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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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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

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Hiddenfollyoranch

Created by: Lolagrrl

Pronunciation: hid + den + foll + ee + oh + ranch

Sentence: Shannon's supposedly clever hiddenfollyoranch ruined my shirt. The outcome pleased her greatly because she had attained her day's goal by noon... Yup. Nothing left for her to do but play computer solitaire.

Etymology: Hidden - to prevent the disclosure of + Folly - A lack of good sense + of + Ranch - The salad dressing

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COMMENTS:

terrific word! - libertybelle, 2007-10-23: 09:17:00

Haha! Thanks! :D - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-23: 09:32:00

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Frenchmessing

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: fren tch messs ihng

Sentence: with a twist of the wrist the french dressing became frenchmessing. magnifique!

Etymology: french dressing, messing

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Sabotage

Created by: hanana

Pronunciation: /ˈsabəˌtäZH/

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Toppleganger

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: ta-pel-gang-er

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Flumbuscade

Created by: Durotriges

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Capfool

Created by: maggiejohnle

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "I left you a capfool in the fridge, ha ha"

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Hovercaped

Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: huv-er-kap-ed

Sentence: when she left the table, she secretly 'hovercaped' the bottle & "forgot" it behind for someone else to grab! :)

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Saladregressing

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SAL-luhd-ree-grehs-sihng

Sentence: Neither Alex's date nor her white dress appreciated his foolish act of saladregressing.

Etymology: salad dressing + regressing to the level of 12-year-olds

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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)

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Comments:

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

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