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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.
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Morselmunch
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mor-sul mun-ch
Sentence: Having taken her three children swimming, Sarah decided to make pizza and chips for the hungry brood. When it was ready she suddenly had an overwhelming desire to morselmunch the melted bits of cheese and tomato that had stuck to the wrapper. Of course she didn't let the kids see this, after all she didn't want them to grow up with bad habits!
Etymology: Morsel( a small piece of food) ORIGIN French 'little bite' + Munch( to eat enthusiastically) = Morselmunch
Reminant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rem in ant
Sentence: When Sal spotted Emily licking cheese off wrappers again, he knew she was displaying her reminant mode. Like cattle and antelope that enjoy their food over and over, so did she. It would have been less embarrassing for him in McDonald's if she had just cleaned off her own wrappers...
Etymology: Remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)& Ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments) & Ruminate(chew the cuds or deeply reflect upon something)
Hidbits
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
Brilliant. Too good to just wolf it down. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:25:00
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Slyhog
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)
Clandesdine
Created by: kearstin
Pronunciation: clan-des-dine
Sentence: I always clandesdine when no one is looking - I have a particular weakness for quesadilla squeezings and cheese that someone else has grated.
Etymology: clandestine+dine - illicit snacking
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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Scramp
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)
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.
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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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