Verboticism: Shreddybear
DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
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Quillpillow
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: qwill-pill-oh
Sentence: Jen was a quillpillow in that she seemed soft but was in fact prickly and hostile.
Etymology: quill + pillow
Fuzzaphony
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: fuhz-uh-fone-ee
Sentence: All her sweetness is baloney. She's nothing but a fuzzaphony.
Etymology: fuzz + phony
Clawddle
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: claw-dl
Sentence: Was she ever surprised when she clawddled up to that wool sweater.
Etymology: claw + cuddle
Haasgla
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Ha-asgla
Sentence: When i look futher, i believe it's a another haasgla
Etymology: hard as glass
Shreddybear
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: shreddy/bare
Sentence: To prepare their child for the cruel world they gave him a shreddybear which bit him every time he cuddled it
Etymology: shred + teddy bear
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COMMENTS:
Sweet! I want one! - Alchemist, 2007-01-23: 08:16:00
I laughed audibly. Good one. - kyotonils, 2007-01-23: 08:21:00
so did I! - Javeson1, 2007-01-23: 09:55:00
I had one of those when I was a kid! - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 12:56:00
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Koalalusion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: co-ALL-ah-loo-zhun
Sentence: His online profile described him as someone who "likes to cuddle by the fire", but when he showed up at her door clad in black leather with a tatoo proclaiming that he slept with her mother, Sue quickly realized she had just hooked-up with yet another koalalusion.
Etymology: koala, illusion
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COMMENTS:
poor sue, seems like she has a bad habit... - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 15:39:00
She shouldn't have had such high expectations when she signed up at the dating service Letch.com - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-23: 16:58:00
Another aussie creature in the list! - petaj, 2007-01-24: 02:11:00
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Indistofuzzitravile
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: in-di-stow-fuzz-it-ra-vile
Sentence: Although She became very attractive over the last couple of beers; I had to remind myself that she was indistofuzzitravile.
Etymology: in + distance + fuzzy + travel + vile
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COMMENTS:
wow that's alot of letters. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 17:08:00
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Furbyopia
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: fur-bee-OH-pee-ah
Sentence: Jim suffered from furbyopia, as he realized when he picked what he only thought was a chocolate-chip cookie off the kitchen floor. "Bad dog," he shouted.
Etymology: Furby, the furry but annoying toy, + presbyopia, nearsightedness
Angoratack
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: ang-gora-tak
Sentence: Hermione was being a complete angoratack again, despite Hugh having gone to the trouble of buying wine and flowers on his way home.
Etymology: from angora (the softest, most beautiful fluffy wabbit fur) and tack (a small sharp nail with flat head). Most applicable in Hermione's case.
Tinseltuft
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: TIN-cel-tuft
Sentence: You'd think that quiet librarian would be such a peach... I mean, look at her! But she's such a harpy. The woman is completely tinseltuft.
Etymology: Tinsel is sharp and grating, tacked onto tuft, as in a tuft of fur.