Verboticisms

Created by: SethelMerman

Pronunciation: Ben-eh-fish-ee-air-ee

Sentence: Goldie got everything being the benefishiary. I feel like getting tanked.

Etymology: Beneficiary: someone who inherits + fish: an animal

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COMMENTS:

Smart! (how'd I miss that?) - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-24: 11:27:00

Sethel! That's the perfect word! - hyperborean, 2012-10-24: 14:28:00

Great word...just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2012-10-25: 01:02:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtskɹoʊ/

Sentence: When her father's estate was placed in petscrow to take care of his favorite mouse for the remainder of its brief life, she thanked her stars that he hadn't left anything to his tortoise.

Etymology: From pet + escrow

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dosh-LIK-er

Sentence: When Fifi, the doshlicker of the late Horace Marshall III, became pregnant a dadkeen scramble developed amongst the owners of the neighborhood's mutes, to "claim" their pooch's paternity of the pups.

Etymology: Blend of DOSH: an old and frequently heard slang term used to describe an amount of money, cash, moola. For example: I'm out of dosh; got no dosh; and Give me all your dosh & DISHLICKER: Australian slang for a dog.

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COMMENTS:

VERY original, mate! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:47:00

we can always count on ozzie to come up with something completely original - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:08:00

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Created by: skeeterzirra

Pronunciation: in hare eh tans

Sentence: Elmer Fudd left a large inharetanse of his carrot patch farm to Bugs Bunny.

Etymology: inherit and hare

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pet/thet/ic

Sentence: When Charles Ronson Daily the III wrote his will, he had written into it, what is known among normal people as the pethetic clause, which stated that his beloved animal, in this case his dog Alphonse, would inherit his entire billion dollar corporation.

Etymology: pet + pathetic

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: verb: peht-purr-PEHT-choo-ayt noun: peht-purr-PEHT-choo-it

Sentence: She petperpetuated her estate to Princess, her beloved shaggy dog. And now the petperpetuate spends her days lying on the floor next to the fireplace.... as an area rug.

Etymology: pet + perpetuate (to preserve from extinction or oblivion, as in to perpetuate one's name)

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COMMENTS:

Hope a a rich bitch didn't make a bitch rich? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:31:00

She'll never tell. She's all bite and no bark. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-23: 00:43:00

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Created by: Syzygy

Pronunciation: animal-ian-aire

Sentence: As the sole heir, Fluffy became an animalianaire several times over.

Etymology: animal and millionaire.

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: fill-OOD-uh-cree-chur

Sentence: Joe was a wealthy mortgage broker, but his dearth of endearing qualities left him without friends, family or hares. Just before his demise, he left his estate, including stork options, to the only living thing which did not despise him - his groundchuck, Speedbump. A thorough analysis of Speedbump's petfolio revealed him to be the wealthiest PHILUDICREATURE in North America , and got him on the covers of both Forbes and People magazines as "The Financial World's Richest Rodent"- A title envied by by many Cheap Executive Officers.

Etymology: Prefix PHIL-loving : having an affinity for (late latin)+LUDICROUS: meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish + CREATURE: a lower animal; especially : a farm animal Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare.....thus: PHILUDICREATURE

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COMMENTS:

After a week of petsitting, I'm back. Now we can ALL sing along: http://www.neilinnes.org/audio/audio.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:39:00

always lots of pun and games on Fridays - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 15:29:00

I think Joe was a "philudicrit" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:53:00

Mister Slater's Parrot was a philidicreature- but a lovable one. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 07:31:00

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Created by: apathy42

Pronunciation: pet-a-fish-ee-airy

Sentence:

Etymology: Pet and beneficiary

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COMMENTS:

Glad I didn't go with this version! - Osomatic, 2007-09-23: 20:41:00

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Created by: LadyFox

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