Verboticism: Dogtied
DEFINITION: n. A person who has difficulty controlling their pets, especially if they often become entangled in the leashes. v. To get entangled in the leashes of one's pets.
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Doggeroll
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: do-ger-rol
Sentence: There once was a man named Stover/ Who had a dog named Rover/ Well, two...the other named Stew/ (What else is new?)... When he took them to the park for a walk/ Those pooches would bark and balk/ And Stover would doggeroll over and over/ In clover/ That guy named Stover.
Etymology: A play on DOGGEREL meaning loose or irregular verse, especially of an inferior nature and DOG + ROLL meaning to move on a surface by turning over and over
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word play. - Mustang, 2009-02-03: 07:16:00
so clever to create a limerick to go with your doggeroll! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:40:00
Thanks. Except I forgot to use the word in the sentence/poem. Will try to correct. - readerwriter, 2009-02-03: 09:52:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:04:00
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Leashlash
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: LEASH lash
Sentence: The imprudence of having four dogs dawned on Susie when she was left alone early one morning to walk the dogs. She could have taken each one out separately, but instead boldly harnessed each dog onto a separate leash. Susie closed the door and they were off! They veered left, then suddenly ran circles every which way, giving Susie leashlashes to her ankles. OOOuch! The four dogs hopped and jumped, entagled in their knot of leashes. Susie let go of all the leashes and mouthed a swear word. The dogs struggled in a tangle so she managed to unclip the four leashes. The dogs continued to walk gracefully up the street.
Etymology: Leashlash n or v. From: leash, to keep on a cord; and lash, the action of whipping back, out or at someone.
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COMMENTS:
'leashlashes to her ankles' ... great way to express it ... great verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:48:00
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Noheedonistic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: no/heed/on/is/tic
Sentence: Sean was a pleasure seeking individual who turned noheedonistic when faced with his part time job as a dog walker. They just wouldn't listen to him!
Etymology: no + heed + hedonistic
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COMMENTS:
Noheedonistic is such a great word ... it might also be applied to cats, spouses, bosses, coworkers, etc. !!! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:52:00
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Muzzletough
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: muz zel tuff
Sentence: When Abe walked his two frisky dogs each day, he had great difficulty in controlling their behavior. You could even say it was muzzletough for him to keep them in line.
Etymology: Muzzle(restraint device to keep a dog from biting) & Tough (hard to do) & Wordplay on Mazel Tov (Hebrew words for Good Luck)
Collarcoated
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kall or kot ted
Sentence: To his hip dude friends, he was known as "Dawg" because of his many pet dogs. But to his devoted canine pets he was known as "Doofus" because of his lack of control over them. When they strolled they loved to make him seem collarcoated to the rest of the world. It was not hard to do this, since their iq's were much higher than his, doggone it!
Etymology: Collar (a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it) & Coated ( having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination) Play on color-coded(a method of organizing things by a series of colors for faster identification)
Tetherbound
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: TETH-ehr-bound
Sentence: Sherman was a slight man who was not endowed with superior strength yet he insisted on taking all three of his labs for exercise at the same time and invariably found himself tetherbound when they would become frisky and wrap their leashes around his legs with their hyperactive activities.
Etymology: Blend of 'tether' (a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement) and 'bound' (made fast as if by a band or bond)
Petangled
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pet /angled
Sentence: Laura's German short-hair pointer is nearly as large as she is and she easily and often gets completely petangled while out for walks with the massive animal and has to do numerous twists and turns and dances to free herself from the lease.
Etymology: PETANGLED - verb - from PET + TANGLED (snarled, interlaced, or mixed up)
Wounddog
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: wow und dawg
Sentence: Elvis took his hound for a walk. But the hound didn't like being held back by his leash, so he raced in circles around Elvis, coiling, looping, twisting, spiraling, and curling the leash around Elvis' legs and ankles, even his blue suede shoes. Elvis sang out in misery as he tripped and tumbled down: "You aint nothin but a wounddog, Now I'm cryin all the time. Making me nothin but a bound ground hog, Cryin all the time. Well, you aint never caught a rabbit And you aint no friend of mine."
Etymology: Wound Dog is a play on Hound Dog. There is a way to correct the spelling of the word! After clicking on edit beneath save and go back is "oops! I want to change the spelling of my word" and with a click on that ... voila!
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COMMENTS:
Alas! That has happened to me more than once. - readerwriter, 2009-02-03: 05:47:00
Ohhh nooooo....I suddenly realized we were of like minds and our words are too similar!! - mweinmann, 2009-02-03: 08:57:00
Yes mweinmann, I agree. Glad it was unintentional. Even when this happens deliberately, I just consider it a form of compliment/flattery. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 09:08:00
Good....I felt bad when I realized this had happened.... - mweinmann, 2009-02-03: 09:50:00
that song will stay with me all day!! - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:05:00
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Omegalomaniac
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: ow-meega-low-may-nee-ack
Sentence: "Their father won Best in Show at Crufts", said Carter with an air of arrogance. He pulled firmly on their leads but his treasured hounds ignored him and continued to sniff the Labrador's butt. Carter's overblown ego made him think he was top dog, but really he was just an omegalomaniac. The dogs ignored him unless he was at the grill cooking, sausages for himself, and rib-eye steaks for them.
Etymology: 1. omega - the last letter of the Greek alphabet. (as opposed to alpha male/dog which is the first). 2. megalomaniac - a pathalogical egoist.
Anitoldiots
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: Anne-nit-oh-l-dah-dee-aughts
Sentence: That guy and his dogs make him look like a total anitoldiot.
Etymology: animal- control- idiot