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DEFINITION: v., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.
Verboticisms
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Lynchbox
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: linch boks
Sentence: I'll have to trade this spamwich for a lynchbox in the break room.
Etymology: lynch (extralegal punishment) + box (< [lunch]box)
Happysteal
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Hap-pee-stee-el
Sentence: Man, this is the best happysteal I've had in weeks!
Etymology: Happy meals come from Mickey D's, Happysteals come from The office fridge.
Pilferidgeration
Created by: ahniwa
Pronunciation: Pill * frihj * ehr * ay * shun
Sentence: Wally was sick of the tuna sandwiches his mom kept packing in his lunch, so when no one was looking (and no one does look when you take your lunch at 10am, and 11am, and 3pm), he snuck into the staff lounge to practice a little pilferidgeration.
Etymology: Pilfer (as in steal) + (re)fridgeration.
Buttyswipe
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: but/he/swipe
Sentence: Norman was an unashamed buttyswiper, it was common knowledge that if your lovingly prepared homemade deluxe sandwich had vanished from the communal fridge and a limp grey one was left in its place, you were the victim of a buttyswiping and the trail of crumbs and hollandaise sauce would lead straight to Norman's store cupboard.
Etymology: butty (as in chip butty, a northern English delicacy - a carbohydrate sandwich) + swipe (to steal,pinch, nick, thieve, rob etc)
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COMMENTS:
eeuuw - i first read that as bottywipe - petaj, 2007-11-06: 01:39:00
mmm shit sandwiches... - pungineer, 2007-11-06: 05:50:00
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Stenograb
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: sten/o/grab
Sentence: Always on the run, Steve would swing open the company fridge to stenograb something quick and filling. Didn't matter to him whose name was on what or how big it was written, "KEEP OUT! AND THIS MEANS YOU STEVE!" No. As he had "places to go and people to see," he felt justified in stenograbbing from the fridge at least three times a week. Unfortunately one day, someone filled a danish with chocolate ExLax to teach him a lesson. He now brownbags it daily. (true story from my working days...poor janitor...was out for two days...and NO I didn't do it...)
Etymology: stenograph: A shorthand character/ write in shorthand. grab: Snap up: get hold of or seize quickly and easily.
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COMMENTS:
Yes you did and good on you! At least justice was swift...maybe too swift! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:21:00
Oh, Nosila! It wasn't me! I swear! Actually the entire office thought it was really a mean thing the woman did, but she thought he deserved it. Too cruel for me. - lumina, 2008-10-03: 00:08:00
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Sandswicheroo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sand switch er roo
Sentence: Hungry Harry made sure he got to the lunchroom early every day, before his co-workers arrived. His mission was to pull the old sandswicheroo trick. He always brought the same thing, a sandwich made of buttered white bread and swapped it for a more interesting concoction. He had previously enjoyed hummus and veggies on pita, pate on rye, hearty chicken salad, roast beef and provolone and his all-time favourite after holidays, turkey sandwiches. He'd swap then eat at his desk and although many complained, no one could prove he had done the old sandswicheroo once again. This was especially galling to his colleagues, who, like he, all worked at FBI Headquarters!
Etymology: Sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)& Switcheroo (trick where one thing is sneakliy swapped for another)
Grabadab
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: grab-uh-dab
Sentence: I'll just grabadab this one, it looks so damn delicious!
Etymology: grab= to take something a= something dab= quick small mark or impression
Upilfridgate
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: up-PIL-fridge-ATE alt;UPILFRIDGEATE
Sentence: Hank the Shank was a model citizen, an adequate employee and an active member of his community. Unbeknownst to his co-workers, he was also the office food thief, stealthily swapping his unappetizing mozzarella sticks for someone's imported brie. Hank the Shank would UPILFRIDGEATE his bland baloney sandwiches for a slice of Cap's home made quiche when nobody was looking, and justify it to himself by leaving low-grade generic foodstuffs behind. His moral oversight resulted in the communal refrigerator filling up with industrial-grade munchies which remained untouched and unwanted. With each foodswap, his guilt and fear would grow, but he was unable to stop himself. Hank the Shank knew that if he was caught UPILFRIDGEATING, he would be shunned by his comrades and a fog of suspicion would linger over him like a noxious cloud of escaped freon. To a foodlum like Hank, the bleu cheese was always greener on the other side of the fence.
Etymology: UP+PILFer+refRIDGErate+ATE= UPILFRIDGEATE .....UP:from "upgrade".....PILFER:: steal ; especially : to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again;Middle French pelfrer, from pelfre booty.....ATE: past tense of EAT;: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn;Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat, Latin edere, Greek edmenai
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COMMENTS:
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-02: 02:37:00
http://www.astro.uu.se/history/Celsius_eng.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-02: 02:54:00
excellent prose - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 13:25:00
Foodlum..love it! Quel fromage! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:19:00
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Luncheonu
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lunch/on/you
Sentence: When I forget my lunch, I have luncheonu.
Etymology: luncheon/you(u)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-05: 06:09:00
Good definition,REMI! During 40+ years of work, I found it to be a regular occurrence- probably happening somewhere right now!
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-05: 10:07:00
This has produced a great batch of words so far!
remistram - 2007-11-05: 10:47:00
It happens to all of us at least once during our working life!
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-05: 11:00:00
Happened with dip I brought in. Caught him in the act. Wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't double-dipping. And didn't have really poor oral hygiene. And I wasn't sure that it was his first offense and I had actually eaten the dip after him at some point. Yuck!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James