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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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Illisitupon
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: illicit-a-pon
Sentence: Lily's crativity resulted in a booming business for illisitupons. They were not very comfortable and left an awful pattern on legs and bottoms, but they had become so fashionable that she was running a thriving online shop. Only trouble, was she had to keep changing hosts and addresses to avoid prosecution by the dairy co.
Etymology: illicit (illegal) + sit upon
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-04-03: 08:46:00
moovelous - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:36:00
Bully for her! - Nosila, 2009-04-03: 23:38:00
Definitely one of the butt-er (better) sentences! Your word is Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-04: 09:09:00
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Gocartons
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: go cart ons
Sentence: Con Taynor filched milk crates from the supermarkrate where he unloaded delivery trucks. He fabricrated appealing boox cases from the stolen milk crates and sold them at bargain rates. However, Con did not get rich until he put a seat, wheels, and an engine on one of those plastic milk crates, and made them into gocartons!
Etymology: To FABRICATE from CRATES = FABRICRATE. BOOKS in BOXES = a BOOX case. GO-CART made from a milk CARTON = GOCARTON. --- It was hard not to make fabricrate the chosen verbotomy, but there were/are already enough with crate in the etymology, so I went with gocarton.
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COMMENTS:
so many terrifc verbotomys today - excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:33:00
Excellent word, silvery...gocarton, gocarton, gocarton, go...sounds like a Beach Boys Anthem! - Nosila, 2009-04-04: 00:10:00
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Crateblanche
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: crat - blan - sh
Sentence: David went around acting as if he had crateblanche to steal and use milk crates. He blatently used them as furniture, totes and even in the artwork that he exibited in craft fairs.
Etymology: Crate and Play on Carte Blanche (complete authority to act)
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COMMENTS:
wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:30:00
funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-04: 09:02:00
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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
Dairycycling
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: day reee siy kling
Sentence: His dairycycling was proof that there was no use crying over spilt milk
Etymology: dairy recycling
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COMMENTS:
very witty - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:31:00
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Archilactotect
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ark-eh-LAC-to-tekt
Sentence: Bertrand 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)
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:30:00
Super! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-04: 09:00:00
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Cratefuldread
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: krayt full dred
Sentence: They lived on the creative edge. Milkmen and Dairies feared them and none were safe from their criminal activities. Although we now call it recycling, in those days they lived in cratefuldread of prosecution. They were the Dread Heads...
Etymology: Crateful (the quantity contained in a crate) & Dread (fearful expectation or anticipation; be afraid or scared of; be frightened of) & WordPLay on Grateful Dead (American Rock band fronted by Jerry Garcia in the 60's & 70's)
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
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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Dairegret
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dair-ee-gret
Sentence: James knows that it is not legal to use milk cartons for his own purposes. He doesn't let his dairegret stop him from having a bookcase that covers an entire wall of his apartment made of these ubiquitous cubes.
Etymology: dairy (of or relating to the production of milk and milk products) + regret (o feel sorrow or remorse)
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