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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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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)
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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Remnanticize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rem/nan/ti/size
Sentence: Sally couldn't bear to throw things out and would remnanticize about the contents as well as the bottles.
Etymology: remnant + romanticize
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COMMENTS:
OMGOSH it's must be a "Sally day" lol I came to vote on the word I liked and saw you named this one Sally while I named another one Sallynag! Great word there Jabber :)I was just catching up! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 10:29:00
Tell Sally to contact me--I have some great ideas for the creative use of bottles... - readerwriter, 2009-05-14: 10:39:00
Excellent. - Mustang, 2009-05-14: 23:42:00
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Unfinfoodish
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: un-finn-food-ish
Sentence: She got a false sense of security when she looked in the fridge. Tons of bottles, boxes of juice, cartons of milk - she had never seen so much food in there. But wait she lives with a unfinfoodisher, there is a mere ounce left in each container. Why won't he just commit and completely empty some?
Etymology: unfinish + food
Scrapulator
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Scrap you later
Sentence: Luke was one of those people who would actually create work for himself procrastinating over household chores. Finding a condiment vessel in his pantry that had any more than a scrap of contents was nigh on impossible. When Sally went looking for Vegemite and found not one but seven almost empty jars she exclaimed "Luke! When *will* you scrap all this detritus?" To which Luke replied "Oh, I'll do it later". And thus his nickname was born.
Etymology: The mindset of the scrapulator: eh, I'll scrap you later
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COMMENTS:
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:42:00
Also the detritus being 'scrap' and the person being one who scraps.. leaving them all over. - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:17:00
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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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Judgedregg
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: juj drehg
Sentence: Judgedregg could be found by following the nearly-empties across the park.
Etymology: judge dread, dregs
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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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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Slackovers
Created by: griffiegrrl
Pronunciation: Slack-overs
Sentence: Marie was mad that John left so many slackovers in the fridge for her to take care of.
Etymology: Slacking, Left-overs
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COMMENTS:
Good word :) You've got my vote! I LIKE it! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 10:57:00
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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