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DEFINITION: v., To carefully place a lid on a bottle, especially a salad dressing bottle, so that it appears closed and will not spill unless the bottle is moved or shaken. n., A bottle which has been prepared in such a manner.
Verboticisms
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Gullicap
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: gul-li-cap
Sentence: Susan's husband pulled a gullicap; he loved to dress her at the most surprising moments. Susan was gullicapped by her husband, at the amusement of her children. Gullicapping is an art form practiced by professional pranksters around the world. Gullicapturing denotes a prankster's success.
Etymology: Gullible (easily deceived or cheated) & Cap (covering)
Shookenfreude
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Shoe/ken/froy/duh
Sentence: Part of the Nazis' dastardly masterplan to conquer America during WW2 was to spread confusion and terror across the land by recruiting waitresses to act as Shookenfreuders
Etymology: Shook (as in all shook up) + Schadenfreude (to take pleasure in the misfortunes of others mwah ha ha ha etc)
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COMMENTS:
now that's clever!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-23: 09:14:00
Thanks, i'm liking yours too, sounds more exciting than a caesar salad somehow.. - pungineer, 2007-10-23: 09:19:00
Thanks, i'm liking yours too, sounds more exciting than a caesar salad somehow.. - pungineer, 2007-10-23: 09:26:00
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Fliddle
Created by: lawlore
Pronunciation: flid-l
Sentence: I loved my girlfriend, but she had so many annoying habits. I got so sick of her fliddling every time we went out to dinner- she thought it was sooooo funny, but I think she just had shares in my dry cleaners.
Etymology: Portmanteau of fiddle (v., in the sense of "to interfere or play with") and lid (n., the top of a container)
Splattermine
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈsplædɚˌmaɪn/ /splatter-mine/
Sentence: He hated April Fool's Day as his girlfriend would always booby-trap the entire house, filling it with splattermines, powdersnares, gluetrops, tapewires, squirtbombs, featherfalls, boobie traps, stinkpits, and pie cannons.
Etymology: From splatter + mine (as in the explosive device)
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COMMENTS:
No, I did not misspell "booby trap". A "boobie trap" is something else entirely. I'll leave it up to you to decide what it actually is. - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 12:12:00
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Seasonfling
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: see/zon/fling
Sentence: "Would you care for a little seasonfling on your salad?" asked the perfect hostess as she accidentally spewed the entire bottle of salad dressing all over her guests.
Etymology: seasoning + fling
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COMMENTS:
Great! - TJayzz, 2008-09-19: 09:57:00
Sounds like a salad tossin' spring break - zxvasdf, 2008-09-21: 21:22:00
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Maisnonaaaaghs
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: may-non-aaaaaz
Sentence: I have some vinregrets, but listening out for the maisnonaaaaghs always cracks me up, when I've carefully sabotaged the condiments.
Etymology: mayonnaise + mais non (fr. but no, exclaimed loudly, followed by) aaaaaghs
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COMMENTS:
aaaaghs - good word petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 12:27:00
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Acciwaitohappen
Created by: hiladizzle
Pronunciation: axi-wait-oo-happen
Sentence: The way that bottle is sitting is an acciwaitohappen.
Etymology: Derived from the phrase "accident waiting to happen".
Vinregrette
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: vin - regret
Sentence: The manager was of the opinion that because the vinregrette was unintentional, the restaurant was not responsible for the dry cleaning of Debbie's blouse.
Etymology: vinaigrette + regret
Capunked
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ka/punk/ed
Sentence: Jeremy capunked three different people at dinner last night leaving ketchup, mustard and oil and vinegar on the walls, ceiling and floors, not to mention his victims.
Etymology: cap + punked
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COMMENTS:
very funny!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 12:09:00
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Pseudoseal
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Once again, he pseudosealed the salad dressing, so that when she picked it up, it spilled all over her blouse.
Etymology: pseudo (fake/false) seal (to cover)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Definitely Krafty behaviour!
remistram - 2007-10-23: 09:52:00
I had to marry the loose lidder...I'm a shake first, tight lidder thus the birth of this definition.
Time to throttle the bottler? ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:29:00
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:30:00
very high standard so far today!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James