Verboticism: Bedgehog

'Do you think it's time that Elsie started sleeping on the floor?'

DEFINITION: v. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner's bed.

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Bedgehog

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /bej-hog/

Sentence: Bandit had started out as a cute Border Collie puppy, but now he'd grown into a huge bedgehog. Not only did Bandit hog all the pillows and yank the comforter to the other side of the bed, but he had literally pushed Stewart out of his own bed three nights in a row. Stewart decided to seek professional help, and started wondering how hard it was to contact that 'It's Me Or the Dog' lady. What was her name again?...

Etymology: Bed - furniture for sleeping (from Common Germanic, badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground") + Hedgehog - small, spiny, insectivorous mammal (from German, hecke "hedge" + Cornish, hogh "swine")

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Comments: Bedgehog

silveryaspen - 2008-03-13: 02:20:00
Great etymology! Very clever word play!

petaj - 2008-03-13: 03:59:00
Throw a quillt over it.

Nosila - 2008-03-13: 19:43:00
Hopefully in her, he will find a comforter!

OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-13: 21:56:00
Bandit, he ain't nothing but a hound dog! Once again, great etymology.