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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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Gnawsh
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: nosh
Sentence: Linda could not resist the urge to gnawsh the remnants of hardened cheese, petrified pepperoni and green pepper gnawshables off the Lean Pocket cardboard crisper.
Etymology: Gnaw: to wear away through persistant nibbling. Nosh: to snack or ruminate
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
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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Syruptitous
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sur - up - tish - us
Sentence: Mollie felt very syruptitious as she held the plate close to her face and licked up all the syrup after breakfast. She hoped that no one realized what she was really doing.
Etymology: syrup (sweet topping used for pancakes, waffles and in candy) + surreptitious (done or acquired in secret, operating by stealth)
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COMMENTS:
Love it...sweet! - Nosila, 2011-06-09: 18:14:00
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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
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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Swisherdok
Created by: frenchprof
Pronunciation: swisher- doc
Sentence: swisherdok! its all done...
Etymology: swish=as it sounds and dok=Proto-North-Bahnaric squeeze, pinch
Plastlick
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: plast/lik
Sentence: Her very strict diet only allowed her to plastlick so everyone saved their used sandwich wrappers for her.
Etymology: plastic + lick
Cuiseensy
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: (n) kwiz-een-see
Sentence: Liz could not resist the lure of cheese-coated vlittles and cuiseensy, even if it was on the molickular level.
Etymology: cuisine, weensy
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COMMENTS:
Great word Purp! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 09:52:00
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Gobsdoeuvres
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: gobz-durvz
Sentence: Ken was a connoisseur of gobsdoeuvres. He loved foil baked cheese and fry pan bacon crust in paticular.
Etymology: gob + hors d'oeu·vre
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COMMENTS:
This word is close to my cholesterol clogged heart. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 09:49:00
scrumpdelicious - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 12:07:00
Excellent- Hell, I forgotten to take my Lipitor! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:46:00
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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