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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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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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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
Yumbonus
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: yum-BO-nuss
Sentence: Deierdre had it all-looks, talent, money... and she was just slopping over with class. StubblyJack was sure she was "The One"...until he saw her eat a burrito. When she finished the beantorpedo, she proceeded to scrape the foil wrapper with her teeth, YUMBONUSing the congealed cheese with gusto. StubblyJack had never seen anyone mortifeed before, but for the sake of love, he would try to get used to it. Pizza boxes, popsickle sticks, styrofoam plates and cupcake shells would not be discarded until Deirdre had eaten all the stubbornly clinging nutriscraps. She had an endearing habit of running her finger around the bottom of the pudding pot. StubblyJack tried to ingestall with her, but he just couldn't match Deierdre's ability to YUMBONUS all the dregs of 21st century take-out food.
Etymology: Yum-interjection used to express pleasurable satisfaction especially in the taste of food..... Bonus: something in addition to what is expected or strictly due-Latin, literally, good
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COMMENTS:
The beam has gone askew on the treadle.
http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:00:00
76 Yumbones led the big parade... - Nosila, 2008-08-29: 00:33:00
Silly goose! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:05:00
Very tasty - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-30: 18:33:00
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Qtlicious
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cue/tee/lish/uhs
Sentence: Jenny always volunteered to clear the dinner dishes and in the privacy of the kitchen she found everyone's leftovers qtlicious.
Etymology: QTLICIOUS - from QT (stealthily, secretly, on the quiet) + DELICIOUS (highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste)
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COMMENTS:
Verrrrry clever, O-bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:07:00
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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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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:
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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Resifood
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: Rez-eh-food
Sentence: Taking the last bite of her twinkie, she relished in the bonus resifood left on the twinkie's rectangular holding plate.
Etymology: Residue+food
Nibblenobble
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
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