Verboticism: Petifoul
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
Petifoul
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pet/i/fowl
Sentence: Fred's dog, Fido, always sniffs, licks and slobbers when he meets people. Fido is a petifoul. Anybody who has been petifouled, hates petifoulers.
Etymology: pet + foul
Points: 956
Comments: Petifoul
petaj - 2007-04-27: 21:31:00
Poor Fido's really copping a hammering today. Does anyone actually know someone with a dog called Fido?
wordmeister - 2007-04-29: 06:03:00
I know someone with a phone called fido...