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DEFINITION: n., Mutated leftovers which, unattended inside an evil-minded fridge, have transformed themselves into an extremely odorous, alternate life form. v., To save food past it's freshness date and watch it grow into something new.
Verboticisms
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Devittles
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: Deh-viht-tills
Sentence: Off turned the light, and the nightly terror began for the as-yet-unexpired food. The nosferatuna slid stealthily into door hopper, where the condiments rested. A silent shadow, it sunk its celery fangs into the neck of the mayonnaise jar, gorging upon its salty fatty humors. Having turned, the zomayo lurched itself over its retaining wall and began to feast on the cauliflower, which it had mistaken in its saturated stupor for brains. A large sasquash ripped its way through the forest of broccoli and emerged upon a family of tomatoes, huddling in the corner of the produce crisper. A gout of seeded ichor sprayed across the front of the clear plastic drawer. Then, a hush fell through the refrigerator as the elder god of the cooler, Cthulhummus rose, an amorphous evil clad in finest shimmering Saran. Muffled screams issued from the magnetic seal around the door, but fell upon sleeping ears. Tonight the devittles reigned, and no food would go untainted.
Etymology: devil (or possibly deviant) + vittles
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COMMENTS:
You get my vote for using Cthulhummus. Dagon and Nyarlothotep beware! :) - yellowbird, 2008-02-01: 14:27:00
Wow - so many great stories today - I love nosferatuna - could also be nosfuratuna (furry mould) - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 14:41:00
Great style - reads like a mystery ... as well as a spoiled food history! Kudos for the novel-ty of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:42:00
its good but the sentence is a little long - purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:49:00
clever word, clever story, entertaining, funny! What more could we want? - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 06:50:00
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Chillybugs
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Chil-lih-bugs
Sentence: Because their home suffered a power failure while they were abroad, the family returned to find that their refrigerator was infested with Chillybugs of a particularly noxious variety that kept saying, "What's up Doc?" and "Turn out that light!".
Etymology: Chilly- Chilli a spicy food that mutates into a life form that defends itself by producing strong acids and sundry noxious gasses. Less aggressive at low temperatures. Bugs- Small pests that resemble a cartoon animal of the genus Lepus
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COMMENTS:
love the reference to Bugs Bunny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 14:37:00
me to - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:18:00
Silly people! Bugs for kids! Liked your mini comic, AndyCapp! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:33:00
Perhaps you need a chilly dog to guard the fridge. Enjoyed the sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:39:00
And dispose of them in a chilly-bin! Kiwis (NewZealanders) call portable ice-boxes chilly-bins. - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:06:00
Fun word, sentence and etymology! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:07:00
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Foodfrights
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: foood - fry - ts
Sentence: Ina was beginning to have daily foodfrights. There were many ghosts of old repasts that she really needed to exhorcise from her refrigerator.
Etymology: Food (nourishment, substances used by the body to sustain life). Fright (state of terror or fear
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COMMENTS:
Terrific! Easy to say, easy to remember. Can you imagine a food fight using foodfrights? (wink/big grin) - silveryaspen, 2008-12-01: 17:31:00
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Riplarchaivivus
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Rip-larc-hai-vi-us
Sentence: You know when your fridge is taken over by mutated leftovers its time to be Riplacchaivivus and battle them with Cillit Bang!
Etymology: Riplarchaivivus-To take control under extreme circumstances. Mainly from mutated meat or vegetables. Ripl (Ripley ie Aliens) - Archa (from Archaic, meaning outdated/By-gone) - ivivus (taken from Latin word Redivivus, To be reborn again/back to life as
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COMMENTS:
Unique sentence and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:31:00
your etymology is most impressive! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 11:32:00
clever etymology! Good to see good ol' Ripley in there. What a gal! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:42:00
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Morphinade
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: mor-fin-aid
Sentence: Rather than throw away expired milk, my husband likes to let it morphinade into rotten cottage cheese
Etymology: metamorphasis+merinade
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COMMENTS:
eewww... sounds like a deadly relative of lemonade! fun word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:16:00
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Backhereia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bak heer ee ya
Sentence: The refrigerator was old, the paint chipped and the door handle had long since disintegrated. Upon prising the door open, the light no longer came on, but in the darkness you could hear the backhereia shuffling around and when your eyes became accustomed to the darkness you could make out its vaguely luminescent trail.
Etymology: bacteria, back here.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - kinda scary with a southern drawl - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 08:37:00
It took me while to figure out why this word kept running through my mind ... is it related to diarrhea? Scared the crap out of me too! (silly grin!) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:21:00
Your sentence reads like a horror novel, loved it. - sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:01:00
Great sentence; like the word alot! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:34:00
all of the above!!! - purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:47:00
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A chiller-thriller word... it evokes "they're ba-ack!" with a good measure of hysteria thrown in as well. Good one galwaywegian! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 09:23:00
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Frigenesis
Created by: Afthought
Pronunciation: Fri g'n'sis
Sentence: The first book of the frig mold bible.
Etymology: the sound uttered upon first taste of month old pea soup.
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COMMENTS:
Great minds think in the same gutter, I've heard. - ErWenn, 2008-02-02: 11:55:00
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Leftoverlords
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: left/OV/er/lordz
Sentence: I, for one, welcome our new turkey tetrazzini leftoverlords.
Etymology: leftover + overlord
Concoctopus
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: cun cawk tuh puhs
Sentence: Sammy dared not even glance at the fridge's bottom shelf, for by smell alone she could tell that sprawled across the glass platform, as colorful as a chameleon, as hostile as a Martian, and as appealing as an unchanged diaper--indeed, as vicious as the Great Khan himself--there lay a concoctopus.
Etymology: concoct, octopus
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COMMENTS:
An ickyinky specimen! Nice word and sentence! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 06:56:00
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Genesice
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jen-erss-ice
Sentence: i suddenly realised we had one more child than we used to, and our youngest one had a strange 'curry' aroma about him. Then it struck me that little Rogan-Josh was not a product of natural reproduction, he was a result of genesice
Etymology: genesis, ice
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COMMENTS:
cool word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 08:40:00
Very unique. You sure can think out of the box! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 08:58:00
I always thought all those extra kids in the house were only visiting...maybe I just need to clean my fridge more.... - yellowbird, 2008-02-01: 12:05:00
i dont get it ha ha now i do!!!!! - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 14:18:00
Take top Billing(s) But yaw gotta be joshing!!! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 16:04:00
lol! So THAT'S where the weird, carrot-topped kid who used to hang around came from! Amusing concept and sentence, nice word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:39:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by bananabender. Thank you bananabender. ~ James
Dougalistic - 2008-02-01: 06:50:00
Something smells fishy around here.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-01: 16:05:00
Great definition. Really motivated and inspired some of the funniest sentences and verboticisms of the week! :-)
bananabender - 2008-02-03: 04:00:00
Great cartoon James! The details are a hoot... the bite out of the drumstick, stuffed olives as eyes, and wings mutated into a two-headed monster. Funny! You've inspired me to submit more ideas for you to develop and take to the nth degree!
Thank you Bananabender! I was definitely inspired by your words -- the evil-minded fridge is brilliant! ~ James
WOW! SAY NO MORE!
Today's definition was suggested by bananabender. Thank you bananabender. ~ James