Verboticism: Interviewterbrate
DEFINITION: n. A person who insists that lower life forms (fish, clams, cephalopods, reptiles, or insects) can be affectionate pets and excellent watchdogs. v. To talk to an animal who can't possibly understand a single word you're saying.
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Petofeel
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pet o feel
Sentence: Magenta was a petofeel. She developed unnatural emotional bonds with insects. In high school, she was voted Moth Likely to Succeed. She won many spelling Bees during her final Termite at College. With her sister pregnant, she was soon to become an Ant. Although she was born a WASP, she became a Praying Mantis. She had once been married, but he turned out to be a Louse. She enjoyed all kinds of Grub and when she had to travel she preferred to Fly. At school dances, she often performed the Worm, especially to old Beetles music. She'd been known to enjoy a Roach or two. Many times she just wanted to Flea when people started to Bug her. She was an Aphid supporter of Butterfly gardens and also enjoyed Cricket. At the local bar, she would always order a Grasshopper and her computer was equipped with a Spider program, on the world-wide Web. She admired Ladybird Johnson and her greatest fear was having the exterminator crawl up her driveway. We could tell you more about her, but we'd hate to Drone on...
Etymology: Pet (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement; preferred above all others and treated with partiality) & Feel (undergo an emotional sensation) & rhymes with pedophile (love of children, literally, but more sinister)
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COMMENTS:
Such fun bugfoonery! Top notch! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:13:00
Magenta had bugs in her belfry. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-01-28: 23:43:00
had lots of fun reading this....clever. - mweinmann, 2009-01-30: 00:00:00
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Inscecst
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: in-sek-st
Sentence: "Wodda madda my widdle schnookums? You not eating your poop-de-woops" said Gerald to Pandora his beloved African Dung Beetle. "I wuv yooo! I'm gonna give you a big kiss if you eat up all your din-dins" he cooed seductively. Gerald's inscecst fantasies had always interfered with his interpersonal relationships. His only girlfriend left him after three weeks when he showed her Pandora's customized Myspace page.
Etymology: 1. insect - a small air-breathing arthropod. 2. incest - sexual contact betwwen relatives.
Shrimpatico
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: SHrim-PAH-ti-koh
Sentence: "Oh, do you see what shrimps see?" asked Bob, not even battering an eyelid. "To confess the truth, Bob, it's just I don't think that's as easy as you say," said Roxy. " I'll try to do so, to please you; but I rather think Crusty, brought up in the sea, sees the world quite differently; indeed, through different eyes." Have you got a pencil and paper!" exclaimed Bob. "Just write him a note in Shrimperanto and he will understand immediately." Bob watched eagerly, convinced that he had developed some special shrimpatico, with even the tiniest of crustaceans.
Etymology: Blend of SHRIMP: Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia. In a loose sense, any small crustacean & SIMPATICO: congenial or like-minded; sharing similar temperaments and, therefore, able to get along well together.
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COMMENTS:
nice one OB - galwaywegian, 2009-01-28: 04:23:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-28: 13:50:00
Love it...it shows we are all just Prawns in the game of life. - Nosila, 2009-01-28: 19:30:00
Seansational! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 22:16:00
This is hilarious ....shrimpsational - mweinmann, 2009-01-29: 23:58:00
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Dummunication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: duh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn
Sentence: Cindy has a pet spider. She talks to it all the time. This would be dummunication because spiders don't have ears.
Etymology: dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs)
Zooboon
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: ZOO boon
Sentence: When I was a young girl my boon companions were the girls in the Smith family next door, but now my zooboon companions are from every family in the animal kingdom. My mother came in once and found us napping in a zoobooning position and she forbid me from having them in my bed anymore. I don't know what the big deal was.
Etymology: ZOO: related to animals BOON (companions): blessed or jolly companions, something to be grateful for
Grinvertebrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: grin ver teb rayt
Sentence: Cynthia loved her pet caterpillar so much and found that his antics made her smile. She called him her little grinvertebrate because he ade her smile. She was brokenhearted when one day he curled up in a leaf and would not listen to her prattling. And then one day, he came out and turned into a beautiful butterfly and flew out the window to migrate to Mexico. My next pet won't be into metamorphosis, she thought...
Etymology: Grin (smile) & Invertebrate (any living creature lacking a backbone or spinal column)
Inverbalbrate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in verb bal brayt
Sentence: Jen Tomology loved her pets. She kept insects and talked to them daily. She could inverbalbrate to them in her version of their languages. She could caterwaul with the caterpillars, she could mouth moth, mantis semantics and could aphidavit aphids. In her own waspish way she was trying to diversifly and bee relev-ant to her pets. That really bugged some people.
Etymology: Invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord) & Verbal (express in spoken words;relating to or having facility in the use of words;communicated in the form of words)
Cozyologist
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: COE-zee-ALL-uh-jist
Sentence: Beverly insisted that ALL life forms were capable of returning her love -especially all the myriad creatures in her insect collection, each of which had a name. Beverly was a fanatic COZYOLOGIST, and she claimed that even the dust mites on her sofa could feel the pain of rejection. When she insisted that Timmy The Beard verify her beliefs, Timmy had to recuse himself from judgement...he was just too close to the subject.
Etymology: COZY+zoOLOGIST= COZYOLOGIST.....COZY:enjoying or affording warmth and ease,snuggly, marked by or providing contentment or comfort;perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian koselig cozy.....ZOOLOGIST: study of the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animal, animal type, or group,a branch of biology concerned with the promotion, the properties and vital phenomena of animals, even unresponsive ones.
Animalculinguist
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: an-eh-mal-kyu-ling-gwist
Sentence: Dr. Anthea Pod was shocked when she received the letter cutting off her government funding. For years she had been known as the world's foremost animalculinguist. For over 40 years she had been celebrated as the authority and researcher of the languages of small or microscopic organisms. At long last, her book, Tiny Talkers: Languages of the Hidden Ones, was about to be published by the University of California at Berkeley. "Why, oh, why," she cried out in her laboratory. But, she knew who could comfort her. She knew who heard her. She knew who would always be there for her.
Etymology: From ANIMALCULE, a very small or microscopic organism + LINGUIST, one who specializes in languages
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COMMENTS:
-great word & sentence/narrative! - splendiction, 2009-01-28: 16:21:00
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Socialicing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sōshəlīs
Sentence: To say that Mary is lonely is an understatement. One of her few friends told her that a pet might be a good idea. The problem is that she can\'t afford a traditional one. Instead she has adopted some tiny little friends. She discovered them when she scratched her head. When she looks like she is talking to herself she is really socialicing.
Etymology: socialize (mix socially with others) + lice (small, wingless, parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds)
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