Verboticism: Canineditiontwister
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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Leaderhosing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lēdərhōzng
Sentence: When they go for a walk Ralph's dogs like to go wherever they want without regard for what happens with their leashes. A couple quick laps around his leg can leave him with a thorough leaderhosing.
Etymology: leader (leash) + hosing (defeat)
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)
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)
Muzzletoff
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: muz zel toff
Sentence: Dogless was a Muzzletoff. He had been born of a wealthy family and was educated in the finest boarding schools. Th only trouble he had was convincing his folks that he could be the best dogwalker on the Planet. They were horrified at a boy of his breeding doing a doggy round up and having asteer home contest every month. He had tough skin and it let him be carried away. Guys like Dogless, they deserved to be lonely and tied up in their work.
Etymology: Play on Mazel Tov (Good Fortune in Hebrew) & Muzzle (a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting) & Toff (an elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners)
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COMMENTS:
Hehe! Good one. - GlobalGallery, 2009-02-03: 08:18:00
Your ending, last line, is ever so fine. Super create that can apply to both dog and man! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:56:00
This is hilarious!! - mweinmann, 2009-02-03: 09:51:00
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Flangooled
Created by: mythwanaber
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Help!!! im flangooled!
Etymology:
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.
Houndbound
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: how nd bow nd
Sentence: He was so tired of being hound bound that he got rid of the dogs and bought some chickens which he had hoped would be free range, but as they got lost too often he eventually put them on leads. it wasn't long before he became henmeshed.
Etymology: bound, bound
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COMMENTS:
love henmeshed - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-03: 11:02:00
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Lassieo
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lass-ee-o
Sentence: Ropert always returned from his dog-walking in an exhausted and ropable condition. Without fail, his pair of kelpies would race around him in opposite directions whenever they encountered another dog. He was tired of being lassioed, but it never occurred to him that passing the pet hotel was a bad idea.
Etymology: lassie (a fictitious kelpie character) + lasso (to throw a loop of rope around an animal's neck)
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COMMENTS:
Delightful as the old westerns ... you lassieo'd the definition superbly! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-03: 08:59:00
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Awkwinate
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Ark-win-ate
Sentence: Jim was the worst dog walker ever. Trying to control five dogs at once, he always found himself awkwinated.
Etymology: Combination of "Awkw" from awkward - lacking dexterity or skill; and "inate" from dominate - to rule or control.
Mishled
Created by: richardkemp
Pronunciation: Adjective: [mishled]. Pronounciation depending on accent: 1. "mishled - d" (like missile - d) OR 2. "mish - lead" (as in the metal Lead).....Verb [to mishlead]. Pronounciation: "mish - lead" (as in pet lead/leash).
Sentence: "They were full of beans today, they almost mishled me a couple of times." "I know you're trying to mishlead me, Fido!"
Etymology: Misled/mislead, lead/leash, mashed, slipped