Verboticism: Kittycatastrophe

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.
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Aspouse
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: as powz
Sentence: When Tina found the tiny snake, she called her Cleo and decided to aspouse her as one of the family. Over the years Cleo grew and grew until she became massive and spent her days and nights hunting around the house. Tina was unaware that Cleo had become smitten with her husband Henry. One day, Tina could not find Henry. She reported him missing and it was not until the police arrived, that they noticed the Henry-shaped bulge inside the snake. "What did your husband do for a living?", asked the policeman. "Why he was an accountant." Tina declared. "Well no wonder Cleo took a fancy to him" said the cop, "he was an adder!"
Etymology: Asp (a variety of viper;cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death)& Espouse (to adopt as one's own;to give your support to something;to wed)
Petzillawoe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pet-ZILL-eh-wo
Sentence: After having to call professionals to deal with the cuddly chimp and the fuzzy panther he acquired as babies and watched them grow into dangerous creatures, Leonard felt again the pangs of petzillawoe when the cute little python he bought as a newborn turned out to be, in fact, a dangerous anaconda.
Etymology: blend of pet, Godzilla (monster) and woe.
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COMMENTS:
That was a real kick-asp sentence! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:40:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:48:00
gives a whole new meaning to all animals 'asp'pirations. - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:10:00
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Kittycatastrophe
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kit/tee/ka/tas/tro/fee
Sentence: The baby mountain lion looked so helpless and adorable when it stumbled into their tent that Sally and Sam decided to take it home. It soon turned into a kittycatastrophe.
Etymology: kitty cat + catastrophe
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COMMENTS:
admire the dichotomy between the 2 words in yhour etymology! Portrays the change in feelings ever so well! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:07:00
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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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Anthropetmorphize
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Ann-throw-pet-more-fize
Sentence: When I happened upon the fawn and it looked at me with that "deer in the headlights" look--literally--I lost all judgment and wrapped him up in a blanket and took him home. By fall, I realized my tendency to anthopetmorphize Donder had laid waste to my garden, made my yard impassable for all the little deer turds, and put me in violation of several covenant codes. I could see the neighborhood association president measuring Donder with his eyes to see how he might fit in his trophy room.
Etymology: Anthropomorphize (To ascribe human characteristics to things not human) altered to include "pet"
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COMMENTS:
Some guys will do anything for a buck or to make more doe! Good word! - Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:10:00
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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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Predpetator
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pred-pet-ah-tore
Sentence: His life insurance application was denied because he mentioned that he was married to a predpetator.
Etymology: predator + pet
Petzillawoe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pet-ZILL-eh-wo
Sentence: After having to call professionals in the past to deal with the cuddly chimp and the fuzzy panther he acquired as babies and watched them grow into dangerous creatures, Willard felt again the pangs of petzillawoe when the cute little python he bought as a newborn turned out to be, in fact, a dangerous anaconda.
Etymology: Blend of 'pet' (usually a small personally owned animal) and 'woe' (troubles) and is a play on 'Godzilla', a fictional monster
Cutezeemammothsized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: quet-z-mam-moth-sized
Sentence: Jackie says to Annette,"well hun,that cute baby snake has now turned into a "cutezeemammothsized" massive man eating mammoth!"... "OH! By the way, I think your your couch potato,beer drinking Henry is inside Cutezee...now what are you going to do?"
Etymology: Cute; Attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way. Zee;The letter Z. Cutezee; A play on the word cutsey; self-consciously or excessively cute. Mammoth;Like their modern relative the elephant, mammoths were quite large,in English the noun "mammoth" has become an adjective meaning "huge" or "massive". Sized; Having a specified size or bulk
Domestigator
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dom esti gay tor
Sentence: Crikey, but the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was a true domestigator. He turned every animal he met into a pet. He put the Pen in Penguin, the M'am in Mamba and the Con in Anaconda. He was a true communigator and an edugator. He found out the hard way that the Pole Cat was not really a cat and he looked out for the wilferal wildlife. Sadly, but ironically, he met his Cregator after having a stinging ray put a hole in his heart. Maybe it was squid pro quo (a favor for a favor) but he never seemed to have reptile dysfunction before that fateful day!
Etymology: domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) & Gator (nickname for an alligator, either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)
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COMMENTS:
Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 01:52:00
Thanks for the early morning chuckle. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-09: 06:38:00
LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for "reptile dysfunction" :) YOU are hilarious! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 08:18:00
Hilarous squid pro quo.....great sentence!! - mweinmann, 2009-04-09: 08:29:00
terrific combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
terrific verbotomies ... greater gator creator! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:03:00
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