Verboticism: Pettyquette

'Yuck! Your dog is trying to kiss me!'

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

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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.