Verboticism: Indistofuzzitravile
DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
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Haasgla
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Ha-asgla
Sentence: When i look futher, i believe it's a another haasgla
Etymology: hard as glass
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.
Prickeley
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: prickeley
Sentence: i am not cute i am prickeley
Etymology: prickking
Trickupines
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: trick-yoo-piynz
Sentence: Some cacti look cute and fluffy, but when you go to hug them you find out they are trickupines.
Etymology: trick+porkupines or trick+you+porkupines (i just noticed this, wasn't intended, lol)
Confusting
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: confewsting
Sentence: he was stung by a most confusting creature.
Etymology:
Clawddle
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: claw-dl
Sentence: Was she ever surprised when she clawddled up to that wool sweater.
Etymology: claw + cuddle
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
Retrospinous
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: ret-tro-spyn-nuss
Sentence: Miss Binns is retrospinous - she seems warm and generous at first, but this only hides her spiteful coldheartedness.
Etymology: Retro+spinous, from Latin 'retro' (back, behind - i.e. retrospective) and spinous (covered in or like thorns/spines)
Adowable
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Ah-dOW!-a-bull
Sentence: Those kitten paws are just adowable.
Etymology: Adorable+OW!
Prickachu
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: PRIK-ah-choo
Sentence: "Don't EVER try to pet my Prickachu!" Carol bristled.
Etymology: prick + Pikachu (pokemon)