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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.

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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

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Tidbitulate

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Tid-bit-U-late

Sentence: Bob was a foodfreak with a postprandial pica for pinuscule pickings, And when no-one was looking, he tidbitulated on salami's peppercorn granules, the eyes of emmentaler, and modigobs of mushroom stalks. However, it's true and he did admitted it that, at times, he pondered the maxim: tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are!

Etymology: Tidbit:a small morsel of food & ul+ate: action (often repeated)& late & ate also, by chance, in there. Noun: modigob; blend of modicum & gob (a mouthful)

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COMMENTS:

I like this one. It suggests a certain fastidiousness to the whole process which makes it a little more civilised and socially acceptable. - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:46:00

Great word OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:04:00

tasty tongue twister - it's making me hungry - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 11:35:00

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Reminant

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rem in ant

Sentence: When Sal spotted Emily licking cheese off wrappers again, he knew she was displaying her reminant mode. Like cattle and antelope that enjoy their food over and over, so did she. It would have been less embarrassing for him in McDonald's if she had just cleaned off her own wrappers...

Etymology: Remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)& Ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments) & Ruminate(chew the cuds or deeply reflect upon something)

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Wrapperscraps

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: rapp-uh-scrahh-pss

Sentence: The best part of a yoghurt is the wrapperscraps. Licking the lid might be something you wouldn't do at the Queen's table, but we all do it anyway. Besides, if I dined with the Queen, I'd be a bit disappointed if she only dished up yoghurt for us to eat. I'd at least expect something I'd struggle to pronounce, like some obscure cheese or rare cabbage or something.

Etymology: Wrapper - packaging or cover. Scraps - left over morsels.

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Crumbpull

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: CRUM-pull

Sentence: Matt was a notorious crumbpuller who picked at plates as he cleaned them, but it wasn't until he began to eat the crumbpullings from the Arby's wrapper that his friends began to think he might have a problem.

Etymology: Crumb (the bits of food that fall off) and pull (as in pick or tug on)

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COMMENTS:

actually this works really well as a verb to erWinn's crumbplunder. - MrDave2176, 2007-09-27: 10:18:00

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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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Swisherdok

Created by: frenchprof

Pronunciation: swisher- doc

Sentence: swisherdok! its all done...

Etymology: swish=as it sounds and dok=Proto-North-Bahnaric squeeze, pinch

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Exscrapolate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ecks - skrap - oh - layt

Sentence: Though disgusting to those around her, one of Miranda's favorite habits was to exscrapolate bits of food from wrappers, bowls, even other peoples plates, leaving those items clean as a whistle and crumb free.

Etymology: Play on the word extrapolate, meaning to deal with food scraps of all kinds.

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COMMENTS:

you could even stretch it to extrapoplate - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-28: 13:06:00

Exscrambled eggs... - Nosila, 2008-08-29: 00:34:00

Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-30: 18:34:00

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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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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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