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'Why are you licking the wrapper?'

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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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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Nibblescule

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: NIB-uhl-skyool

Sentence: Bob nibblesculed with a gobsessiveness. Modigobs of mushruins and upgrubs of pizzabris were just two of his favorite nibblescules.

Etymology: NIBBLE:To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits & MINUSCULE: Any very small, minute thing or object.

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Awesome. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:34:00

metrohumanx Pizzabris-hahaha - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:43:00

Ok, I'm hungry. - lumina, 2008-08-28: 21:22:00

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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.

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Hidbits

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: HID-bitz

Sentence: John knew he was as full as he could be so he asked the waiter for a "doggie" bag. Even so he couldn't resist hounding after the morsels left on his plate for he knew that 80% of the flavor in any dish is crammed into the hidbits, those tiny scraps that most people politely leave behind.

Etymology: Hidden (adjective: kept out of sight; concealed) + Bits (a small piece, part, or quantity of something) Derivative of tidbit (a small piece of tasty food)

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COMMENTS:

Yes! The best flavors are hidden in those bits! :) - lumina, 2008-08-28: 21:21:00

metrohumanx Brilliant. Too good to just wolf it down. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:25:00

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Scwrapperge

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: scrap-erj

Sentence: if i can't finish off a meal with a bit of a scwrapperge, i don't feel completely satisfied

Etymology: scrap, wrapper, purge

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Disortanize

kathleen

Created by: kathleen

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Having been a closet plataphile for years, Linda could not resist the urge to disortanize the dinner dishes as a tribute to Alex's skill in the kitchen

Etymology: prefix dis- + ort then verbified

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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

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Hidbit

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hīdbit

Sentence: Marcy loves to stop at her favorite fast-food joint for lunch. The food itself is fine but the best part is finding a hidbit, a little chunk of burger or cheese stuck to the wrapper. She has been known to ingest a scrap of paper just to get these morsels.

Etymology: hid (put or keep out of sight) + tidbit (a small piece of tasty food)

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Crypticnic

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: krip-tick-nick

Sentence: The guests pretended not to notice the slurping and chewing noises as Gertie crypticnicked in the kitchen after volunteering to clear the table.

Etymology: cryptic (secret) + picnic (outdoor feast) + pick (action required to remove baked on morsels) + nick (steal)

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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

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-09-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy! ~ James

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-08-28: 03:04:00
Wow! That sentence packs a PUNCH!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-06-09: 00:17:00
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy. ~ James