A word signifying no

[bunn]

We have decided to try to teach the Bengals a word that will carry the meaning 'Bungles! No!'.

They know the word 'no' (although they often ignore it) but so do all the other animals, so if you dive in crying 'NO!' then everyone present freezes or flees. As the Bungles are the most confident and bumptious animals in the house, they tend to assume that the 'no' is for someone else, whereas roughly 80% of the time, it's an attempt to stop Bungles doing what Bungles do best: mischief!

I need a nice short word that is distinctive and doesn't sound like no. I was thinking maybe 'Bast'.

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

What's with the "we"?

You're only concerned because
a) they respect ma authoritay far more than yours;
b) you think Yamamayaa will eat one of your dogs.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

What you mean by a) is that I feed the little sods every day, and you rarely do. Stupid though they arein many respects, they can work that one out.