Verboticism: Alphaineptitude
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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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.
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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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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Dogtied
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dôgtīd
Sentence: It seemed like a good idea at the time. One dog would be lonely if left home alone while he worked so Alan got a second dog. Little did he expect to be dogtied every time he tried to walk them. They would run ahead, then behind, never in the same direction, never at the same time. Like some canine square dance he didn't know the steps to, Sadie and Rufus do-si-do and Allemande left until Alan was completely hound-bound.
Etymology: dog (canine pet) + tied (attach or fasten (someone or something) with string or similar cord) derivative of hog-tied [secure by fastening together the hands and feet (of a person) or all four feet (of an animal)]
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! - Mustang, 2009-02-03: 07:14:00
I watch the Dog Whisper but my dogs do too and they whisper back. - wayoffcenter, 2009-02-03: 09:28:00
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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)
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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Cursuccumbungler
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: cur-suck-come-BUNG-lerr (cursuccumbungled) (rhymes with capsicum-dungled)
Sentence: Gordius was making a fine living from his new enterprise... walking canine-americans for a small fee. But Gordy's initial success unleashed his greed, and he soon realized that he'd bit off more than he could chew. Walking several out-of-control dogs ensnaggled him in a rat's nest of leashes and curses. Gordius had become a CURSUCCUMBUNGLER- He meekly surrendered to the primal instincts of the alpha dog, and was last seen participating in an involuntary tour of all the fire hydrants and poo piles in the sleeply little hamlet of Baskerville.
Etymology: CUR(curse)+SUCCUMb+BUNGLER=CURSUCCUMBUNGLER......CUR:a mongrel or inferior dog,Middle English, short for curdogge, from Middle English *curren to growl (perhaps from Old Norse kurra to grumble) + Middle English dogge dog.....CURSE:a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one,a cause of great harm or misfortune,evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or as retribution; Middle English curs, from Old English.....SUCCUMB:to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering force,to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of superior forces;French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie.....BUNGLER: One who blunders or acts ineptly in an incompetent manner,One who proceeds unsteadily; alteration of bungle, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer.
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COMMENTS:
Copy and paste this link for the solution to Gordy's problem: http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_9_01.html - metrohumanx, 2009-02-03: 00:51:00
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Traingled
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: train-gld
Sentence: Sperry Spazolia always got traingled up in the leashes of his pedigreed pets.
Etymology: Train- Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction over a period of time. Tangled - Existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder.
Houndwound
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hownd wownd
Sentence: When Oliver yook Fred & Ginger, his 2 dogs out for a walk, they usually had him houndwound before he got home.
Etymology: Hound (dog) & Wound (wrapped in a coil;tied up)