Verboticism: Chimplore
DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.
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Neglectapetalook
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Poor thing gave me that neglectapetalook
Etymology:
Eyecusation
Created by: tdhall56
Pronunciation: I kews a shun
Sentence: When I picked up my dog, Buddy, at the vets, he looked at me with eyecusation
Etymology: eye - eye/sight accuse/accusation
Uebluit
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: you blue it
Sentence: My wife gave me the uebluit eye, letting me know I was sleeping on the couch tonight.
Etymology: From the Latin: ueble, a person who makes mistakes.
Guilterful
Created by: StrangerThenFiction
Pronunciation: guilt-er-ful
Sentence:
Etymology:
Peekablue
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: peek/a/blue
Sentence: Apache, Laura's dog, would whine and play peekablue with her because she didn't pay attention to him all day.
Etymology: peekaboo + blue (dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down-hearted, downcast, glum, melancholy)
Loneleer
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: lone-leer
Sentence: It was the second time this month that Sue called in sick to work because her goldfish, Fluffy, gave her that loneleer when she was headed out the door.
Etymology: lone, leer
Condogle
Created by: Nimbulan
Pronunciation: Con - doe - gul
Sentence: A quick Condogle put Frank right back in his seat.
Etymology: Condem, Ogle.
Remonstraglaze
Created by: Durotriges
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Neither wine,roses nor soothing words could deflect the remonstraglaze that Rebecca turned upon him.
Etymology: remonstrate/ gaze/ glaze
Anthropetmotive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: an-throw-pet-MO-tive
Sentence: Mark was studiously ignoring his dog Gracie's anthropetmotive stares all through his dinner until he could no longer avoid it. "Fine! I'll feed you now," he said resignedly.
Etymology: anthro- meaning human-like; pet - becasue pets do this; and -motive as in Emotive. It also sounds like anthropomorphic - to instill human-like qualities into non-human things.
Pathopout
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My cat gave me a sullen pathopout when I walked in after the long weekend.
Etymology:
