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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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Kapsplatter
Created by: Chickp
Pronunciation: Cap/splatter
Sentence: The lid was just loose enough that I was kapsplattered with Thousand Island Dressing when I shoke the bottle
Etymology: Cap+splatter
Vinairegrette
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vin ee re gret
Sentence: Rosemary knew that her husband Basil was up to his old tricks again. Despite his being warned of the consequences. When she went to take out the salad dressing from the fridge, he had loosened the lid so that she would have a vinairegrette if she tried to shake the bottle. Luckily she was on to him and decided that payback was long overdue. She would artichoke him, then beet him, pepper him with a salt and they'd eventually find his chard romaines in her backyard, where there was not mushroom. Yes, Basil would vinairegrette his capers and rue the day he'd given Rosemary such a hard thyme!
Etymology: Vinaigrette (oil and vinegar salad dressing with mustard and garlic) & Regret (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about)
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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Asaltandsplattery
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əsôltandsplatərē
Sentence: Gerry is a real practical joker. In a case of asaltandsplattery he loosened the lid of the salt shaker and ketchup bottle as he served fries to his guests.
Etymology: A play on assault and battery
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-02-18: 07:18:00
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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)
Pneumanzone
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: New-mans-own
Sentence: "Who was that guy in the 'Butch and Sundance' film who donates all the profits to charity?", asked Alyssa as she brusquely reached for the bottle, squeezed, and fell victim to yet another heartless pneumanzoning from her grinning boyfriend.
Etymology: Pneuma: prefix meaning "full of air", man: as in "manual", zone: referring to the splatter area as a ratio of the release of air in direct proportion to valuable family heirlooms and furniture.
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
Connedement
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: condiment
Sentence: Doris's mother-in-law loved to poke around in the fridge whenever she came to visit. She would pull out all the sauce and dressings bottles, giving them a firm shake and peering at the use by dates before exclaiming loudly to embarrass Doris, when she found an old one. This time, Doris had a cunning plan to thwart the old biddy. Her fridge was now full of connedements - at the first shake, her mother-in-law was sure to get a face full of thousand island dressing, fish sauce or aioli.
Etymology: conned (subject to a confidence trick) + dement (to cause someone to lose their faculties) + condiment (accompaniments for your food)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Petaj - welcome back!! Great word today - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:25:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:13:00
Welcome back...my connedeplements on your word! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:08:00
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Flyingsauceugh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Fly-ing-sors-ur
Sentence: When Susan shook the ketchup bottle she realised that her dear husband, aka 'The Joker' had rigged the bottle so that it turned into a flyingsauceugh, sending the whole contents flying through the air landing straight in her face. She vowed to get her own back one day when he was least expecting it, if only she could think of a plan mean enough.
Etymology: Flying(to travel through the air) + Sauce(a thick liquid to add to food to improve the flavour) + Ugh(Used to express something unpleasant) = Flyingsauceugh
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:26:00
Gets my vote for sure! I could NOT think of anything on this one! - lumina, 2008-09-19: 18:04:00
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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