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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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Drettle
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
Flimflamcap
Created by: Lecroan
Pronunciation: flim-flam-cap
Sentence: i was totally flimflamcapped by Gerald last night, my favourite sweater smells like chutney now.
Etymology: latin-segunda-greek origin
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".
Condement
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: kän-dɪ-mənt
Sentence: Even the word condement felt slippery in her brain as she fell victim to the unyielding ketchup.
Etymology: condiment (topping or dressing) + dement (to make insane)
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COMMENTS:
Not to mention "con", as in to fool someone. - artr, 2013-01-08: 07:16:00
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Vinairegrette
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vin eh re gret
Sentence: The case: Rosemary shook the salad dressing only to have it Russian all over her and the kitchen. The lid had been left loose. The Prime Suspect: Her husband Ceasar, a real Rocket Scientist, who went too far this time. Lettuce examine the motives: Ceasar had been carrying on with the cute tomato next door, Arugula Caprese. Rosemary discovered them undressing one day. She told Arugula's boyfriend, Radicchio Romaine, of the infidelity and he ordered Ceasar to be tossed in the Thousand Islands area. There was not mushroom for doubt in the jurors' minds when they heard that Ceasar had bean artichoked and Rosemary was acquitted for her part, filled with vinairegrette; she just wants everyone to leaf her alone. For his escarole in the slawter, Radicchio Romaine is waiting on Death Row to be Chard, cos he was found guilty. Endive story.
Etymology: Vinaigrette (oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic, used as a salad dressing) & Regret (be sorry;contrite;remorseful)
Sausprize
Created by: tdhall56
Pronunciation: saw sprize
Sentence: She got a sausprize when she tried to put ketchup on her fries.
Etymology: sauce surprise or prize (something extra)
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)
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
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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Haspewedu
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: Ha-spewed you
Sentence: She fell again for the Haspewedu bottle.
Etymology:
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