Verboticism: Malasitterism
DEFINITION: v. To leave your pet, child or lover in the care of a friend or relative who teaches them a stupid trick or bad habit. n. A stupid trick or bad habit learned from a caregiver.
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Petstidigitation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: petz - tuh - didj - ih - tay -shun
Sentence: While keeping his brother in law Morton's favorite hunting dog while Morton was on vacation, Myron resorted to some underhanded petstidigitation to teach the old dog a couple new and socially unacceptable tricks.
Etymology: blend of pet and prestidigitation (sleight of hand or ('trick')
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COMMENTS:
Petty good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:58:00
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Manureism
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: man/ur/ism
Sentence: A weekend with his 8 year old twin cousins was all it took to teach the toddler all sorts of manureisms. Talk about potty mouth
Etymology: manure + mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:14:00
Would you like some Mum spray deodorant for the manureism mouths? - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:55:00
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Misdeminder
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss de mine der
Sentence: Rex's new misdeminers had increased since she left him for a fortnight with her teenage nephew. Chief among the new ones was his ability to whip the knickers off any visiting lady who got near enough to pat his head.
Etymology: misdemeanor, minder
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 11:28:00
like it - yellowbird, 2008-02-26: 15:28:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:00:00
So innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:10:00
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Swindlebreaker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: swin/dil/brake/ur
Sentence: Joey was supposed to keep our puppy on a rigorous diet while we were away but instead fed it junk food which lead to uncontrolable farting. Henceforth we think of Joey as a swindlebreaker.
Etymology: swindle (take advantage of, cheat) + break wind
Prankma
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: prank-mar
Sentence: Bonny was starting to suspect that her mother was behaving subversively when babysitting her toddlers. Every time they stayed at Nanna's they would spend the following days saying that singlets were uncool, only dweebs wore hats and that making them tidy up their toys was inhibiting their creative development. Bonny was ready to confront Nanna about the prankmas.
Etymology: prank (joke, jape, trick) + grandma (an overly put upon family member who often cares for their grandchildren)
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COMMENTS:
welcome back petaj - great little story - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:14:00
Good comeback! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:13:00
Clever interplay! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:25:00
thanks for the welcome back - although I did verbotomize a couple of days back it has been weeks since i played regularly. - petaj, 2008-02-27: 05:29:00
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Pollytechnique
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pol lee tek neek
Sentence: When Uncle Mikey babysat the Miller's parrot on their annual vacation, she usually learned a new pollytechnique. This year Polly added 3 new swear words to her vocabulary. These words only seemed to be used when the easily-offended were around. You just cannot unteach an old bird new tricks...
Etymology: Polly (common name for a parrot) I Technique (skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity) & word play on Polytechnic (a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences)
Animalessterd
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: an-i-mal-ess-tord
Sentence: Uncle animalesstord Polly Parrot so that anytime anyone spoke to the bird it cursed.
Etymology: A play on the words Animal and the word Molested
Malasitterism
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Mal-a-sit-ter-ism
Sentence: Despite all precautions and checking, one cannot totally avoid the possibility that a child will pick up a malasitterism from the babysitter.
Etymology: Mal- Bad / Sitter- Part-time caregiver / ism- habit or manner
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COMMENTS:
Especially if the baby sitter is Mrs. Malaprop! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:59:00
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Bobnoxious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bäbnäkshəs
Sentence: Sending her kids to spend the summer with her brother Robert seemed like a good idea at the time. What Sharon got back was two kids loaded down with Bobnoxious tricks and stunts; everything from ”pull my finger” from Janie, her 4-year old to pails of water over her door from 7-year old Tom. She can’t wait until next summer when she hosts Bob’s kids.
Etymology: Bob (nickname for Robert) obnoxious (extremely unpleasant)