Verboticism: Critterpatter
DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. To speak to an animal using an invented language.
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Felinguage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fee - ling - uaj
Sentence: Mona spoke in a special felinguage with her cat, Marty. it made her feel especially close to him.
Etymology: feline, language
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COMMENTS:
Cute! - artr, 2010-01-04: 12:42:00
cat's meow! - Nosila, 2010-01-04: 19:19:00
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Gushese
Created by: NathanWolfe
Pronunciation: Hard G as in "gag" Gush pronounced as in "lush" not "push" "ese" pronounced as "eez"
Sentence: "I can't help myself. My fluency in gushese increases exponentially with the strength of my kittens purring."
Etymology: GUSH verb (used without object) 1. to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement 2. to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively -ESE as in Japanese
Petsperanto
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: peht spur anto
Sentence: she could speak both petsperanto and pigeon English, but rarely had anything of interest to contribute.
Etymology: esperanto, pet
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COMMENTS:
love it - Nosila, 2010-01-04: 09:27:00
Good work - I thought of this one too, then went in to read the words and saw that you had already posted it! - karenanne, 2010-01-04: 12:15:00
wonderful word.....gets my vote. - mweinmann, 2010-01-04: 20:16:00
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Critterchatter
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CRIT-ehr-chat-ehr
Sentence: Felicity had such a deep emotional bond with her pets that she even developed an extensive critterchatter, a language that only she and her pets understood.
Etymology: Blend of 'critter' (animal) and 'chatter' (light conversation)
Animavocalism
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: an e mah voc ah liz um
Sentence: She mumured sweet animavocalisms in the horse's ear as she urged him towards the starting line for the big race.
Etymology: anima - concerning animals vocalism - spoken
Furble
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: FER-buhl
Sentence: Dana's furbling to her shar-pei was beginning to get on my nerves. "Who's a puppy-wuppy? Who's my shaggy-waggy? Who's my woggy-doggie?" Sheesh!
Etymology: fur + burble
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COMMENTS:
Another cute word! And "Who's my shar-peisy daisy?" - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 06:50:00
And sounds like "verbal". - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-08: 07:44:00
shaggy-waggy - dangerous phrase for a Friday - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-08: 12:53:00
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Petalk
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: peh-tohk
Sentence: Petalk is funny.
Etymology: pet + talk
Spoilspiel
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: sp-oil-sp-eel
Sentence: Mariah's husband says that one day the dog will tell her to shut up with the spoilspiel and hand her a dictionary. Aww Arabella arhhy arey aww, said Minnie to her beloved pooch.
Etymology: Spoil- pamper or overindulge. Spiel- glib speech.
Oogywoogywoo
Created by: XLilDevilGirlX
Pronunciation: oo ge woo ge woo
Sentence: aren't u a oogywoogywoo. yer u r. yer u r.
Etymology: ok i'm not gonna lie (coz i can't think of 1 to say @ this moment in time) i totally made up oogywoogywoo so it doesn't have a meaning.Which makes it even better coz then u can think of 1 urself so let ur imagintion run wild.