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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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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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Paratorque
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (tr. v.) pěr'-rə-tôrk (n.) pěr'-rə-tôrk'-ər
Sentence: "Don't paratorque the ketchup before you put it in the fridge," shouted Mom. "Next time you do it you'll have to clean the entire kitchen!"
Etymology: Para- (false) + torque (to twist)
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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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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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)
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
Lidlizard
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: ok who's the lidlizard? This stuff is going to stain my favorite table cloth.
Etymology:
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
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
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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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