Verboticisms

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).

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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

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: pet PEEVD

Sentence: Kitty was really petpeeved about her dog's behavior whenever people would come to visit. He growled at men and was rovereager to "greet" all the women. He petstered them until they felt quite roverwhelmed.

Etymology: pet + peeved (bothered, annoyed); a play on "pet peeve"

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COMMENTS:

dog-gone good word...loved rovereager/roverwhelmed! - Nosila, 2009-11-13: 12:11:00

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: crotch-sniff

Sentence: "I... don't put dog food in my pants," Mary said, awkwardly fending off the dog's crotchsniff. She was awful at first dates.

Etymology: "crotch sniff" possibly the most embarrassing experience with another person's pet

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pooch smooch

Sentence: Rory's big dog was good at giving a poochsmooch to anyone he met. That's probably why he called him Kissingrrr.

Etymology: Pooch (pet dog)& Smooch (enthusiastic kiss)

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Created by: fionnabhair

Pronunciation: PUP'lik

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: thewbert

Pronunciation: f'Idoʊˈpɑː(z)

Sentence: When my dog interrupted our conversation by trying to hump her leg, we both fell into awkward silence at the fidauxpas.

Etymology: From fido and faux pas

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dumb est ikk hay tid

Sentence: His version of domesticated was more like domestichated in her opinion, she thought as the great hound nuzzled into her crotch with such force as to spill her martini, but if his wallet is anything like the size of his dog, it might be worth persevering.

Etymology: domesticated, hated

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Fye - doe - DYE - doze

Sentence: The overly friendly and boisterous fidodidoes of his dog, Charlie, when visitors came around, had caused great consternation for Worthington and had even gotten to the point where he was considering getting rid of Charlie or abandoning his desire to entertain friends and coworkers.

Etymology: Blend of Fido (generic dog name) and didoes (mischievous tricks; pranks; antics)

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COMMENTS:

FIDODIDOES is very creative. But why restrict ourselves to criticism of canine-americans? This smacks of rampant specieism. Love the word, though. Good work, MUSTANG! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-04: 07:43:00

fun to say - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:34:00

Very interesting combination. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-05: 07:06:00

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: ah - ni - ma - boo

Sentence: You can always trust Fido for his intelligence, speed and outrageously obscene animaboo.

Etymology: animal + taboo (something proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable)

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