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'Oh no! I hate it when my husband tries to dress me!'

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.

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Drettle

vmalcolm

Created by: vmalcolm

Pronunciation: /dretl/

Sentence: He has drettled this bottle again! How many times will I have to deal with this drettle?!?!

Etymology: DRETTLE. v. tr/ n From Dressing + Throttle

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Gotchup

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gächəp

Sentence: Rudy fell for a whole bottle of gotchup. He was a great fan of practical jokes. He was constantly pulling stunts on his roommate. Finally it was Billy's turn. After observing Rudy's habit of turning the catsup bottle over and giving it a good thunk before opening the cap, Billy knew what to do. He loosened the cap and sat back to see the results. Sure enough, Rudy proceeded to empty about half the bottle on his pants and new shoes with one good whack. The whole thing was made that much sweeter by the fact that Rudy insisted on buying the cheap runny catsup instead of the brand that Billy liked. His only regret was that PitterPat, his cat, was well within the spatter zone as the prank ensued.

Etymology: gotcha (an instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule) + catsup (a spicy sauce made chiefly from tomatoes and vinegar, used as a condiment)

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COMMENTS:

great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:33:00

Excellent word! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:12:00

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Condimark

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: CON-de-mark / tom-FOOD-er-ee

Sentence: Kevin was often the condimark of such tomfoodery as the loose salt shaker or the mustard in the ketchup bottle.

Etymology: condiment+mark (the target of malice) / tomfoolery + food.

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Maisnonaaaaghs

petaj

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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Lobottlemee

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Lo-bottle-me

Sentence: When she shook the catsup bottle the lid flew off, catsup slattered her forehead giving her a frontal lobottlemee

Etymology: Lobotomy + bottle

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Faketite

Created by: KenM2

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He carefully performed faketite on the bottle, then hid in the back to watch the victim.

Etymology: Fake+Tight

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Caesarprise

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: see-sar-prize

Sentence: Looking at the thousand island covered walls, Dean knew that Marie had left him a Caesarprise with his salad for lunch today.

Etymology: Caesar + surprise

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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".

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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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Fauxclosure

phild3791

Created by: phild3791

Pronunciation: \ˈfō\ˈklō-zhər\

Sentence: Phil hadn’t realized he was a victim of Fauxclosure until it was too late and his shirt was ruined.

Etymology: Faux: French, false. Closure : an act of closing : the condition of being closed

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COMMENTS:

BWAHAHAHA! I Love this! - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-23: 10:11:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-23: 02:57:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-10-23: 08:19:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-23: 10:19:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-18: 00:36:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James