Verboticism: Xenocturnalia
DEFINITION: v. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner's bed.
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Petish
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: PET ish
Sentence: She always talks about and obsesses over whether her cat is okay or not and this petish of hers is causing us problems.
Etymology: FETISH: the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing PET: an animal or bird etc. that we keep in our home for pleasure
Beastow
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: beest/stoh
Sentence: Johnny beastows his bed with his golden Labrador retriever who takes up three-quartes of the bed when fully stretched out.
Etymology: BEASTOW - verb - from BEAST (animal) + BESTOW (to share, apportion, give part)
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COMMENTS:
Also, the beast could be a stow-away... - mweinmann, 2009-01-06: 17:13:00
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Marrwedge
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: marwej - If you say it right, you'll sound like Elmer Fudd
Sentence: John and Mary found themselves becoming more distant from each other. It wasn't that they didn't care for each other deeply. The problem was that Mollie, their Norwegian Elkhound had taken to sleeping in their bed. Sure it was cute when she was a puppy and slept at the foot of the bed. As she got bigger and the weather got colder Mollie crept towards the pillows. She is no longer just a dog, she is a marrwedge. Now she is a full-fledged, cover-stealing, fur-shedding, intimacy-quelling bed hog.
Etymology: marriage (matrimony)+ wedge (a piece of wood, metal, or some other material having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to separate them)
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COMMENTS:
Does Mollie snore like my Rascal or steal your pillow if you get up to use the bathroom? - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-06: 04:47:00
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Corabbitation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ko-rab-bi-TEY-shun
Sentence: I heard scratching; was that Cotton-tail - had he returned?" Quickly, I leapt out of bed, and opened the bedroom door. Sweeping my furry little friend up in my arms, I said, "Where have you been?" In a nanosecond, I knew the answer, six little bunnies were running over my toes. Cotton-tail had brought his family home. Jumping up onto my bed, they all snuggled around me: it was cozy: it was contentment: it was corabbitation. Suddenly, and it seemed like only seconds later, a jagged elbow buried itself into my ribs. Roxie rasped, "Wake up; dreaming again; I suppose, what about this time?" "Rabbits," I said. "More like Playboy Bunnies," she responded.
Etymology: Rabbit & Co-habitation.
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COMMENTS:
how sweet - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-13: 09:09:00
Great sentence, especially the last line. Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:27:00
Good one, OB. Sometimes I dream I'm Scarlett O'Hare and I am going to the Hop with Rabbit Redford and we dance to that song by Queen: "SomeBunny to love..." - Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:50:00
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Bedcritter
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bed - crit - er
Sentence: No bed-sitter of a bed-critter, is likely to become bed litter disturbing my bed rest with bedlamb! I'm not sheepish about saying who sleeps in my bed. I'm not into any dam pillow talks. I don't want to be rammed into any pillow fights! As for ewe, Ozziebob ... I've retired from counting your sheep! No more shortsheeping my bed!
Etymology: Bed: place of sleep Critter: animal/pet.
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COMMENTS:
Oh Yeah! My song for today is Wooly Bully by Sam the (Pillow) Sham! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 01:02:00
Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw. Had two big horns and a wooly jaw. Wooly bully, wooly bully. Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully. Matty told Hatty: "That's the thing to do. Get you someone really to pull the wool with you." Wooly bully, wooly bully. Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 01:06:00
Hey there Little Red Riding Hood -watch out for the wolf in sheep's clothing! Think I'll stay away from "Sam the Sham" for I'm a bit petsiclined, " She's got Ewe". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:46:00
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Snugglemugger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snəgəlməgər
Sentence: Rudy limped into work suffering muscle aches and sore joints having been animauled by his not-so-tiny mastiff the night before. It seemed very cute when his little puppy wanted to sleep in the bed. Now he is a snugglemugger.
Etymology: snuggle (settle or move into a warm, comfortable position) + mugger (a person who attacks and robs another in a public place)
Beastow
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: beest/stoh
Sentence: John beastows his bed with his golden Labrador retriever who takes up three-quartes of the bed when fully stretched out.
Etymology: beast (animal) + bestow (share, apportion, give part)
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COMMENTS:
Clever Pun! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:19:00
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Bedgehog
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /bej-hog/
Sentence: Bandit had started out as a cute Border Collie puppy, but now he'd grown into a huge bedgehog. Not only did Bandit hog all the pillows and yank the comforter to the other side of the bed, but he had literally pushed Stewart out of his own bed three nights in a row. Stewart decided to seek professional help, and started wondering how hard it was to contact that 'It's Me Or the Dog' lady. What was her name again?...
Etymology: Bed - furniture for sleeping (from Common Germanic, badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground") + Hedgehog - small, spiny, insectivorous mammal (from German, hecke "hedge" + Cornish, hogh "swine")
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology! Very clever word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:20:00
Throw a quillt over it. - petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:59:00
Hopefully in her, he will find a comforter! - Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:43:00
Bandit, he ain't nothing but a hound dog! Once again, great etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:56:00
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Fleaesta
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: flE-s-TAH
Sentence: It didn't matter how much whining he did or how many "discussions" were weathered, Dennis knew choosing to spend the night with Nina invariably meant another fleaesta with her cats.
Etymology: Fleaesta v. tr. combination of flea: a blood-sucking parasite that feeds on mammals and birds, known for its leaping ability siesta: a midday nap as taken in Spain and Latin America.
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COMMENTS:
Purrfect! Does Dennis live in CATalonia, Spain? - Nosila, 2009-01-06: 23:18:00
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