Verboticism: Kittycatastrophe
DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
Kittycatastrophe
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kit/tee/ka/tas/tro/fee
Sentence: The baby mountain lion looked so helpless and adorable when it stumbled into their tent that Sally and Sam decided to take it home. It soon turned into a kittycatastrophe.
Etymology: kitty cat + catastrophe
Points: 1538
Comments: Kittycatastrophe
silveryaspen - 2009-04-09: 16:07:00
admire the dichotomy between the 2 words in yhour etymology! Portrays the change in feelings ever so well!