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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.
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Tupperlings
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: tup-pur-lings
Sentence: Hoping for a midnight snack, Dirk went to the kitchen, only to discover his fridge door open and all his plastic storage containers empty. As the realization dawned that the tupperlings had escaped, he looked around the dark, silent kitchen in horror.
Etymology: tupperware + living(l) things
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COMMENTS:
The magic box that turns supperlings into tupperlings ... and they're out to get us! They've given me the chuckles! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:11:00
Tubberware marketing campaign ruined - they said keeps everything sealed!! - nice word. - sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:12:00
Cute. - Maxine, 2008-02-02: 08:51:00
like it! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:01:00
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Contamineats
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: kun TAM in eats
Sentence: Ima Hogg decided it was probably time to clean out her refrigerator when the smell started to hit her. She went through and got rid of all the expired, decayed, bloated, fuzzy, and spoiled contamineats, which she did twice a year whether it needed it or not. It might have been the potatoes ughrotten or the fetid cheese, but something was definitely stinky in there.
Etymology: eats (slang for food) + contaminates
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COMMENTS:
They should call them refigerewwwterators - Nosila, 2010-04-21: 23:31:00
refrigewwwterators...ooops - Nosila, 2010-04-21: 23:31:00
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Extraturkeyestrial
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/tra/tur/key/es/tree/al
Sentence: There has been an extraturkeyestrial lurking in my fridge since Thanksgiving. It has now grown to twice it's original size and has changed colour but because of it's glow I'm saving money on a fridge light.
Etymology: extra turkey + extraterrestrial
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COMMENTS:
out of this world funny - from the word to the sentence to the etymology -- great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-01: 11:32:00
Scary like a B-movie, yet practical and green. Like it! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 13:51:00
Great idea for saving money, I'll have to try it,times are hard!! Good word - TJayzz, 2008-12-01: 20:59:00
Love it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:17:00
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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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Fridgremlins
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /frij'-grem-linz/
Sentence: Brenda could hear something moving in there (in the Frigidaire) and when she peeked, and the light came on, she first heard a fierce squeal (or perhaps that was just the squeaky door), and then she was sure she saw fridgremlins scurrying behind the milk carton and the leftover casserole dish. She slammed the door shut and ran to find the number to the exterminator.
Etymology: fridge - shortening of refrigerator (from Latin, frīgus "cold") + gremlins - small, mischievous creatures (popularized by the RAF as a cause of mechanical failures; possibly from Old English, gremman "to anger, vex" + -lin of goblin) Don't get them wet!
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COMMENTS:
Who you gonna call? Box Busters? lol - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 08:57:00
lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:27:00
The leftover chicken and the bright fridge light didn't help either! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:22:00
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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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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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Frigidaredevills
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: frijid der dev ills
Sentence: Frida cautiously tip-toed over to her fridge. It had been quiet all day, just the odd gurgling and chugging of the motor, nothing to be afraid of, right? She cautiously opened the white steel door covered in magnets and notices. The moment the door opened, the smell hit her like a brick. They were back... the Frigidaredevils, piled high and ready to topple out the door. Liquified salad fixings, mystery meats, passe pizza slices, green fuzzy former fruits and veggies, milk that had turned biker (bad) and numerous description-defying previous edibles. In their current state not even CSI could identify them. Enough!, decided Frida of this penicilliness! She grabbed a face mask, plastic gloves and a large garbage bag and went to town clearing out the foul fridge dwellers. The bag was sealed tightly and immediately run down to the back alley for garbage pick-up. She could swear she heard noises coming from the bag and they weren't that of the Glad Man! When she had done, she cleaned and sprayed the now bare interior and placed her fresh groceries in their new temporary home. How long before these innocents would turn on her and become Frigidaredevills themselves?
Etymology: Frigidaire (Brand of refrigerator) & Dare Devils (reckless impetuous irresponsible;presumptuously daring) & Ills (resulting in suffering or adversity; an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)
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COMMENTS:
DAMN! You're good! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 00:53:00
I prostrate myself before the magnificence of this creation - emdeejay, 2008-12-01: 00:56:00
devilishly delightful - silveryaspen, 2008-12-01: 01:00:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-01: 13:00:00
scared me....but fun to read - mweinmann, 2008-12-02: 10:27:00
Beaut word & sentence - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:17:00
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Molderators
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: mold-er-ate-tors
Sentence: Molly was notorious for having molderators infest her fridge.
Etymology: A play on the two words; Mold and Refrigerator.
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