Verboticism: Inscecst
DEFINITION: n. A person who insists that lower life forms (fish, clams, cephalopods, reptiles, or insects) can be affectionate pets and excellent watchdogs. v. To talk to an animal who can't possibly understand a single word you're saying.
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Chatterpillar
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chat - ter - pill - ur
Sentence: Daphne loved butterflys and, each year, would just wait until they appeared in her garden so that she could sit in her favorite chair and watch them fly around. She felt an almost magical quality inhabited her garden when they there. This year, she decided to "tip the scales" in her favor by befriending the caterpillars that would soon be transformed. Each day, she would crawl around in her garden looking for them. When she saw one, she would engage in chatterpillar with each one of them, beseaching them to make her garden their "forever" home.....
Etymology: Chatter + Caterpillar >> Chatter (speak rapidly and incessantly) Caterpillar (worm-like larva of various insects, especially butterflies and moths)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 13:43:00
cute - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-28: 13:48:00
Love it! - TJayzz, 2009-01-28: 13:56:00
You have metamorphosized a great word! - Nosila, 2009-01-28: 19:35:00
appeals to the child in me as well as the adult ... fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:27:00
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Chatnimal
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: chat-ni-mal
Sentence: Ellie would chatimal to anything that moved. She thought that all bugs and animals understood her strange language.
Etymology: Chat - To talk. An(imal)- Taken from part of the word animal.
Cozyologist
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: COE-zee-ALL-uh-jist
Sentence: Beverly insisted that ALL life forms were capable of returning her love -especially all the myriad creatures in her insect collection, each of which had a name. Beverly was a fanatic COZYOLOGIST, and she claimed that even the dust mites on her sofa could feel the pain of rejection. When she insisted that Timmy The Beard verify her beliefs, Timmy had to recuse himself from judgement...he was just too close to the subject.
Etymology: COZY+zoOLOGIST= COZYOLOGIST.....COZY:enjoying or affording warmth and ease,snuggly, marked by or providing contentment or comfort;perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian koselig cozy.....ZOOLOGIST: study of the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animal, animal type, or group,a branch of biology concerned with the promotion, the properties and vital phenomena of animals, even unresponsive ones.
Zooboon
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: ZOO boon
Sentence: When I was a young girl my boon companions were the girls in the Smith family next door, but now my zooboon companions are from every family in the animal kingdom. My mother came in once and found us napping in a zoobooning position and she forbid me from having them in my bed anymore. I don't know what the big deal was.
Etymology: ZOO: related to animals BOON (companions): blessed or jolly companions, something to be grateful for
Grinvertebrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: grin ver teb rayt
Sentence: Cynthia loved her pet caterpillar so much and found that his antics made her smile. She called him her little grinvertebrate because he ade her smile. She was brokenhearted when one day he curled up in a leaf and would not listen to her prattling. And then one day, he came out and turned into a beautiful butterfly and flew out the window to migrate to Mexico. My next pet won't be into metamorphosis, she thought...
Etymology: Grin (smile) & Invertebrate (any living creature lacking a backbone or spinal column)
Zanynatter
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: zay nee nat ter
Sentence: "Fishy, Fishy, in the aquarium, it is home to you I come. Let me tell you 'bout my day. I'll feed you, while I have my say. I can tell by your eyes, the gossip shared was a surprise. Ahhhh! How you pucker your lips sweetly, and blow bubbly kisses to me." Nettie cooed to her neon tetras. Her husband shook his head and muttered, " Zanynatter, Nettie."
Etymology: ZANY, NATTER. NATTER - to talk about not very serious matters, often rapidly and at length and sometimes in an irritating way. ZANY - to be strangely entertaining in an amusing and unusual clownish and foolish way.
Animisinterpret
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: an/i/mis/in/tur/pret
Sentence: Sally tended to animisinterpret the actions of insects in her garden often getting stung or bitten in the process. She was convinced they had come to visit her and impart ancient wisdom.
Etymology: animism (attribution of a living soul to plants, insects etc) + misinterpret (drawa a wrong inference)
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COMMENTS:
animism was a great choice to use in your etymology and word - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:44:00
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Inscecst
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: in-sek-st
Sentence: "Wodda madda my widdle schnookums? You not eating your poop-de-woops" said Gerald to Pandora his beloved African Dung Beetle. "I wuv yooo! I'm gonna give you a big kiss if you eat up all your din-dins" he cooed seductively. Gerald's inscecst fantasies had always interfered with his interpersonal relationships. His only girlfriend left him after three weeks when he showed her Pandora's customized Myspace page.
Etymology: 1. insect - a small air-breathing arthropod. 2. incest - sexual contact betwwen relatives.
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Chirpet
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: chur PET
Sentence: They often chirpetted to Violet (their pet Afican Violet), "You look beautiful today", in soft crooning voices.
Etymology: chirpet v. to talk to or vocalize soothingly to one's pet. From: "chirp" v. to happily speak/a sound a bird makes and from "pet" v. to stroke an animal to promote happiness in both the owner and, presumably, the pet.
Critterchat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: KRIT-ehr-chat
Sentence: Thelmalou shamelessly engaged in critterchat with her pets, small wild animals and any other kinds of creatures she encountered believing with all her heart that they truly understood her.
Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (any animal) and 'chat' (idle talk) , word play based loosely on the word chitchat