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DEFINITION: n. Embarrassing pet behavior; may be perfectly natural for the pet, but often makes humans feel self-conscious or ill at ease. v. To be embarrassed by your pet's beahviour
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Instink
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: IHN-stihngk
Sentence: Alex could not control the instinks of his Great Dane; thus, he lost 8 girlfriends within the past year.
Etymology: instinct + stink(y behaviour)
Animtendis
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: An-M-Ten-dis
Sentence: His dog's animtendis ensured that his date ended, abruptly, after it began.
Etymology: anim-animal tend-tendency synonym of instinct dis- negative, to move awayfrom
Slobberdon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: slob ber don
Sentence: he looked adorable but was a bit of a slobberdon when it came to etiquette
Etymology: slobber slobodon milosovic
Petpesterous
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: pet-pess-ter-us
Sentence: lilly was shite on one side of her usually overly made up face after snuffles petpesterous behaviour. Snuffles was realising that Maybellines beige fantasy number five was much tastier that Aunty May's Ivory dust, by yardley
Etymology: pet- domestic animal pest - a living thing that irritates, annoys or damages us- pronoun, first person plural
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COMMENTS:
I meant white not shite, though it does still retain meaning. freudian slip maybe, anyway i didn't mean to be rude. Sorry. - suzanne, 2007-04-27: 10:48:00
My dog is guilty of shite, a.k.a., An Inconvenient Poop that occurs in the neighbor's yard, in front of the neighbor, which inspired this definition. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-27: 11:05:00
How about adding preposterous to your etymology? - petaj, 2007-04-27: 21:04:00
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Pawfensive
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: pah-FENS-iv
Sentence: Woofie doesn't mean to be pawfensive, he LIKES you!
Etymology: paw, offensive
Creaturediscomfort
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Cree-chur-diss-cumf-ort
Sentence: When Linda invited Jane round for coffee at her flat she accepted reluctantly. Remembering last time she went round there, when her dog, Poochiepie, decided to lick parts of himself she never thought he could reach, then promptly jumped up on her lap in an effort to lick her face. Luckily she swerved just in time to avoid the horrorifying situation. She never wanted to feel that sense of creaturediscomfort again. At least this time she will be ready for anything!
Etymology: Creature (a living being, in particular an animal as distinct from a person.) from Latin Creare 'produce' + Discomfort ( Slight anxiety or embarrassment.) = Creaturediscomfort
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology. Good word.
FIDO says he never met POOCHIEPIE and was incarcerated at the time of the incident. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-04: 08:11:00
I guess that explains why our cat has such bad breath - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:41:00
Great word...my brother-in-law reckons dogs their privates after they lick humans to get the taste out of their mouths! - Nosila, 2008-07-05: 00:18:00
oops "dogs lick their privates" - Nosila, 2008-07-05: 00:19:00
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Labradiculous
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: "Lab-ra-DICK-u-luss"
Sentence: Hershey's chocolate Labradiculous behaviour was both a source of delight and frustration for his master, who vicariously enjoyed watching his dog interject his snout, while pretending to scold him.
Etymology: labrador retriever+ ridiculous
Fur pas
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ferr-pah
Sentence: His dog burying its face into his new girlfriends groin was an embarrassing Fur Pas
Etymology: Fur, Faux Pas
Petabarrassment
Created by: totalyclipse
Pronunciation: pet a barr assment
Sentence: He was diagnosed with petabarrassment.
Etymology: Said to be from Greek penta (five) with the middle letter removed, as if the previously coined prefix tera- had been formed in the same way from Greek tetra (four).
Fauxpaw
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: fo-pah
Sentence: Yes, Mr. Whiskers has a little problem with the humping, pardon his fauxpaw.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Yes the rumors are true. This week we are offering the The Verbotomy Cup as prize for the top player of the week. See details on the Verbotomy Blog ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-04-27: 12:54:00
Hi Verbotomy, Those cups (mugs)are really great. Would it be possible for any of us to purchase ones even if we don't win?
Hi Jabberwocky, Glad you like the Verbotomy Cup! It is our wampeter, and as such I don't think we would sell it, because that might turn it into a MacGuffin. ~ James
Is it our waxing or waning wampeter? What's the other one (since a karass always has exactly two wampeters)?
I believe it is still waxing. And think that Dan Pink's right brain is the other wampeter. ~ James
mana1066 - 2007-05-06: 23:04:00
some of that went right over my head. whine! i want a cup too!
Quit a tail from the punster extrordinaire! Poor FIDO is the Lee Harvey Oswald of doggie misbehavior.
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James