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DEFINITION: n. The creative, yet blatantly illegal use of plastic milk crates, and the latent fear of prosecution associated with this alleged crime. v. To create and build home furnishings using stolen milk crates.
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Milkcrateratorator
Created by: amylynn242
Pronunciation: Milk-crater-ator-ator
Sentence: The seat i was sitting on cracked so i got my handy dandy milkcrateratorator. It looks like a milk crate only it it electric and whips you bottem for you. it's the PERFECT thing to replace your toilet seat!
Etymology: Milk-crater-ator-ator
Moomentum
Created by: HighWitness
Pronunciation: moo-meant-um
Sentence: The moomentum movement wasted uncountable amounts of milk cartons, but on the bright side, new homes were constructed and everyone ate more chicken!
Etymology:
Crativity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kray tiviteeee
Sentence: His crativity was never really understood in his lifetime. It was a tragic case.
Etymology: creativity, crate
Crative
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kray tiv
Sentence: thinking too far outside the box inevitably leads to a bad case of crativity
Etymology: crate creative
Nopointcryingoverspiltmilkismyattitude
Created by: Ratty
Pronunciation: no-point-crying-over-spilt-milk-is-my-attitude
Sentence: When Jenny 'murdered' thousands of poor, innocent milk bottles, just so she could build a whole house out of milk crates, she claimed "Well, nopointcryingoverspiltmilkismyattitude, so what do you expect?"
Etymology: The phrase "no point/use crying over spilt milk" which means no use making a fuss about nothing but more literally with "is my attitude" all turned into one word.
Grandlarcendairy
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: grand + larsen + dary
Sentence: Ruben got put in the slammer for 2 years for grandlarcendairy when he was finally caught stealing 100 milk crates from the Dean's Dairy Company.
Etymology: Grand Larceny and Dairy
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COMMENTS:
fantastic - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:33:00
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Crascandalate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: cruh-scan-all-ate
Sentence: Josh was arrested for crascandalating and theft with a deadly glass of milk.
Etymology: crate + scandal
Archilactotect
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ark-eh-LAC-to-tekt
Sentence: Bert was a first class archilactotect and having unlimited access to serviceable milk crates he kept himself busy designing and creating many useful if somewhat questionable devices and structures.
Etymology: Blend of 'architect' (the deviser, maker, or creator of anything) and the prefix 'lacto' (a combining form meaning “milk,” used in the formation of compound words)
Decorcrating
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: de-core-crate-ing
Sentence: Everyone who stopped by my studio apartment felt the need to comment on my decorcrating. And you could always tell the recent visitors by the telltale grid imprints on their behinds after spending some time on my milk crate bar stools. These beauties were milk crates turned upside down and mounted on heavy duty orange construction cones. Very classy.
Etymology: Decor and decorating modified to include crate.
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COMMENTS:
Good word and you should be on HGTV! - Nosila, 2009-04-03: 23:30:00
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Lactocartanoia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: laktōkärtōnoiə
Sentence: Emily's boyfriend has a wonderful wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling bookcase made entirely of milk cartons. Emily had lactocartonoia. She is convinced that, at any moment, the dairy police are going to break down her door and drag her off to jail. She is also terrified that she might accidentally remove a tag from a pillow or mattress.
Etymology: lacto (of or relating to milk) + carton (a light box or container, typically one made of waxed cardboard or plastic ) + paranoia (a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution)
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COMMENTS:
I think the pillow tags are the worse. I know they scare me. - wayoffcenter, 2009-04-03: 07:33:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
My fat-free pleasure...
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James