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DEFINITION: n. A cell phone which is used to keep grocery lists, find recipes, photograph food, set timers, convert measurements, and play the Macarena while you cook. v. To use your cell phone as a kitchen appliance.
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Appliancell
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əˈplīənsel
Sentence: If Shawn could have his cell phone grafted into his body he would. In the kitchen it's not just a phone, it's an appliancell. More than just recipes he finds instructional videos on YouTube. If it could dispense butter he would be all the happier.
Etymology: appliance (a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one) + Cell[phone] (a telephone with access to a cellular radio network)
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence and word. Many, like Shawn, would graft their cell phone to them if they could. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 08:57:00
i think I know Shawn! - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-26: 10:00:00
Can it stop a snack attack? - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-26: 17:12:00
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Panpaltry
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: pan-PAL-tree
Sentence: Veejay was constantly amazed by modern technology. His three-minute egg timer only set him back $59.95 per month with a two year commitment. But it was SO much more than a communication device. It was a full-blown ringamajig, and he was proud of it. To Veejay his phone was a PANPALTRY without which his traditional lemon curry dishes would be impossible to prepare. It was a wondrously indispensable tool, a symbol of his upward mobility, and the world's only splatula which could download ringtones. Unfortunately, it left a metallic aftertaste in the falafels.
Etymology: PANtry+PAL+panTRY=PANPALTRY.....PANTRY:a room (as in a hotel or hospital) for preparation of foods on order;Middle English panetrie, from Anglo-French paneterie, from paneter servant in charge of the pantry, from pain bread, from Latin panis.....PAL:a close friend;Romany phral, phal brother, friend, from Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother; akin to Old English brōthor brother.
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COMMENTS:
Take THAT, Chef of The Future! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-26: 01:47:00
some cell phones are actually thin enough now to be used as spatulas - nice to know in an emergeny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:43:00
should have been emergency - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:43:00
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the panpaltry over night? Thanks for the great etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-26: 16:58:00
Not a paltry effort...it's pantastic! - Nosila, 2009-01-26: 20:10:00
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Ippliance
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īplīəns
Sentence: Tim has one of the most expensive kitchen ippliances available. He bought the new iPhone but just couldn’t figure out how to use it so it now functions as a spoon rest, trivet and mini cutting board.
Etymology: i (iphone) + appliance (a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one)
Kcellomatic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kay sell o mat tik
Sentence: Vince was always coming up with great moneymaking schemes and ideas for new products. His most recent was the kcellomatic...the cell phone that can dice, slice, chop, pulverize and add lots of nutrition to your pizza and other fast foods by adding finely chopped up fruits and veggies to fool the family. In between slicing and dicing, you can call friends, text people and take photos of the chopped thingies on top of your meals. Vince would do fine until he asked the potential client if they wanted to see his crushed nuts.
Etymology: Kcell (Kaytell - famous inventor of household gimmicks sold on TV) & Cell (as in cell phone) & Vegomatic (one of the original inventions of Popeil,sold through paid programming, designed to make life easier for the little woman!)
Nokiamaid
Created by: bobbaugh3
Pronunciation: Know-Key-Ah-Made
Sentence: i was watching the food network and thats when i called upon my nokiamaid to cook me some of that special falafel bobby flay was cookin.
Etymology: nokia is a phone, and a maid cooks me food. oh yeah!
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - TJayzz, 2009-01-26: 18:01:00
I like the way you think! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 01:10:00
Viva falafel! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-27: 21:49:00
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Panacellea
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pan-uh-SEL-ee-uh
Sentence: Although bistromathics was Douglas Adams’ term for the crazy difficulty of dividing up l’addition at a restaurant properly, Bob thought that he had gone one step further by inventing the panacellea, a cell phone that reads the menu, orders a meal for each diner, cooks it and calculates each diner's tab etc. However, his troubles soon began when a hors d' trojan entered his gourmetic gizmo and he was billed for more than a million dollars.
Etymology: Mixture of PANACEA: an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties; PAN: all whole, entire 2. PAN: bread; food or sustenance; & CELL: as in cellphone.
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COMMENTS:
Pantastic - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 08:55:00
terrific sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:41:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-01-27: 02:33:00
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Cellte
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sel/tay
Sentence: John uses his phone to cellté some of the vegetables when he's cooking a large meal and there are no free elements on the stove.
Etymology: cellté - verb - from cell (as in phone) + sauté (to fry lightly)
Mixcell
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: miks-sel
Sentence: Gloria was so excited to put her new mixcell to use when she finally got it in the mail from the Home Shopping Network. If she could just find her usb adaptor cord, she'll be mixing cake batter in no time!
Etymology: n. mixer and adj. mix: (versatile, especially with the upgraded option of mixing/blending food) n. cell (cell phone)
Cellularder
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sell-u-lar-der
Sentence: Mike always kept a spare cellphone in his kitchen to use as a cellularder which came in handy for all sorts of things. He could time boiled eggs with it, store his favourite recipes in the memory and he had even been known to to attempt to fry an egg on it.
Etymology: Cell(from cellphone) + Larder(a large cupboard in the kitchen for storing food) = Cellularder
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COMMENTS:
has a very nice ring of originality - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 09:03:00
I've heard you can pop corn using cell phones so frying eggs might also be possible - handy tool - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:46:00
Great word. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-27: 21:52:00
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Magiphone
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ˈmadʒɪ : fəʊn
Sentence: Brrrrring Brrrrring went the oven as Jake shuffled through his messy kitchen, "hmm now where did I leave that magiphone", he wondered?
Etymology: Blend of "Magi-mix" a kind of kitchen appliance that does everything but the girl and "iPhone" a Steve Jobs creation which does everything including the girl.
Comments:
silveryaspen - 2009-01-26: 09:30:00
Thought this T. S. Elliot quote was worth sharing: "For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning."
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James