Verboticism: Impupriety

'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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Impupriety

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɪmpʌˈpɹaɪəti/

Sentence: Impupriety is in the eye of the beholder; I knew a girl who was disturbed by the mere sight of an animal licking itself.

Etymology: From impropriety + pup

Points: 506

Comments: Impupriety

ErWenn - 2007-04-27: 09:18:00
Rejected verbotomies: faux paw, animalgarity, wooffrontery, pet peeve, and petrageousness

petaj - 2007-04-27: 21:00:00
They join my rejections: mispuphaviour, jackassery, and sheepdogish and the extremely long and ridiculous shamefacedlovebirding.