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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.
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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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Capunked
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ka/puhngk/d
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: CAPUNKED - verb - from CAP (a close-fitting covering for a bottle, or jar) + PUNKED (to "get" someone in a practical joke; someone caught unaware in a practical joke)
Howgrossman
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: howww growww smann
Sentence: Her frenzied shaking of the howgrossman bottle left thousand island dressing dressing the island in the kitchen
Etymology: how gross lloyd grossman sauce
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".
Creamyitalianbush
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: kree-me-it-al-yun-bush
Sentence: George creamyitalianbushed Julie, so she had to send her blouse to the drycleaners.
Etymology: Creamy Italian + ambush
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
Vinaigress
Created by: CDH167
Pronunciation: vinn-uh-gress
Sentence: "My roommate short-sheeted my bed and set my alarm clock two hours early, so I'll get back by vinaigressing her new bottle of Catalina."
Etymology: Portmanteau from 'vinaigrette' and 'aggressive'.
Vinairegret
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vina/regret
Sentence: A favourite cafeteria joke is vinairegret which involves replacing the lids on salad dressing with larger ones - especially appreciated by dry cleaners.
Etymology: vinaigrette + regret
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COMMENTS:
Gar!lick at that! Beaten to it on the vinegar-based dressing theme. - petaj, 2007-10-23: 08:23:00
Spicey! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-23: 11:51:00
Vinnie regrets doing this to me because I've capunked him with vengence threefold. - Stevenson0, 2007-10-23: 12:32:00
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Boobycap
Created by: codyjohnle
Pronunciation: boo-bee-kap
Sentence: The bastard boobycapped the thousand island.
Etymology: from boobytrap; past tense: boobycapped; person who boobycaps; boobycapper
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant!! - short, sweet and to the point. - crmow, 2007-10-23: 10:53:00
good job, honey. I couldn't beat that, but i tried - maggiejohnle, 2007-10-23: 11:29:00
Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 17:22:00
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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