Verboticism: Petiquette
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
Petiquette
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pet/i/ket
Sentence: It was a pet peeve of Sue's that every time she encountered Mark and his dog the petiquette involved substantial sniffing and licking
Etymology: etiquette + pet
Points: 734
Comments: Petiquette
petaj - 2007-04-27: 06:42:00
Even at the risk of you overtaking the lead I had to vote for this one. Excellent word.
ziggy41 - 2007-04-27: 06:51:00
This one's very clever, nice job!
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-27: 07:54:00
Love it Jabber!