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DEFINITION: n., An animal, usually a much loved pet, whose dead and departed owner has bequeathed a huge sum of money solely for its comfort and care. v. To leave part or all of an estate to a pet animal.
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Muttroll
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: muht-rohl
Sentence: Bentley bacame a muttroll when his owner died and left him 40 boxes of Pre Castro Cuban cigars and 10 bottles of Napolean brandy.
Etymology: mutt (pet pejorative [petjorative ?]) + roll (a large amount of cash)
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COMMENTS:
He hooked up with a pet rock and then it was rock and muttroll - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 12:29:00
Mutt's nutts! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 07:27:00
Yea, Muttnutt would've been better OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-22: 11:43:00
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Petback
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: pet - bak
Sentence: As Tori blended the aged beef for Fluffy's brunch, she desperately wished she had treated her Father nicer and not driven him to punish her with this Petback.
Etymology: pet / payback
Billionhare
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bill eeeeeee un (h) ayr (h is discretionary)
Sentence: The first thing the billionhare did after the ingeritance came through, was have that ear reduction surgery she had promised herself. She had always felt like a kangaroo trapped in a hare's body. she hoped that eventually she would have the courage to have the pouch enhancement surgery and any other readjustments down under which proved necessary.
Etymology: billionaire, hare
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COMMENTS:
Wowie Zowie ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-22: 04:48:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-22: 14:10:00
Love it! BillionHare...is her name WARREN Buffet? - Nosila, 2008-08-22: 21:14:00
I like it; great tale also. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-24: 23:35:00
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Gerbwill
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jerb wil
Sentence: In his last Gerbwill and Testament, Old Man Lemming left all the money he had squirrelled away to his pets, all of whom were rodents and made Bill the Gerbil his executor. His daughter, Peggy Lemming, thought this was an oddicile and hired a lawyer to contest it. The lawyer interrogated all the heirs, including the rat and the mouse, who both squealed. As he suspected, the rodents had hamstered the Old Man's meds, so that he got confused and rewrote the new gerbwill. Peggy got her revenge on the rodents when she used her inheritance to buy several large cats for the mansion.
Etymology: Gerbil (pet rodent) & Will (a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die)
Glittercritter
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: glit-ter-CRIT-ter
Sentence: Bob ran "Menagerie Mansion," a home for glittercritters, animagnated pets, whose rich owners had bequeathed millions for their care and comfort. Plutocat, heirabbit and gucchi-poochie were but a few of the residents. Bob remained at all times animated, ready to anticipet the every need of his diamond-decked critterati.
Etymology: Glitter: gold, diamonds, wealth (fig)& critter(slang) creature, animal,pet. Animagnate/animagnatize (vt/v,int)--blend of animal & magnate (wealthy person) & ate/ize.
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COMMENTS:
great words !! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 10:17:00
Excellent! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-21: 15:56:00
Is Gucci-poochie an heirdale? I'm sure he must be well petigreed. And whatever became of Blingwings? Did Plutocat get him? - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-23: 01:05:00
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Confur
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/fur
Sentence: It was Edna's last wish to confur all her estate to her much beloved rabbit, who became her sole haresse.
Etymology: confer (bestow) + fur
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COMMENTS:
With that kind of money that rabbit got a lot of tail. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-21: 08:01:00
He cot on to that early in life and had many hare raising adventures - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-21: 10:15:00
With that kind of money there wouldn't be any shortage of confurdantes! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-22: 06:54:00
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Bestiacope
Created by: LadyPepper
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: From the Latin "bestia" meaning animal and the "copia" meaning supply
Welanim
Created by: Sarahbarah
Pronunciation: Well-ah-nim
Sentence: My friends fish was known as a welanim after she died because she left over 3,000,000 dollars for his care.
Etymology: Wel-Comes from "wealthy", refferning to large amount of mon anim-comes from "animal", pets are all animals
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-09-22: 16:44:00
Lots of obvious ways to go today...I think today's winner will likely be the one who got here first.
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB . Thank you OZZIEBOB . ~ James
GENIUS!!! (how'd I miss it)
Yesterday and today's definitions are giving me deja vu. Haven't we done these once before?
maybe we have to branch out and come up with definitions
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WORD!!! but i'm giving Sethyll the crown today