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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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Irkophantic
Created by: Rasputin01
Pronunciation: Erk-o-fan-tic
Sentence: Dave was irkophantic about his boss Sharon's chihuahua, due to the fact he wanted to keep his job (she was besotted with the beast)!!
Etymology: Irksome - Annoying, vexing Sycophantic - Fawning, parasitic
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COMMENTS:
Great originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:30:00
I tried to weave "sycophantic" into my word, but couldn't! You've done well. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 21:08:00
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Ingrossiate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/gross/ee/ate
Sentence: Amy was so smitten with Jim that she ingrossiated herself with his pet snake to save the relationship.
Etymology: INGROSSIATE - verb - from INGRATIATE (to establish oneself in the favour, or good graces of others) + GROSSED OUT
Taipander
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Tahy-PAN-der
Sentence: Bob would do almost anything to slither up the corporate ladder to success; but when he, with open arms of alacrity, agreed to care permanently for his boss's pettiles, his toady taipander, taipandery and taipandering almost lead to a posthumous promotion.
Etymology: TAIPAN: (Oxyuranus scutellatus) Australia has 30 different kinds of venomous snakes. The largest and most poisonous of them is the taipan (tie-pan). It is in fact considered to be the most venomous snake in the world. The taipan was named by anthropolgist Donald Thompson after the word used by the Wik-Mungkan Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. & PANDER: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, grovel]
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COMMENTS:
Great word...venominous with some of the slithery corporate taips one meets! Happy New Year...Hope it eel be a krait one! - Nosila, 2009-01-01: 02:59:00
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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)
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.
Pseudobeastiamity
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: sōō'-dō-běs'chē-ām'ĭ-tē
Sentence: "Like to pet my ferret?" Gill offerred. With a tight grin, Flora beastiamitously reached out and gave the musky polecat a stroke.
Etymology: pseudo, a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,”; beast, nonhuman animal; amity, peaceful harmony; play on bestiality.
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 07:23:00
Meaning full! Fits the definition superbly! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:24:00
hmmm...maybe we have a mutual friend - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 13:10:00
Good one, stache! - Jamagra, 2008-03-09: 11:14:00
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Petriflect
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PET-ra-flekt
Sentence: When Bob described his pet "Phido" as a sanguined-eyed, silky-skinned sweetie, craving to be cuddled, Roxie couldn't wait to meet him. But to her horror, when Phido slithered silently from under a cushion on the sofa she was sitting, she almost apsed into unconsciousness. Not wishing to offend Bob she smiled and petriflected, as if nothing was a hiss. However when Phido sidled up to her and slipped inside her blouse, she feared she was about to be cleopatronized. Bob told her not to worry, saying: "That's his way of showing you that he likes you."
Etymology: Blend of PET, tamed or domesticated animal; PETRIFY, metaphorically to paralyse with fear, shock; FLECT, to bend as in GENFLECTION, to bend knee or touch ground in adoration; obeisance, dote. Nouns: petriflection; a petriflect. "Phido" Gk:ophidia-snake
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COMMENTS:
Your sentence is so full of great plays on words! Cunning sentence and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:45:00
what a word week - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 09:50:00
Uh, wow, I guess I've learned the value of pressing "show all" instead of "more", because I almost completely ripped yours off in mine. I totally didn't mean to, sorry Oz! :( - Banky, 2008-03-08: 09:06:00
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Pantsdancer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pantsdansər
Sentence: Frank's two best friends in the world, Rudy and Sally had a schnauzer that clearly was a child substitute. From the moment Frank entered the door until he left, their little angel was a pantsdancer. Rudy or Sally would ask, "Is he bothering you?" and Frank would politely respond "He's just happy to see me". What he really wanted to do was drop-kick the little fur-ball.
Etymology: Pants (trousers) + Dancer (a person who dances or whose profession is dancing)
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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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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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