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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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Pilfridge

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: pil-frij

Sentence: Ralph didn't believe that what he did should be classified as pilfridge. He observed on a daily basis that people rarely ate all that they brought for lunch. He considered it below his status to pick through the trash after they tossed the remnants so preemptive raids only made sense. Sally certainly didn't NEED that big chunk of cheesecake. He was doing her a favor by shaving it down to a reasonable size.

Etymology: pilfer (steal - typically things of relatively little value) + fridge (a refrigerator) Derivative of pilferage

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COMMENTS:

Very good! - Mustang, 2008-10-02: 05:31:00

Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-03: 05:49:00

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Hamburgerlary

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ham burg er lar ee

Sentence: His m.o. - he came in very early to the office each day to ketchup on his paperwork. That way, he could take an earlier lunch break than the others. In reality it gave him an opportunity to raid the office fridge and take the nicest lunch for himself. He relished this form of hamburgerlary, for one of his coworkers always brought a tasty home-made hamburger to be zapped each day for lunch. You mustard admit, it was a clever plan, until he was caught with his hands on someone else's buns. He was now in a real pickle, because his boss was cheesed off...

Etymology: Hamburger (a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun) & Burglary (to steal;theft)

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Fridgivore

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: frij-EE-vohr

Sentence: Sick of Roxie's "shanghai surprize," and with his workmates not willing to grubstake him, Bob became the office fridgivore hogging out on other fellows' tucker.

Etymology: Blend of FRIDGE: cabinet for keeping food cool" & -VORE: devour,consume, eat

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 09:18:00

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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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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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Sacklunch

Created by: Eyeshah

Pronunciation: /SAK-lunch/

Sentence: Beckoning Bill from the corner of the fridge was a mouth-watering, deli-made club sandwich. Against his better judgment, Bill decided to sacklunch it that day.

Etymology: sack(to pillage or loot after capture; plunder) + lunch

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Missamealioma

Created by: looseball

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Fridganinja

Created by: LotusB

Pronunciation: Fridge-a-nin-ja

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Etymology: Fridge (refrigerator) + Ninja (silent, stealthy mercenary agent) = Fridganinja

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Swapslop

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Swop-slop

Sentence: When Peter discovered what his wife had packed him for lunch, he let out a huge sigh. He realised that she had been trying out her new recipes on him again and this time had surpassed herself by creating some inedible looking mess that could not be identified. He then had the brilliant idea of going to office fridge and proceeded to swapslop his lunch for something that resembled food. No-one would ever guess it was him as long as he kept his mouth shut.

Etymology: Swap(an act of exchanging one thing for another) + Slop(unappetizing semi-liquid food) = Swapslop

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 13:28:00

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Bettermealment

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: bet-er-meel-muhnt

Sentence: The moment he realised that his bettermealment practices were no longer tolerated by his co-workers, was when the emergency room doctor mentioned the two words no one wants to hear; "rat" and "poison".

Etymology: betterment (upgrade) + meal

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COMMENTS:

Deserves a vote for the excellent sentence. - Bunny36, 2007-11-05: 12:28:00

Great definition and fantastic sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:40:00

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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