Verboticism: Petois
DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. To speak to an animal using an invented language.
Petois
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pet-twa
Sentence: Madeleine took her tiny dog off to Paris in her handbag and spoke to it lovingly in petois to stop it barking on the Metro. It was a curious mix of French and doggy noises.
Etymology: pet + patois (non-standard speech/creole)
Points: 1004
Comments: Petois
texmom - 2007-06-08: 07:19:00
good one.
Jabberwocky - 2007-06-08: 09:05:00
Excellent word petaj - hmm... I wonder why you have pet in your pseudonym - perhaps petios is your second language
jadenguy - 2007-06-08: 09:37:00
today is a day when good words truely run a plenty. i wish i'd've come up with something this good. stupid television filling my brain with laughter and not verbotomies.
mplsbohemian - 2007-06-08: 20:15:00
You're just lucky I work all day--that word was my first instinct!
petaj - 2007-06-08: 22:18:00
petois occurred to me straight away when i checked the cartoon before leaving work. Then I had to go to tennis and didn't get home for a couple of hours, so I was hoping that no one else would think of it.
petaj - 2007-06-08: 22:29:00
I'm embarrassed to admit that my only second language is verbotomese. Typically in Australia, most of us have not become fluent in anything but English.