Verboticism: Psychophage
DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
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Underpestimate
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt
Sentence: One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry.
Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be "pesty mates," as well.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful verbotomy - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
Thanks. This wasn't an easy one! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Admirable! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
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Sowildenialtrust
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust (sowildenialtrustee)
Sentence: SOWILDENIALTRUST is an error… It starts out as love but descends into terror- Out in the food chain those creatures belong… You might bring them in but you know before long- They’ll eat you and then you’ll have cause to reget not purchasing a more... conventional pet. They were so cute, so cuddly and small! We made them a plush cozy bed in the hall. But if you embrace all of God’s wild creations, You’ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.
Etymology: SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST.....SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English swā; akin to Old High German sō so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek hōs so, thus, Latin suus one's own...SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English sāwan; akin to Old High German sāwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sėti.....WILD: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt.....DENIAL: refusal to admit the truth or reality, : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality;[1528].....TRUST: assured reliance on the safety,consistency or dependability of someone or something; Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful.
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COMMENTS:
Take only pictures...leave only footprints...kill only time. (The Spelunker's Motto) - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:04:00
Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA...They traded the snake for a pet protozoa ! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:26:00
Is protozoa singular or plural? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:49:00
Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:12:00
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Reptkillian
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: rep + kill + eun
Sentence: Isiah was thrilled with his new pet snake Skinnard, until he attacked his girlfriend, his second cousin and his best friend Marty. When Marty disappeared, Isiah realized that Skinnard was a reptilian sub-species of the special repkillian class and definitely not meant to be a pet.
Etymology: reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles) and kill (cause to die)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Powerful! Terrorific! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:13:00
excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 20:54:00
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Impetumonstrosity
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: im-pet-u-mon-strosity
Sentence: When her poodles Fluffy and Muffy disappeared, Carol wondered if the impetumonstrosity that Alvin brought home from the swamp may have had something to do with it. But when little Ricky went missing, she knew she'd have to say something to him about it.
Etymology: impetuosity: foolish, hasty, impetuous + pet + monstrosity: monster, mutant
Chompanion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tshom pan yun
Sentence: what had arrived into the household as a cute kitty with huge paws had turned into a lurking chompanion with a constant craving for meat and terrible personal habits. She had frequently felt she should have him removed, but he did keep the place free of encyclopedia salespeople, canvassing politicians and religious groups.
Etymology: companion, chomp
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COMMENTS:
sounds like the pros outweigh the anaCONdas - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:50:00
You really sunk your teeth into this clever create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 15:06:00
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Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: When Katy returned home, her adderation for Boadicea, the pet snake her husband Henry kept soon turned to horror. Eating Henry meant she was no longer a civil serpent.
Etymology: Adder (snake species) & Adoration (feeling of profound love)
Anthropetmorphize
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Ann-throw-pet-more-fize
Sentence: When I happened upon the fawn and it looked at me with that "deer in the headlights" look--literally--I lost all judgment and wrapped him up in a blanket and took him home. By fall, I realized my tendency to anthopetmorphize Donder had laid waste to my garden, made my yard impassable for all the little deer turds, and put me in violation of several covenant codes. I could see the neighborhood association president measuring Donder with his eyes to see how he might fit in his trophy room.
Etymology: Anthropomorphize (To ascribe human characteristics to things not human) altered to include "pet"
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COMMENTS:
Some guys will do anything for a buck or to make more doe! Good word! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:10:00
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Domestigator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dumb esty gay tur
Sentence: Here lies what's left of the body of Dr Dootoolittle, animal domestigator-not-so-extraordinaire
Etymology: domesticator, gator
Cutezeemammothsized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: quet-z-mam-moth-sized
Sentence: Jackie says to Annette,"well hun,that cute baby snake has now turned into a "cutezeemammothsized" massive man eating mammoth!"... "OH! By the way, I think your your couch potato,beer drinking Henry is inside Cutezee...now what are you going to do?"
Etymology: Cute; Attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way. Zee;The letter Z. Cutezee; A play on the word cutsey; self-consciously or excessively cute. Mammoth;Like their modern relative the elephant, mammoths were quite large,in English the noun "mammoth" has become an adjective meaning "huge" or "massive". Sized; Having a specified size or bulk
Fostermamba
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fos ter mam ba
Sentence: When Ana Conda adopted her baby snake, she was told it was a harmless garter snake which would stay small. But in a few short years it got so big and ate anything in it's path, without the benefit of adder-tives. It was then she discovered she had become a fostermamba to a not-so-civil serpent! Oh, boa-have...
Etymology: Foster (adoptive) & Mamba (poisonous snake) & Wordplayon Foster Mom