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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.
Verboticisms
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Pitipout
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: piti-pout
Sentence: With his pitipout, Pooki, my pitiful Pomeranian, left me no choice but to quit my job and stay home to keep him company.
Etymology: pity (a feeling of empathy for another) + pout (a droopy facial expression of dismay or disappointment)
Poutend
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: powt-TEND
Sentence: Although Alin did his best to poutend when he tried to get his way, he was far to old to have this ploy work in his favor and everyone wound up just being embarrassed for him... Kinda' like when a person does something so humiliating to himself that you almost wish you could erase it from your memory... Like Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem. Yeah, just like that.
Etymology: Pout + Pretend Can also be used in other forms such as "Poutential" - Having the ability to guilt trip; "Poutendency" - More likely to guilt trip than not; and "Poutentate" - One who has the ability to effectively inflict guilt.
Gloomeyed
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Gloo-mide
Sentence: Sarah's cat, Mr. Huxley, glanced up at her all gloomeyed, walked casually over to the litter box, and began to fling the contents aimlessly about the room in an attempt to convey his displeasure with being left in the apartment for a week with nothing but a catnip ball and NPR radio programming.
Etymology: Gloomy: when the sun never shines, eyed: possessing two organic visual sensors located about the face.
Glaredycat
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Gl-air-dee-cat
Sentence: When her owner Tom came home from work, Pusskins would often sit there putting on her best glaredycat expression waiting for him to feel so guilty that he would have to open a fresh tin of salmon for her tea, just to ease his conscience for having to leave her alone for so long.
Etymology: Glare(to stare intensively) + Cat(a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur) = Glaredycat
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-18: 11:21:00
Me likey...and me votey. :) - lumina, 2008-09-19: 06:23:00
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Errlepathy
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: 'er-'le-puh-the
Sentence: Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn't enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card.
Etymology: Blended: (1) err: mistake or wrongdoing + (2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages
Guilterful
Created by: StrangerThenFiction
Pronunciation: guilt-er-ful
Sentence:
Etymology:
Petantic
Created by: gobidesert
Pronunciation: pet-an-tic
Sentence: The cat has been petantic all morning -- perhaps we should take it for a walk?
Etymology: Variation on pedantic.
Incrimiscowl
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-krim-uh-skoul
Sentence: Even after giving Boots the entire bag of catnip her incrimiscowl still remained but soon became distracted by her tail and happily chased it for hours afterwards.
Etymology: incriminate + scowl
Uebluit
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: you blue it
Sentence: My wife gave me the uebluit eye, letting me know I was sleeping on the couch tonight.
Etymology: From the Latin: ueble, a person who makes mistakes.
Pethetic
Created by: Misanthropic
Pronunciation: Pet-thetic
Sentence: Pez stared at me with that pethetic look he gives.
Etymology: pet + pathetic
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COMMENTS:
So pathetic I had to vote! - zxvasdf, 2008-09-21: 20:40:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-22: 10:34:00
Came up with this one thanks to my sucky-baby cat.
Your pet inspiration! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-10-22: 19:09:00
Petspiration? Nah, sounds a little too much like dog sweat.
Pet sweat? That smells like a good idea for a definition. I will put it on the list. Thanks ErWenn! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2011-07-06: 04:33:00
staretling