The Ferret Alphabet
A
activities 1, adventure, amass
B
bag, banana, bath (uh oh) 1, be cute, beg, bite, BANZAI! 1, bounty
C
cache, cage, carry, chomp (as in: lick, lick, chomp...), climb, crinkle bag
D
dance, dig, dook, door (I have to find out what's behind it!), drink
E
eat, elsewhere, exercise 1, exit (let's escape!), explore
F
Ferretone, fight, follow, food, frolic, fun fun fun! 1
G
garbage pail 1, gimme! 1, goodies 1, grab 1
H
hammock, hamper (as in: hide in the laundry) 1, hide, hiss*, hoard
I
interesting (as in: everything is) 1, investigate
J
jump
K
keep
L
lick, litter box (do we recall what this is for?)
M
MINE! 1, move
N
nibble 1, nip 1, nose (let's stick it into everything!)1
O
open
P
party, play, poop, power sniffing
Q
quest, quarrel 1, quibble 1
R
raisin, romp, run
S
scratch, seek, sex (we are not all neutered...), sleep, snatch, sneeze, sniff 1, snooze, socks 1, speedbump, squirm*, steal, store
T
toes 1, toy, TREATS! 1, tube, tunnel*
U
underneath*
V
victuals (let's hide some food)
W
war dance, world (let's explore it), wreck, wrestle, what & where & who & why (let's investigate)
X
xciting! (I know: wrong spelling ... do you have any suggestions?)
Y
yawn, yummy 1
Z
ZZZ
We love our ferrets very much but let's be honest about
their qualities and their flaws. :-)
A
active 1, addictive, adorable, amusing / accidents (poop on the floor again!), annoying (owner: "stop climbing on me! you will not get more treats")
B
boisterous, bonkers, boomer, buffoon / bandit, beggar, biter, brat 1
C
clown, crackpot, crazy, cute / carpet shark
D
/ devilish
E
energetic 1, entertaining, exhilarating* / escapist, exhausting*
H
hob, hyper, hysterical 1 / Houdini 1
I
ingenious 1 / insane 1
J
jester*, jill /
K
kisser, kit / kamikaze 1, kleptomaniac
L
lap ferret (not mine unfortunately), loveable 1 / land shark, loony
M
math (as in ferret math), misunderstood 1 / mad, mayhem, mini criminal (speciality: stealing), mischievous, monster, musky
N
nosey 1, notorious*, nutty / nipper
O
odoriferous 1 /
P
persistent, personality plus!*, playful / pilferer
Q
quick 1, quirky 1 /
R
rioutous 1, rubbery 1 / robber
S
slinky*, sprite / smelly (according to some people), sneaky 1, sock snatcher
T
/ Terrible Two! (perpetual two year old!) 1, thief
U
/ underfoot 1
V
vigour 1, vim 1 / vampire (OK they're not, but I sometime wonder when I look at their teeth)
W
wacky, wiggle waggle weasel, wiggley 1, wigged out 1, wild warrior weasel! 1, wired* /
X
xtraordinary (I know: wrong spelling ... do you have any suggestions?) /
Y
YES ... they make good pets / YET ... check into what you are getting in before adopting one
Z
zany, zealous*, zest for life 1 /
Thanks, for submitting suggestions, to:
Cheryl-Anne Thornton (50!), Kovagan (7), Michael McKinley, Pat Smith, Vicky and anonymous correspondents for their suggestions
Crediting the most prolific authors:
Lorraine Tremblay
1 Cheryl-Anne Thornton
* Miscellaneous people listed in the thanks
Do you have words to add to the Ferret Alphabet?
Send us your suggestions. If we put them online, we will credit you: but not necessarily next to each of your suggestions though :-)
Lorraine Tremblay
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