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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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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
Emptier
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: emp tee r
Sentence: "Why is there always an almost empty bottle of something in the fridge, Doug? Ugh, you are such an emptier!"
Etymology: Empty
Condimentalist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon di men tal ist
Sentence: It was only after they had moved in together that Sandra realized she was living with a condimentalist. Fred would use up the ketchup, mustard, relish and sauces in the fridge and then put the empty containers back until the naive Sandra would reach for them. Not only would she not know they had run out of something before she went for groceries, she would be forced to eat salads without dressings, fries without ketchup or hot dogs without the fixings. The only thing that cured him was when she placed empty beer bottles in the fridge on really hot days...wah, wah!
Etymology: Condiment (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment)& Mentalist ((philosophy) a person who believes the doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness)
Dribletarian
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dribliterēən
Sentence: Mark's girlfriend Judy is a humanitarian, vegetarian, librarian. Mark is a dribletarian, the keeper of the small and insignificant, the Grand Poobah of dribs and drabs, the Rajah of remnants. Judy thinks he is just a lazy slob who doesn't want to crack out a new bottle of ketchup.
Etymology: driblet (a small or insignificant amount) + arian (having a concern or belief in a specified thing)
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COMMENTS:
Perhaps one of them is a Hungarian octogenarian. - wayoffcenter, 2009-05-14: 13:10:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:39:00
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Judgedregg
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: juj drehg
Sentence: Judgedregg could be found by following the nearly-empties across the park.
Etymology: judge dread, dregs
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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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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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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Slothsicle
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: slawth'/sik/el
Sentence: As he laid there frozen like a slothsicle, Jeanie wished this time she could take Ben out with the recyclables, but opted not put the environment in any more danger.
Etymology: sloth (lazy, slack) + "popsicle"/recycle
Leftoeuvre
Created by: kasmin
Pronunciation: left-oh-wer
Sentence:
Etymology: Derived from leftover and oeuvre. Leftover: Usually, leftovers. Food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, esp. when saved for later use; anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder. Oeuvre: the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
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