Verboticism: Petiquette

'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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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!