Verboticism: Pettyquette
DEFINITION: n. Embarrassing pet behavior; may be perfectly natural for the pet, but often makes humans feel self-conscious or ill at ease. v. To be embarrassed by your pet's beahviour
Pettyquette
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: petty/ket
Sentence: It was a pet peeve of Sue's that every time she encountered Mark and his dog the pettyquette involved substantial sniffing and licking
Etymology: pet + etiquette + petty (contemptible)
Points: 725
Comments: Pettyquette
metrohumanx - 2008-07-04: 07:56:00
PETTYQUETTE is very good. Let me guess- mark's dog was named.....FIDO!
TJayzz - 2008-07-04: 12:20:00
Great word
Mustang - 2008-07-04: 17:13:00
Excellent!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-07-05: 06:57:00
Very nice.