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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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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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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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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)
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
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)
Decaplidated
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: de-CAP-lid-aytd
Sentence: When the lid flew off the salad dressing bottle when she shook it, Audrey realized with great chagrin that once again, her husband, Elrod, had played his lame decaplidated trick on her again.
Etymology: Blend of 'decapitated' and 'lid'
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COMMENTS:
Off with his head! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:06:00
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Condimark
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.
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
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)
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