the word adorable, replacing ador with abhor, meaning to to detest.
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COMMENTS:
perfect word! my sister's dog is abhorable with the way she lunges and flies at my face and barks in a high pitched, glass breaking squeal of a bark, but I have to pretend I love her...my sister worships her - diyan627, 2008-03-07: 14:29:00
Sometimes we read more into a word as the day goes on ... abhorrible ... homonym to abhorable! So good I'll be using it! Great originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 22:04:00
Excellent verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-03-08: 06:31:00
The concept of this game is to create new words, not submit commonly used words. (It was on urban dictionary years b4 you submitted it.) - dctotx, 2013-02-01: 07:33:00
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Fawqfifi
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Fuck you Fifi
Sentence: Oh jeebus, It's Roy, and he's got the damn fawQfifi with him, let's hide.
Etymology: My imaginary aunt's dog.
Shamanimolize
Created by: jbiddie
Pronunciation: sham-ani-molize
Sentence: If that pig wasn't covered in sht I'd shamanimolize it to death.
Etymology: Sham animal idolize
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
Tigger - 2008-03-07: 02:48:00
If I can post a YouTube link here, this one's pretty amusing, and relevant to this definition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6NJ7kKEag
silveryaspen - 2009-01-01: 01:30:00
Song of the day is "Oh Deer, What can the matter be?"
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James