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DEFINITION: v. To "adopt" a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.
Verboticisms
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Psychophage
Created by: isaac
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A person that consumes the mind of other persons. For example my wife just plays or eats my brain.
Etymology:
Animenace
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: an ih men ace
Sentence: In their quest to humanize animals, people overlook their savage nature and innate killer instincts. People have to be brutalized by them, before they realize the dangers of the animenace. When people go wild, they can be equally animenacing!
Etymology: Animal, Menace. Animal - creature, living being. Menance - be a constant source of danger and harm.
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COMMENTS:
Does that include Mighty Joe Young? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:06:00
very true - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:47:00
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Verminder
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ver-min-der
Sentence: Herbie Tollogist joined up at verminders' anonymous after his anaconda grew to such a weight that the rafters on which it enjoyed coiling itself collapsed bringing the roof crashing around his ears.
Etymology: vermin (pesky animals) + minder (carer)
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COMMENTS:
superb word - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:47:00
Good one--Herbie really has to believe in a higher power now! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:05:00
Herbie Tollogist...love it! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:05:00
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Sowildenialtrust
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust (sowildenialtrustee)
Sentence: SOWILDENIALTRUST is an error… It starts out as love but descends into terror- Out in the food chain those creatures belong… You might bring them in but you know before long- They’ll eat you and then you’ll have cause to reget not purchasing a more... conventional pet. They were so cute, so cuddly and small! We made them a plush cozy bed in the hall. But if you embrace all of God’s wild creations, You’ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.
Etymology: SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST.....SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English swā; akin to Old High German sō so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek hōs so, thus, Latin suus one's own...SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English sāwan; akin to Old High German sāwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sėti.....WILD: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt.....DENIAL: refusal to admit the truth or reality, : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality;[1528].....TRUST: assured reliance on the safety,consistency or dependability of someone or something; Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful.
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COMMENTS:
Take only pictures...leave only footprints...kill only time.
(The Spelunker's Motto) - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:04:00
Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA...They traded the snake for a pet protozoa ! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:26:00
Is protozoa singular or plural? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:49:00
Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:12:00
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Chompanion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tshom pan yun
Sentence: what had arrived into the household as a cute kitty with huge paws had turned into a lurking chompanion with a constant craving for meat and terrible personal habits. She had frequently felt she should have him removed, but he did keep the place free of encyclopedia salespeople, canvassing politicians and religious groups.
Etymology: companion, chomp
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COMMENTS:
sounds like the pros outweigh the anaCONdas - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:50:00
You really sunk your teeth into this clever create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 15:06:00
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Impetchuoice
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with IMPETUOUS
Sentence: The snake had been sizing Henry up for almost a week; instead of sleeping in the cool, tiled, front foyer, it had taken to sleeping next to Henry’s sofabed. It would lay on the floor parallel to Henry. That morning Henry awoke to the unpleasant sensation of becoming his pet snake’s lastest, and biggest, meal! Henry’s hat lay uneaten on the floor, a lonely reminder of his impetchuoice decision to trust a wild pet snake.
Etymology: Meaning: IMPETUOUS (make a rash decision), CHOICE of a PET.
Underpestimate
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt
Sentence: One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry.
Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be "pesty mates," as well.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful verbotomy - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
Thanks. This wasn't an easy one! - readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
Admirable! - splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
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Domestigator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dumb esty gay tur
Sentence: Here lies what's left of the body of Dr Dootoolittle, animal domestigator-not-so-extraordinaire
Etymology: domesticator, gator
Adderation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad der ay shun
Sentence: When Katy returned home, her adderation for Boadicea, the pet snake her husband Henry kept soon turned to horror. Eating Henry meant she was no longer a civil serpent.
Etymology: Adder (snake species) & Adoration (feeling of profound love)
Assassassin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: as-uh-sas-in
Sentence: Harry has a very big heart when it comes to animals in distress. All too often, when he takes in a wild animal as a pet it turns out to be an assassassin. Whether it is a matter of costs, trouble with authorities or bad behavior from his charge, he usually ends up taking a bite in the shorts.
Etymology: ass (buttocks) + assassin (a murderer)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Grazie, Biscotti !Magnifico!
Weasels ripped my flesh....(frank Zappa)
His name was Flipper, Flipper- hangs out with Tuna, caught in a drft net....floats out to sea....
readerwriter - 2009-04-09: 03:29:00
See ya later, Domestigator...In a while, Crocophile!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James