Verboticism: Socialicing
DEFINITION: n. A person who insists that lower life forms (fish, clams, cephalopods, reptiles, or insects) can be affectionate pets and excellent watchdogs. v. To talk to an animal who can't possibly understand a single word you're saying.
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Interviewterbrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ter vu ter brayt
Sentence: Clara always spoke to her pets and whatever critters came into her yeard. She would interviewterbrate them for hours, despite the fact they could not understand her. Many of her neighbors just found her to be plain crazy.
Etymology: Interview (discuss with or ask questions) & Invertebrate (species lacking a backbone, hence thought to be of a lesser order)
Dummunication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: duh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn
Sentence: Cindy has a pet spider. She talks to it all the time. This would be dummunication because spiders don't have ears.
Etymology: dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs)
Inverbalbrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in verb bal brayt
Sentence: Jen Tomology loved her pets. She kept insects and talked to them daily. She could inverbalbrate to them in her version of their languages. She could caterwaul with the caterpillars, she could mouth moth, mantis semantics and could aphidavit aphids. In her own waspish way she was trying to diversifly and bee relev-ant to her pets. That really bugged some people.
Etymology: Invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord) & Verbal (express in spoken words;relating to or having facility in the use of words;communicated in the form of words)
Chatnimal
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: chat-ni-mal
Sentence: Ellie would chatimal to anything that moved. She thought that all bugs and animals understood her strange language.
Etymology: Chat - To talk. An(imal)- Taken from part of the word animal.
Petofeel
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet o feel
Sentence: Magenta was a petofeel. She developed unnatural emotional bonds with insects. In high school, she was voted Moth Likely to Succeed. She won many spelling Bees during her final Termite at College. With her sister pregnant, she was soon to become an Ant. Although she was born a WASP, she became a Praying Mantis. She had once been married, but he turned out to be a Louse. She enjoyed all kinds of Grub and when she had to travel she preferred to Fly. At school dances, she often performed the Worm, especially to old Beetles music. She'd been known to enjoy a Roach or two. Many times she just wanted to Flea when people started to Bug her. She was an Aphid supporter of Butterfly gardens and also enjoyed Cricket. At the local bar, she would always order a Grasshopper and her computer was equipped with a Spider program, on the world-wide Web. She admired Ladybird Johnson and her greatest fear was having the exterminator crawl up her driveway. We could tell you more about her, but we'd hate to Drone on...
Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement; preferred above all others and treated with partiality) & Feel (undergo an emotional sensation) & rhymes with pedophile (love of children, literally, but more sinister)
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COMMENTS:
Such fun bugfoonery! Top notch! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:13:00
Magenta had bugs in her belfry. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-01-28: 23:43:00
had lots of fun reading this....clever. - mweinmann, 2009-01-30: 00:00:00
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Animalculinguist
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: an-eh-mal-kyu-ling-gwist
Sentence: Dr. Anthea Pod was shocked when she received the letter cutting off her government funding. For years she had been known as the world's foremost animalculinguist. For over 40 years she had been celebrated as the authority and researcher of the languages of small or microscopic organisms. At long last, her book, Tiny Talkers: Languages of the Hidden Ones, was about to be published by the University of California at Berkeley. "Why, oh, why," she cried out in her laboratory. But, she knew who could comfort her. She knew who heard her. She knew who would always be there for her.
Etymology: From ANIMALCULE, a very small or microscopic organism + LINGUIST, one who specializes in languages
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COMMENTS:
-great word & sentence/narrative! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:21:00
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Bugwhisperer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bəgwɪspərər
Sentence: Julie liked to think of herself as a bugwhisperer. When a bug came into her house, she would try to talk to it, trying to convince it to leave peacefully. The fact that this never worked didn't seem to alter her approach. Her friends began to think her a bit buggy.
Etymology: bug (a small insect) + whisperer (one who speaks softly) A play off of the Dog Whisperer
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 11:04:00
has great appeal ... like a whispered secret! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:22:00
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Grinvertebrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: grin ver teb rayt
Sentence: Cynthia loved her pet caterpillar so much and found that his antics made her smile. She called him her little grinvertebrate because he ade her smile. She was brokenhearted when one day he curled up in a leaf and would not listen to her prattling. And then one day, he came out and turned into a beautiful butterfly and flew out the window to migrate to Mexico. My next pet won't be into metamorphosis, she thought...
Etymology: Grin (smile) & Invertebrate (any living creature lacking a backbone or spinal column)
Chatterpillar
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chat - ter - pill - ur
Sentence: Daphne loved butterflys and, each year, would just wait until they appeared in her garden so that she could sit in her favorite chair and watch them fly around. She felt an almost magical quality inhabited her garden when they there. This year, she decided to "tip the scales" in her favor by befriending the caterpillars that would soon be transformed. Each day, she would crawl around in her garden looking for them. When she saw one, she would engage in chatterpillar with each one of them, beseaching them to make her garden their "forever" home.....
Etymology: Chatter + Caterpillar >> Chatter (speak rapidly and incessantly) Caterpillar (worm-like larva of various insects, especially butterflies and moths)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 13:43:00
cute - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-28: 13:48:00
Love it! - TJayzz, 2009-01-28: 13:56:00
You have metamorphosized a great word! - Nosila, 2009-01-28: 19:35:00
appeals to the child in me as well as the adult ... fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:27:00
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Critterchat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT-ehr-chat
Sentence: Marylou shamelessly engaged in critterchat with her pets, small wild animals and any other kinds of creatures she encountered believing with all her heart that they truly understood her.
Etymology: Blend of critter and chat, word play based loosely on the word chitchat
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COMMENTS:
I must stop critterchattering too! - great word! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:24:00
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