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Floofviance (floofinition) – 1. Changing routines to accommodate a pet’s behavior, presence, or condition. 2. A pet’s action or behavior that violates the household rules.
In use: “Tail wagging, Samwise rounded the corner and trotted toward Becky. Leaping up without a sound, Pearljam swatted Samwise’s nose. As the beagle yelped and darted back, Becky grabbed the squirt gun and prepared to address Pearljam’s floofviance.”
Floofmoxed (floofinition) – 1. To bewilder or confuse an animal. 2. Being confused by a housepet.
In use: “Seeing her twin sister for the first time, Bear sat back, floofmoxed, and cautiously sniffed as the two women laughed from the room’s opposite ends.”
Profloofetary (floofinition) – Belonging to one or more floofs.
In use: “She’d bought a new office chair, but it was made profloofetary by her cats and dogs, so the old chair had to do.”
Bamfloofzled (floofinition) – Being outsmarted or tricked by an animal or animals working in concert.
In use: “As the dog made a noise in a kitchen, Nancy set her plate of food down and went to see had happened. The cat immediately jumped up, seized food in her mouth and dashed off to share it with the dog. Returning, Nancy saw her missing food and sighed. Yes, she’d been bamfloofzled.”
Dreamfloof (floofinition) – 1. The perfect, most wonderful pet. 2. An animal who only appears in visions.
In use: “Except for her intolerance to other animals, Flash was a dreamfloof.”
Floofmandering (floofinition) – Dividing a house in a way to give one pet an advantage over others.
In use: “The cat realized that the the only way into the main part of the house was through one hall, so, floofmandering like a classic politician, she positioned herself as a tollfloof in the hall after the dogs went into the game room area, and dared them to try to get by back into the main house.”
Unrefloofpant (floofinition) – No exhibition of shame or remorse by a housepet for its behavior.
In use: “The cat pushed a bottle of nail polish off the counter. “Stop it, Jade,” she shouted. Unrefloofpant, Jade looked at her and batted a bottle of pills to the floor.”
Michael Seidel, writer 