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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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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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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx 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

metrohumanx 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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Resifood

youmustvotenato

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

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Somorsel

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: som mor sel

Sentence: Graham Cracker was mortified when he took his girlfriend, Hershey, to the local hospital. It seems she could not resist the last somorsel of gooey marshmallow cooked on their hibachi out in the woods. Too bad she could not wait until the grill had cooled a bit more...ouch!

Etymology: Some more (in addition to) & Morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful) & Smore's (camping treat of graham cracker, chocolate and marshmallow sandwich melted over a campfire)

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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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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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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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Lapitizers

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: lap/i/tize/ers

Sentence: Saturday night was the last straw for Ed. Grabbing a bite to eat out in public with June was just too humiliating. He had overlooked the time that ripped open the Cheetos bags (hers AND his) at the bus stop to lick the cheese. He ignored the time she grabbed everyone's utensils at the company picnic making sure no condiment or sugary glaze went to waste. But when she moistened her fingers and then started dabbing at his pant legs for lapitizers in front of his parents, he was as Jerry Seinfeld said in one of the many classic episodes, "Off the project!"

Etymology: lap and appetizers

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Wow, Lumina....that was vividly disturbing....I like it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:17:00

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Fragmints

artr

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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Gobbleruppler

Created by: mandapanda

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Crumplunder

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌmˌplʌndɚ/ crumb-plunder (not crump-lunder)

Sentence: Sometimes, the crumplunder is the best part.

Etymology: From crumb + plunder

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COMMENTS:

Just say it out-loud, and you can't help but be amused. - ErWenn, 2007-09-27: 00:53:00

Love it, ErWenn! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-27: 04:43:00

What a great word! - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:24:00

Rolls right off your tongue. Great! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:09:00

Excellent:something special! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:39:00

Thanks for the kind words. - ErWenn, 2007-09-30: 01:38:00

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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