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'Look at these lovely lunches. I'm tempted to steal one...'

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.

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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:

Good word - TJayzz, 2008-10-02: 14:49:00

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Missamealioma

Created by: looseball

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Thievereat

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: thee + ver + eat

Sentence: I forgot my lunch today, so I'll just hit the fridge and theivereat.

Etymology: theivery + eat

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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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Grubstitute

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: gruhb-STI-tyoot(toot)

Sentence: Sick of "shanghai surprize" and with his mate not willing to grubstake him, Bob hogged out on his boss's "Beef Prince Alfred." He knew that to grubstitute would get him in strife. And, besides, it was not on and would make his boss as mad as a cut snake. But, anyway, his boss was a bit of a boofhead, thick as three planks, who wouldn't know "Beef Prince Alfred" from "beggar's banquet."

Etymology: Blend of Grub:food (slang)& substitute. "Shanghai Surprize":fried up leftovers with rice. Mad as a cut snake:angry. Grubstake: give s.o. money to buy a meal.'Beggar's Banquet':whatever's leftover in the fridge. Related term: "grub & bub":food & drink.

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Swapunch

Created by: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: swa-punch

Sentence: roger was dying to swapunch his lunch for the salmon steak.

Etymology: swap, lunch

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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

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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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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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Eatinstealing

Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: The word is the words "eat " the " in" and then " Stealing "

Sentence: I caught him eatinstealing !

Etymology:

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I love this word because of its so fun to say . - emilylind, 2007-11-05: 20:45:00

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Fivefingerlickpicnic

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Five-fing-grrr-lick-PICK-nick

Sentence: Dagwood often felt sharp hunger pangs between ten and eleven in the morning while he was compiling the daily marketing reports for his boss, and if his 18 years on the job had taught him anything, it was that this was usually a perfect time to raid the office refrigerator for a personal fivefingerlickpicnic.

Etymology: Five finger: a 100% discount for special people with low moral values + Finger Licking: the way Kentucky Colonels express satisfaction with the flavor of a meal + Picnic: a meal often featuring a variety of covered dishes.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-05: 02:55:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-02: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James