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DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
Verboticisms
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Hugmenot
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: hug-me-not
Sentence: At first, Jane seemed like a nice girl, but after a few drinks it became clear that she was a classic hugmenot.
Etymology: variation of forget-me-not flower
Kittytankerous
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kit/ee/tang/ker/uhs
Sentence: Bosses have to be kittytankerous individuals to get their job done.
Etymology: kitty + cantankerous
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COMMENTS:
What about teachers? - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 12:58:00
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Adowable
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Ah-dOW!-a-bull
Sentence: Those kitten paws are just adowable.
Etymology: Adorable+OW!
Koalalusion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: co-ALL-ah-loo-zhun
Sentence: His online profile described him as someone who "likes to cuddle by the fire", but when he showed up at her door clad in black leather with a tatoo proclaiming that he slept with her mother, Sue quickly realized she had just hooked-up with yet another koalalusion.
Etymology: koala, illusion
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COMMENTS:
poor sue, seems like she has a bad habit... - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 15:39:00
She shouldn't have had such high expectations when she signed up at the dating service Letch.com - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-23: 16:58:00
Another aussie creature in the list! - petaj, 2007-01-24: 02:11:00
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Gremlynn
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: grem-linn
Sentence: Lynn is the perfect "ggod girl" , till she PMSed then she turned into GREMLYNN.
Etymology: Gremlin/Lynn
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COMMENTS:
I love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-23: 20:19:00
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Furbyopia
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: fur-bee-OH-pee-ah
Sentence: Jim suffered from furbyopia, as he realized when he picked what he only thought was a chocolate-chip cookie off the kitchen floor. "Bad dog," he shouted.
Etymology: Furby, the furry but annoying toy, + presbyopia, nearsightedness
Retrospinous
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: ret-tro-spyn-nuss
Sentence: Miss Binns is retrospinous - she seems warm and generous at first, but this only hides her spiteful coldheartedness.
Etymology: Retro+spinous, from Latin 'retro' (back, behind - i.e. retrospective) and spinous (covered in or like thorns/spines)
Devangel
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: dev-ang-el
Sentence: Joey was a real devangel. In public he wore suits and smiled a lot, but in private he preferred leather and chains.
Etymology: devil = the new angel + angel = the new devil
Prickmedainty
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: prick/me/dane/ty
Sentence: My mother always advised me never to pay lip service to a prickmedainty.
Etymology: prick + me + dainty: also a 19th century expression meaning a person of either sex who is finicky about his or her style of dress
Confusting
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: confewsting
Sentence: he was stung by a most confusting creature.
Etymology:
Comments:
allwise - 2007-01-23: 02:28:00
he he, nice sentence =)