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DEFINITION: v., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.
Verboticisms
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Happysteal
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Hap-pee-stee-el
Sentence: Man, this is the best happysteal I've had in weeks!
Etymology: Happy meals come from Mickey D's, Happysteals come from The office fridge.
Pitupelf
Created by: Bunny36
Pronunciation: Pit-yoop-elf
Sentence: "Where did I put those cheese and pickl- This looks like egg mayo. Hey! Who's pitupelfed my lunch this time?!"
Etymology: From the Iranian 'pitu' meaning food + 'pelf' from 'pelfre,' Old French for booty or spoils.
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COMMENTS:
Good onya Bunny for having the "bottle" to include an element from Iranian in your word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:43:00
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Sandwicheroo
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: sand-wihch-ur-OO
Sentence: Alex plotted a complex sandwicheroo by which the object of his affection would discover a diamond ring tucked inside the PBJ he would finagle her to eat, but all it led to was a trip to the emergency room for her lacerated esophagus.
Etymology: sandwich + switcheroo
Refrigeraider
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-FRIDJ-er-rade-er
Sentence: Geoff was a notorious refrigeraider and had no qualms at all about taking a coworkers tasty looking lunch and leaving his stale sandwich and old piece of fruit in it's place.
Etymology: Blend of refrigerator and raider.
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COMMENTS:
Perfecto! - hooterbug, 2008-10-02: 08:40:00
For some reason I envision Tusken Raiders standing in front of the fridge, scratching their cowled heads, saying "Where the hell did my lunch get to? I was really looking forward to that boiled Jawa." - zxvasdf, 2008-10-02: 09:33:00
Great word! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:16:00
Gets my vote! :) - lumina, 2008-10-03: 00:07:00
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Tastiraid
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: tey-stee-reyd
Sentence: Jim conducted a tastiraid on the lunchroom refrigerator, acquiring a turkey sandwich from Ross’s lunch and a pack of cookies from Judie’s.
Etymology: Tasty: 1610–20; TASTE + -Y from Latin *taxāre; Having a pleasing flavor, savory. + Raid: Old English rād; To steal from, loot.
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COMMENTS:
Ilike it:good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:44:00
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Supgrade
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: suhp-grayde
Sentence: Having just brought a squished and questionably expired bologna sandwich for himself, Nathan attempted to supgrade his lunch to my delectable fluffernutter sandwich. It didn't end well for Nathan.
Etymology: Supper (which my Nana used to call lunch) + Upgrade.... dang now i really want a fluffernutter
Pilfridge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pill frij
Sentence: swapping a box of cold mcnuggets for chicked cordon bleu is not fair exchange, it's pilfridge
Etymology: fridge, pilferage.
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COMMENTS:
yes it is - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 16:07:00
Spot on! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:36:00
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Supgrade
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sup/grade
Sentence: The trick to improving your lunch without getting caught is to supgrade modestly.
Etymology: sup + upgrade
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on the newspaper article Jabber! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-05: 11:44:00
thanks purple - no idea how that guy discovered that word but if he's looking he's sure to find lots of your gems - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 12:57:00
Congrats Jabber! Great to hear of your well-deserved success. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:34:00
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Luncheonu
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lunch/on/you
Sentence: When I forget my lunch, I have luncheonu.
Etymology: luncheon/you(u)
Infilchraid
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: in-fillch-rayd
Sentence: For the third day in a row, Terry went to grab her lunch from the office fridge to find only some grape stems and a smushed Kashi bar in what was once a cornucupia of delicious food items. She had been foiled by this infilchraider one too many times. She spent the rest of the dayfighting off hunger pangs while rigging up a Web cam in the refrigerator to catch the sneaky and merciless thief. Unfortunately for her, she was fired for violating company policy about Web cams at work, and the HR person who wrote the policy continued to infilchraid people's lunches at will. He did miss Terry, though, or at least her lunch.
Etymology: Infiltrate: to enter or move into an area + filch: to make off with the belongings of others + raid: a sudden short attack.
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COMMENTS:
Good word...it's a Kashi-22 story! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:25:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-05: 06:09:00
Good definition,REMI! During 40+ years of work, I found it to be a regular occurrence- probably happening somewhere right now!
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-05: 10:07:00
This has produced a great batch of words so far!
remistram - 2007-11-05: 10:47:00
It happens to all of us at least once during our working life!
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-05: 11:00:00
Happened with dip I brought in. Caught him in the act. Wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't double-dipping. And didn't have really poor oral hygiene. And I wasn't sure that it was his first offense and I had actually eaten the dip after him at some point. Yuck!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James