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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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Sandswicheroo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sand switch er roo
Sentence: Hungry Harry made sure he got to the lunchroom early every day, before his co-workers arrived. His mission was to pull the old sandswicheroo trick. He always brought the same thing, a sandwich made of buttered white bread and swapped it for a more interesting concoction. He had previously enjoyed hummus and veggies on pita, pate on rye, hearty chicken salad, roast beef and provolone and his all-time favourite after holidays, turkey sandwiches. He'd swap then eat at his desk and although many complained, no one could prove he had done the old sandswicheroo once again. This was especially galling to his colleagues, who, like he, all worked at FBI Headquarters!
Etymology: Sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)& Switcheroo (trick where one thing is sneakliy swapped for another)
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
Sandswitch
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sand-swich
Sentence: To keep lunch interesting, Bob would either fillfer or have a sandswitch.
Etymology: sandwich, switch
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COMMENTS:
tasty! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-05: 07:23:00
Another great word...that I also thought of! :) - MrDave2176, 2007-11-05: 08:39:00
perfect! - remistram, 2007-11-05: 10:48:00
very funy - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:12:00
oops that should be funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:12:00
Ilike it too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:28:00
funny in a different way - leechdude, 2007-11-05: 22:24:00
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Slopswap
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: slop-swap
Sentence: Kimberly took one look at Zinnia's leftovers from Cafe La Ritz and decided to pull a slopswap.
Etymology: Slop (mushy, tasteless food) + swap (exchange)
Freepast
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: free PAST
Sentence: Rob enjoyed his daily freepast of lunch tidbits that he snuck from the managerial refrigerator. He rationalized that since they were all above him in pay and power, not to mention self-importance, and didn't bother to ever invite him to the daily morning briefings, that was a good time to help himself.
Etymology: repast + free
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COMMENTS:
great word! - Nosila, 2010-03-02: 18:35:00
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Snackboosting
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: snack-boost-ing
Sentence:
Etymology: snack + boost (steal)
Grabadab
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: grab-uh-dab
Sentence: I'll just grabadab this one, it looks so damn delicious!
Etymology: grab= to take something a= something dab= quick small mark or impression
Pilfridge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pilll frihj
Sentence: The pilfridge was obviously perpetrated by the owner of the abandoned blandwich.
Etymology: pilferage, fridge
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - Nosila, 2010-03-02: 18:35:00
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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.
Lunchsnatch
Created by: kellysue94
Pronunciation: say lunch then snatch
Sentence: my lunch was terrible so i lunchsnatched my friends
Etymology:
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