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DEFINITION: v. To leave a minute quantity of something in a bottle or container. n. A person who never finishes off the last bit of milk, mustard or whatever, because they want to leave the job of replacing it to someone else.
Verboticisms
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Udoit
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: you do it
Sentence: Living with S. Lacker was very wearying. He was famous for leaving jars in the fridge, and each only contained a udoit of their original contents.
Etymology: instruction to get someone else to do something + dot (a little bit left over)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:44:00
Good One - Nosila, 2009-05-14: 18:43:00
well done - splendiction, 2009-05-14: 23:35:00
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Finishish
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: Fin-ish-ish
Sentence: She always finishishes the milk, just so somebody else has to deal with recycling the carton.
Etymology: finish-ish
Sabottleur
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: SA bott le eur
Sentence: A sabottleur is a person known to cause sabotage with almost-empty bottles or containers. The nearly empty bottles build up in large quantities in the fridge. The collection will stink, occupy space and needlessly remain chilled. The sabottleur’s justification may be that leaving a small quantity is better than nothing. Often the sabottleur’s main motive is to avoid taking the time to recycle the container.
Etymology: From saboteur (a person who causes harm) and bottle.
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COMMENTS:
Those sabottleurs are very Krafty. Good one. - petaj, 2009-05-15: 05:36:00
this is hilarious - mweinmann, 2009-05-15: 08:50:00
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Scrapulator
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Scrap you later
Sentence: Luke was one of those people who would actually create work for himself procrastinating over household chores. Finding a condiment vessel in his pantry that had any more than a scrap of contents was nigh on impossible. When Sally went looking for Vegemite and found not one but seven almost empty jars she exclaimed "Luke! When *will* you scrap all this detritus?" To which Luke replied "Oh, I'll do it later". And thus his nickname was born.
Etymology: The mindset of the scrapulator: eh, I'll scrap you later
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COMMENTS:
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:42:00
Also the detritus being 'scrap' and the person being one who scraps.. leaving them all over. - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:17:00
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Recycalator
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: ree-syk-uh-lay-tur
Sentence: Eddie was a recycalator. It wasn't because he was a procrastinator, but because he was environmentally conscious, that he left his empties in the refrigerator for his wife to recycle later.
Etymology: recycle + later
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:41:00
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Remnut
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: rihm-nuht
Sentence: With great pride, her widower dad had always considered himself frugal--he paid his bills on time, he didn't buy anything on credit, he saved every nut and bolt from every house he ever lived in, he had re-soled shoes from the 1960's he might wear again. It carried over into the fridge which she cleaned when she felt brave enough. In that cold and usually dark place, she would find shriveled halves of tomatoes, mold-laden cheese, jars with one or two olives or pickles floating around, several containers with an inch of milk and unknown liquid remaining, heels of bread, packaged globs of what used to be spinach. She sighed at these remnants of meals past. Her dear old dad was a remnut! At least he was making good food choices.
Etymology: Using REMNANT, meaning a usually small part or trace remaining + NUT, meaning a foolish, eccentric or crazy person
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COMMENTS:
I love words that are fun to say. - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-14: 14:30:00
like this word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-15: 08:50:00
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Almosterist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: All-most-er-ist
Sentence: Larry Laziest was such an almosterist he would never finish the bottom of his beers. The bottom bit of anything he refused to eat or drink so instead Larrylaziest stuck them back into the fridge! His wife Dunawaydoaway was fed up with his ways...she got so angry one day...she tossed them on his head!
Etymology: Almost: Slightly short of; not quite; nearly; almost time to get rid of; was almost asleep; Nearly,approaching, close to,all but,just about, not quite, on the brink of, not far from. Almoster: To almost finish. Almosterist: A type of person who almost gets something finished, but too lazy to completely do so.
Residurate
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Rez-id-you-rate
Sentence: Anne's face dropped when she opened the fridge and found it full of near-empty and empty beer bottles, peanut butter jars with a smear left in them and a juice bottle with a few millilitres of orange in the bottom. "Aarrgh! You residurate!" she yelled, throwing the almost empty juice carton at Joe's limp form on the floor. "Ugh. I didn't get to take the rubbish out... could you?" he mumbled slurringly, scratching himself. "Not on your life!" was all she could think to say without cursing.
Etymology: Residue - icky remains of a substance; Refridgerate - store in a cold place; You - as opposed to me, since the reason I do it is because I don't want to be the one cleaning it or disposing of it.
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COMMENTS:
Ok, I admit it, I've lived in a sharehouse with such a residurate. - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 03:29:00
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Unfinfoodish
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: un-finn-food-ish
Sentence: She got a false sense of security when she looked in the fridge. Tons of bottles, boxes of juice, cartons of milk - she had never seen so much food in there. But wait she lives with a unfinfoodisher, there is a mere ounce left in each container. Why won't he just commit and completely empty some?
Etymology: unfinish + food
Allgonif
Created by: theCountess
Pronunciation: All-gawn-if
Sentence: What allgonif didn't replace the toilet paper!?!?
Etymology: All gone: depleted, used up; gonif: yiddish noun meaning scoundrel
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-05-14: 09:17:00
I detect some venting going on here today! Thanks, Metro...
Yes, you are correct.
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
remistram - 2010-11-25: 08:45:00
good one! i live with one of these types