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DEFINITION: v. tr., To secretly snap up and gobble down a small bit of food left on a dish, wrapping or pot. n., The small bits of tasty food, like melted cheese or veggies, that stick to food wrapping.
Verboticisms
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Crumplunder
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌmˌplʌndɚ/ crumb-plunder (not crump-lunder)
Sentence: Sometimes, the crumplunder is the best part.
Etymology: From crumb + plunder
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COMMENTS:
Just say it out-loud, and you can't help but be amused. - ErWenn, 2007-09-27: 00:53:00
Love it, ErWenn! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-27: 04:43:00
What a great word! - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:24:00
Rolls right off your tongue. Great! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:09:00
Excellent:something special! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:39:00
Thanks for the kind words. - ErWenn, 2007-09-30: 01:38:00
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Yumsnatch
Created by: Nettle
Pronunciation: YUM-snatch
Sentence: While everybody was distracted with discussions over splitting the bill, Jane yumsnatched the crispy crumbs from the plate which had formerly held a considerable quantity of crispy Peking duck.
Etymology: yummy = delicious + snatch = to take suddenly or hastily
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COMMENTS:
This word made me laugh for more than one reason. Funny and creative! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 09:54:00
Ditto! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:44:00
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Exscrapolation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ecks-scrap-oh-LAY-shun
Sentence: Eloise has the disgusting habit of exscrapolation wherein she scrapes and licks bits of food from wrappers, bowls, even other peoples plates, leaving those items clean as a whistle.
Etymology: Play on the word extrapolation. Meaning the consumption of scraps of food.
Yickaholicism
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: yik-a-hoal-isi-zim
Sentence: Jane was an incurable yickaholic, eating the yucky congealed stuff from any wrapper she could find.
Etymology:
Scrapticle
Created by: cfinleyca
Pronunciation: skrap-ti-kuhl
Sentence: Man, you really got every scrapticle off that cheese-paper. You gave that plate a scrapticlectomy, I don't even have to put it in the dishwasher.
Etymology: Scrap: a small piece or portion; + particle:a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit
Slyhog
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: 'slī - hôg
Sentence: Any chance she could, Edna would slyhog whatever was on her plate, wrapper, sleeve, it didn't matter!
Etymology: sly (cunning sneaky tricky) + hog ( to act like an extreme piggy)
Illickit
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ill/i/kit
Sentence: She took illikit pleasure in washing the dishes with her tongue.
Etymology: illicit + lick
Crummage
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: krum'-ij
Sentence: Frieda finished her burrito and, glancing quickly to the left and right, began crummaging through all the crinkles in the wrapper, hoping to glean even the smallest remains of hot sauce or cheese.
Etymology: crumbs (the left over morsels) + rummage (to make a thorough search OR to ransack, depending on the the state of the stomach)
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COMMENTS:
there is always one word that seems like it is the true answer to the definition, and this one is it! - andbot37, 2007-09-27: 20:54:00
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Goobersmootching
Created by: Frank
Pronunciation: gUber smooching
Sentence: Stop Goobersmoothcing, get your own bag!
Etymology: goobers,chocolate covered peanut and smootching- stealing the last one or stealing one from another's goober stash
Stealthyfoods
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: stel thee foods
Sentence: Madge was a big fan of stealthyfoods. You know, the kind you'd have to sneak so as not to seem gluttonous. She loved to eat any garnishes put on her food at restaurants...sprigs of parsley, citrus slices, pickles, pineapple spears, melon triangles, heck, even radish roses or strawberry fans. She believed in getting her money's worth and to her the garnishes were the tastiest part of the dish. People stared, but she didn't care. Her only concern was whether she could afford the rest of the dish. Afterall, wouldn't she hate to get her celery garnisheed???
Etymology: stealthy (avoiding detection by moving carefully) & foods (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue) & rhymes with Healthy Foods (nutritious diet)
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COMMENTS:
What are those kittle styrofoam-like things they put into the bag of shrimp toast? Somebody told me they're edible, but the jury is still out on this one... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 01:33:00
I am a foodlum. I eat the parsley if nobody's looking, but sometimes it makes me choke. And I always look forward to Nosila's writings. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:46:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy! ~ James
Wow! That sentence packs a PUNCH!
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy. ~ James