Verboticism: Puppish

'Ooopy goopy poopy poo.'

DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. To speak to an animal using an invented language.

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Furnicate

LunaC

Created by: LunaC

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.

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Prelg

Created by: hatman003

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Susie constantly talked in Prelg to her pet rocks and octopi despite their disgust

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Petalk

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: peh-tohk

Sentence: Petalk is funny.

Etymology: pet + talk

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Petlangue

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: pett-lang

Sentence: Whenever Kay petlangued with Fifi she'd nip her on the nose.

Etymology: pet + langue (language)

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Furnacular

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Fer-nack-yoo-ler

Sentence: It takes hard working and determination, almost 7 years in college, and 4 years of trade school to learn the furnacular of pets.

Etymology: Fur (the hair of certain animals) + vernacular (language spoken in a specific place)

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COMMENTS:

how did I miss this one? great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:50:00

Extra-good. I should've waited to vote. Seems like this definition spawned an unusually remarkable set of words. - Clayton, 2007-06-08: 13:13:00

I agree. Very good! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 14:00:00

Thanks all! There were many good words for this definition. - ziggy41, 2007-06-09: 22:18:00

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Bingolingo

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: bing/oh/ling/oh

Sentence: There was a farmer who became famous for his bingolingo. They even have a song about him (Ready Purple) There was a farmer had a dog and bingo was his name oh - all together now B-I-N-G-O

Etymology: lingo + Bingo (famous dog)

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COMMENTS:

I've said it before - Verbitch. Oh well, at least it banished that evil disco tune from my head. (...i-n-g-o...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:45:00

And Bingo was his name-o! what disco tune? Bee Gees? - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:57:00

Believe it or not, inspired by verbotomy again. I was thinking that I'd like to wait until the next day to vote, but I don't like the view you get, having to hit More, More, More (how do you like it, how do you like it). Egad, it's back. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 11:00:00

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Furidiom

Created by: elemon

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Gladys liked Martin well enough, but the furidiom with his hamsters was starting to bug her.

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Babblassie

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: Should be pretty self-evident.

Sentence: She might have been an English Major, but every time she came across a cute little dog she spewed babblassie.

Etymology: Babble+Lassie one of history's favorite male dogs.

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Gushese

Created by: NathanWolfe

Pronunciation: Hard G as in "gag" Gush pronounced as in "lush" not "push" "ese" pronounced as "eez"

Sentence: "I can't help myself. My fluency in gushese increases exponentially with the strength of my kittens purring."

Etymology: GUSH verb (used without object) 1. to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement 2. to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively -ESE as in Japanese

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Babybark

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: babe-ee-bark

Sentence: The babybark that one sees when entering the vet's office is quite touching.

Etymology: from baby talk + bark

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