Verboticism: Animenace
DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
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Cutezeemammothsized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: quet-z-mam-moth-sized
Sentence: Jackie says to Annette,"well hun,that cute baby snake has now turned into a "cutezeemammothsized" massive man eating mammoth!"... "OH! By the way, I think your your couch potato,beer drinking Henry is inside Cutezee...now what are you going to do?"
Etymology: Cute; Attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way. Zee;The letter Z. Cutezee; A play on the word cutsey; self-consciously or excessively cute. Mammoth;Like their modern relative the elephant, mammoths were quite large,in English the noun "mammoth" has become an adjective meaning "huge" or "massive". Sized; Having a specified size or bulk
Petzillawoe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pet-ZILL-eh-wo
Sentence: After having to call professionals in the past to deal with the cuddly chimp and the fuzzy panther he acquired as babies and watched them grow into dangerous creatures, Willard felt again the pangs of petzillawoe when the cute little python he bought as a newborn turned out to be, in fact, a dangerous anaconda.
Etymology: Blend of 'pet' (usually a small personally owned animal) and 'woe' (troubles) and is a play on 'Godzilla', a fictional monster
Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: When Katy returned home, her adderation for Boadicea, the pet snake her husband Henry kept soon turned to horror. Eating Henry meant she was no longer a civil serpent.
Etymology: Adder (snake species) & Adoration (feeling of profound love)
Fangquet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fangkwit
Sentence: Hank was fascinated by snakes. He loved his collection of exotic reptiles. He loved to take them out of their cages for their feeding. He said it created a bind between himself and his slithering buddies. His friends used to tell him he was not careful enough handling these dangerous kritters. Now his friends can say they were right after Hank became a fangquet for his pets.
Etymology: fang (the tooth of a venomous snake, by which poison is injected) + banquet (an elaborate and extensive meal)
Psychophage
Created by: isaac
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A person that consumes the mind of other persons. For example my wife just plays or eats my brain.
Etymology:
Impetchuoice
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with IMPETUOUS
Sentence: The snake had been sizing Henry up for almost a week; instead of sleeping in the cool, tiled, front foyer, it had taken to sleeping next to Henry’s sofabed. It would lay on the floor parallel to Henry. That morning Henry awoke to the unpleasant sensation of becoming his pet snake’s lastest, and biggest, meal! Henry’s hat lay uneaten on the floor, a lonely reminder of his impetchuoice decision to trust a wild pet snake.
Etymology: Meaning: IMPETUOUS (make a rash decision), CHOICE of a PET.
Aspouse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: as powz
Sentence: When Tina found the tiny snake, she called her Cleo and decided to aspouse her as one of the family. Over the years Cleo grew and grew until she became massive and spent her days and nights hunting around the house. Tina was unaware that Cleo had become smitten with her husband Henry. One day, Tina could not find Henry. She reported him missing and it was not until the police arrived, that they noticed the Henry-shaped bulge inside the snake. "What did your husband do for a living?", asked the policeman. "Why he was an accountant." Tina declared. "Well no wonder Cleo took a fancy to him" said the cop, "he was an adder!"
Etymology: Asp (a variety of viper;cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death)& Espouse (to adopt as one's own;to give your support to something;to wed)
Anthropetmorphize
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Ann-throw-pet-more-fize
Sentence: When I happened upon the fawn and it looked at me with that "deer in the headlights" look--literally--I lost all judgment and wrapped him up in a blanket and took him home. By fall, I realized my tendency to anthopetmorphize Donder had laid waste to my garden, made my yard impassable for all the little deer turds, and put me in violation of several covenant codes. I could see the neighborhood association president measuring Donder with his eyes to see how he might fit in his trophy room.
Etymology: Anthropomorphize (To ascribe human characteristics to things not human) altered to include "pet"
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COMMENTS:
Some guys will do anything for a buck or to make more doe! Good word! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:10:00
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Verminder
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ver-min-der
Sentence: Herbie Tollogist joined up at verminders' anonymous after his anaconda grew to such a weight that the rafters on which it enjoyed coiling itself collapsed bringing the roof crashing around his ears.
Etymology: vermin (pesky animals) + minder (carer)
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COMMENTS:
superb word - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:47:00
Good one--Herbie really has to believe in a higher power now! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:05:00
Herbie Tollogist...love it! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:05:00
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Chompanion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tshom pan yun
Sentence: what had arrived into the household as a cute kitty with huge paws had turned into a lurking chompanion with a constant craving for meat and terrible personal habits. She had frequently felt she should have him removed, but he did keep the place free of encyclopedia salespeople, canvassing politicians and religious groups.
Etymology: companion, chomp
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COMMENTS:
sounds like the pros outweigh the anaCONdas - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:50:00
You really sunk your teeth into this clever create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 15:06:00
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