Verboticism: Zoomunicate
DEFINITION: n. A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on a direct level with any type of animal, except for human beings. v. To talk to animals because you know that communicating with people is useless.
Zoomunicate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: zoo-MYOO-ni-keyt. (uh-see-SEE-eyt)
Sentence: Some people looked upon Bob as the zoological equivalent of Zamenhof, {or a modern day St Francis of Assissi)zoomunicating(assissiating) with the animal world in a language he called, "Menagerese". Others, however, thought that he was nothing more than a greedy, guttural rat; or, at best, a self-deluded do-little, who needed to see a "quack" immediately.
Etymology: ZOOMUNICATE: Blend of zoo:Gk element meaning animal and communicate. QUACK: "medical charlatan, doctor (slang) short for quacksalver, from Du. kwaksalver, lit. "hawker of salve," 2. The harsh, throaty sound of a duck. ASSISSIATE: as in St Francis of Assissi:patron saint of animals; who, it is claimed, was able to talk to animals.
Points: 590
Comments: Zoomunicate
stache - 2008-03-28: 01:25:00
I like this one almost as well as Tigger's! Maybe just one 'm' less.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-28: 04:13:00
If I have unintentiontally "stolen" or plagiarize Tigger's verbotomy: please consider "assissiate" as my verbotomy for today.
stache - 2008-03-28: 10:09:00
(chuckle)
Jabberwocky - 2008-03-28: 11:18:00
hey Ozzie - Steve0 already beat you to it with assisiate - I'm sure your very fertile mind can come up with another one though
Jabberwocky - 2008-03-28: 13:18:00
why don't we go with 'Menagerese' - that's a great word
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-28: 23:39:00
I think I'lI take your advice, JBW. Impossible for me not to vote for this one. "Great" minds and all that stuff!
stache - 2008-03-30: 20:50:00
you kill me, ob.