Verboticisms

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Nibb-all-knob-all

Sentence: Judy knew that soaking the cat's bowl was the easy part. Nibblenobbling some of the dried meat off the side whilst Nigel looked for the TV remote was the real challenge.

Etymology: Nibble - to eat something by taking a lot of small bites. Nobble - to get hold of; grab; steal; filch

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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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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:

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

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

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

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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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Created by: vixphilia

Pronunciation: s-CRAMP

Sentence: v.: He always scramps the cake tray when the party is over. n.: My new diet consists of giving the food to my boyfriend and eating the scramps.

Etymology: scrap (tiny bit) + Cram (eat)

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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)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: frag-mint

Sentence: Allie doesn't usually like mints. They are too intense for her taste. What she does like though are fragmints, the small bits that stick to the cellophane wrapper.

Etymology: fragment (an odd piece, bit, or scrap) + mint (any of various flavored hard candies packaged as a roll of small round wafers)

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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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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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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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