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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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Furmin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fur-min
Sentence: She called her pet ferrets her fur children. He pretended to like the little furmin just to get closer to her.
Etymology: fur (the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal) + vermin (noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals)
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)
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: ingratiate (to establish oneself in the favour, or good graces of others) + grossed out
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COMMENTS:
sssssmitten was she? - galwaywegian, 2008-03-07: 06:55:00
Was it the human snake he had hidden in his pants! Your sentence is so sly and clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:33:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 21:06:00
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Hypocritter
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /HIP-uh-krit-er/
Sentence: Like the killer bunny in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brett's pet rabbit would launch itself at Connie's toes whenever she came over to his place wearing open-toed shoes. Brett said they were just 'love bites' but those teeth were sharp! If she hadn't liked Brett so much, she would have prefered to see that little hypocritter roasting on a spit.
Etymology: Hypocrite - a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude (from Greek, hypokritēs "a stage actor") + Critter - a living creature (dialectal or humorous pronunciation of 'creature')
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COMMENTS:
Great interplay and blending of your well chosen words in your etymology! Very well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:18:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 13:34:00
Tigger, hare's to you! I had a hutch you'd come up with a good one. - Nosila, 2008-03-07: 23:04:00
Another good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 21:06:00
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Petronize
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: like "patronize" except with pet.
Sentence: Much to my chagrin, I had to petronize my neighbor as he showed off his slimy kingsnake
Etymology: Pet;Patronize
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)
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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Fakamour
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: fay-ka-moore
Sentence: His act of fakamour at a friend's party resulted him having bunch of dogs to look after at the thanksgiving weekend.
Etymology: Fake (to decieve or give false appearance) + amour (meaning love).
Lamboozle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lam boo zil
Sentence: Sally the shepherdess was such a babe that he would cuddle any four legged candyfloss carrier to get into those handknitted pantaloons. Unfortunately for him, his wool allergy put paid to his lanboozling. his skin on fire, he headed for the ER, alone, sheepishly.
Etymology: bamboozle, lamb.
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COMMENTS:
Another great punster of a sentence! your fun word has outstanding originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:47:00
how do you come up with this stuff? very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 11:43:00
Ewe post such smuttonry! Wooly bully. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 12:00:00
He should ram some Lamb's rum down his throat, although it would probably make him feel wooly headed in the morning! Not baaaaad! - Nosila, 2008-03-07: 23:01:00
Lovely word; zany sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 21:09:00
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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