Verboticism: Babblassie
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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Infantidote
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: In-FAN-tih-dote
Sentence: I detest small dogs and those who infantidote upon them.
Etymology: infantile + dote
Dogalect
Created by: kelyn
Pronunciation: DOG-ah-lekt
Sentence: My cutesy little puppy-wuppy and I understand each other through our own special dogalect. Oh yes, we do, don't we sweetums?
Etymology: Dog + Dialect
Boopyscoop
Created by: Alicia
Pronunciation: Boop/ee/scoop
Sentence: Sarah bent down for her dog. She Boopyscooped it.
Etymology: Boopy: Like A Weird Kind Of Language Scoop: Scooped The Dog Up.
Critterspeak
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT - ehr - speek
Sentence: Clarissa had an emotional bond with her pets that bordered on derangement and had even gone so far as to develop an entire vocabulary of critterspeak that she sometimes absent mindedly used when conversing with people.
Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (any creature) and 'speak'.
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COMMENTS:
BORDERED on derangement? Methinks she was Home, Home on deranged.... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:46:00
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Zoogaga
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: zu-ga-ga
Sentence: Hello kitty kitty kitty meow meow meow purr purr zoogaga woof woof? Muagh!
Etymology: Zoo - animals. Gaga - baby language.
Petsperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pet spur ann toe
Sentence: Dr. Dooless spoke fluent petsperanto
Etymology: esperanto, pet
Esperantoto
Created by: bigdog
Pronunciation: es peh ran toe toe
Sentence: Her fluency in esperantoto allowed her to have extended conversations not only with her dog but other dogs, no matter what country she's in.
Etymology: esperanto + toto (we ain't in Kansas anymore)
Furnicate
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alison prefers to furnicate with her dog Schmoodles as he's a better listener than her boyfriend.
Etymology:
Animavocalism
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: an e mah voc ah liz um
Sentence: She mumured sweet animavocalisms in the horse's ear as she urged him towards the starting line for the big race.
Etymology: anima - concerning animals vocalism - spoken