Verboticism: Dogguage
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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Zooyak
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ZOO-yak
Sentence: Bob preached that by means of Zooyak, his zoomenhoff-like language, the wolf shall lie down with the lamb.
Etymology: Blend of ZOO: (Gk) an animal & YAK (slang): to talk, chatter
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COMMENTS:
BOOYAH for ZOOYAK and Preacher Bob! You've outdone yourself, Ozziebob. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:49:00
Very good, critterally speaking. - Mustang, 2008-08-01: 16:32:00
Oogachukka for zooyak, Bob, wolves love ewe! - Nosila, 2008-08-01: 19:10:00
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Petolish
Created by: Wordotwist
Pronunciation: Pet o lish
Sentence: When I first came to the US,I found it far easier to understand the petolish people used to speak to their pets,then the English they spoke to me.
Etymology: A combination of pet and lish as in English,Spanish,yidish etc.Joined by the o sound commonly used by owners in words addressed to pets.
Anigmalia
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's an enigma to me why people speak to their animals in anigmalia.
Etymology:
Pookiespiel
Created by: celan1
Pronunciation: poo kee speel
Sentence: Her elaborate pookiespiel with Fido churned my H. pylori.
Etymology: Pookie + Spiel
Chittychat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: chitēchat
Sentence: Valerie and her cat have a special relationship. Purrcy fills the role of the child she never had. They even have their own way of communicating. Friends call it chittychat.
Etymology: chit (late Middle English: denoting a whelp, cub, or kitten) + chat (talk in a friendly and informal way) derivative of kitty cat
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.
Squeakinese
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skwēkənēz
Sentence: Julie had her own language for communicating with her Pookie. Her boyfriend refers to it as Squeakinese. Whenever she gets started he has to leave the room to keep his ears from bleeding.
Etymology: squeak (a short, high-pitched sound or cry)+ Pekinese (a lapdog of a short-legged breed with long hair and a snub nose, originally brought to Europe from the Summer Palace at Beijing [Peking] in 1860)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-01-04: 09:36:00
clever...best one today!! - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:14:00
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Animalingo
Created by: uvadavidg
Pronunciation: an-uh-muh-ling-goh
Sentence: I was kinda hoping to discuss the recent decline in oil prices or the long-term viability of the United Nations as an international organization, but she kept pursing her lips and cooing in this unintelligible animalingo
Etymology: animal plus lingo
Doolittalian
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: doo-lit-al-yun
Sentence: ever since i became fluent in doolittalian, my dog and i have been much better at working through our issues
Etymology: dr doolittle, italian
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COMMENTS:
bada bingo! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-08: 04:29:00
Makes me yearn for spughetti! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:47:00
oh noes, now i'm thinking about the episode of futurama where fry finds his old dog. that episode made me cry. - jadenguy, 2007-06-08: 09:43:00
mmm spughetti with a starter course of clam chowchowder and a fresh salad with collieflower - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 10:22:00
And Yorkshire pudding for dessert. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 11:17:00
perhaps a beagle with cream cheese or a cinnamon great daneish - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 11:38:00
Hamster and cheese? - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 12:22:00
or german shepherd's pie with a dachshund of catsup - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:49:00
Or some poodles in marinara sauce...or a parrot cake...or some chicken cat-chiatore... - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 14:09:00
I was going to get into more obscure pets, but I started running into the problem that people are about as likely to eat some animals as they are to keep them as pets. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 14:10:00
Like hushpuppies? Geez Rik, we're really crapping up your place here, aren't we? Hope you haven't become petulant! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 14:21:00
I don't think rikboyee is that petty - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 14:33:00
Woohoo! Quittin' time. Headin' home for a verbeer and a hot dog! Have a great weekend all! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 15:23:00
make sure you have catsup and mouseturd with your hot dog purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 15:43:00
i hate you jabber. heading over the cabin tomorrow, and there's still a mouse in there. yum. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 18:55:00
These puns are terrierbly funny. - petaj, 2007-06-08: 22:13:00
Well, they're pretty terrible, so I'll half agree with petaj. - ErWenn, 2007-06-08: 23:50:00
I guess puns just aren't your teacup. - jadenguy, 2007-06-09: 00:32:00
wow....if only comments were votes....i'd be best in show - rikboyee, 2007-06-09: 09:55:00
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