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DEFINITION: v., To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty". n., A tasty treat which has been accidentally dropped, then quickly salvaged and savored.
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Whoopsidining
Created by: Anthporter
Pronunciation: hwoop-see-die-ning
Sentence: Todd went whoopsidining after Rachel spilled her chocolate mousse. It was disgusting!
Etymology: Whoops + ups-a-daisy + Dining
Oopsosalivate
Created by: wjames
Pronunciation: oops-o-sal-i-vate
Sentence: mothers, tired of their children dropping food on the floor, soon encourage their children to oopsosalivate... thus bolstering their anti-immune system.
Etymology: oops = accidentally dropped something, salivate = to produce saliva and/or To be full of desire or eagerness for something:
Appathetic
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ap pathetik
Sentence: Jenny slapped James wuth her Manolo Blanik's exclaiming, 'you're so appathetic, you choose to eat food off the floor than drink champagne from my shoe!"
Etymology: appetizer (a small first course; food) + pathetic (ridiculous, embarrassing )
Streetmeat
Created by: younger
Pronunciation: Street-Meet
Sentence: I picked my hot dog up off the ground so quickly, there were only a few crunchies when I ate it. Another successful Streetmeat lunch!
Etymology: Meat that hits the Street
Spillunching
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spil-lənch-ng
Sentence: Harry was so clumsy that if he didn't believe in spillunching, he would have to almost double his food budget. He loved to cite the 5-second rule as he did his best to extract any dog hair or other foreign matter that may have come along for the ride. What he couldn't understand was why people always wanted to ask him if he had ever been caving.
Etymology: spill (cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container) lunching (a meal eaten in the middle of the day) derivative of the word spelunking (the exploration of caves, esp. as a hobby)
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COMMENTS:
The spelunker's motto:
Take only pictures
Leave only footprints
Kill only time
:) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:25:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:07:00
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Dromb
Created by: deadrat
Pronunciation: dr-ah-m
Sentence: Everyone stared as Joe drombed up the cupcake Mary had dropped on the floor.
Etymology:
Graviteat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: grav it eet
Sentence: It got to be too much for Julie. Taking her partner Matt out to trendy cocktail parties and other social outings were too embarrassing for her. You see, Matt would graviteat anything that he "accidentally" dropped on the ground. The first ten or twenty times it happened one could put down to clumsiness. But it now became apparent to Julie that he was doing it on purpose. He finally admitted to her that he loved to floorage for food...it somehow tasted better to him. She would have to find him a support group, like Parqueteaters Anonymous or ThirsaTiles or LinoleYum or Carpet Consumers and their Underlaying Causes. If she didn't, there would be no Welcome, Matt.
Etymology: Gravity (The force of attraction between the Earth's mass for bodies near its surface) & Gravitate (be attracted to;move toward) & Eat (consume food)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome Matt ! Love it. VERY satisfying microstory, Nosila. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:21:00
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Fook
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: before anyone looks lets fook the food.
Etymology:
Lamineat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lamənēt
Sentence: A true believer in the 5-second rule, Bob is likely to lamineat anything that hits the floor. His mother would fuss at him until she dropped one of her favorite cookies. She practically knocked him into the next room retrieving it.
Etymology: laminate (manufactured by placing layer on layer) + eat (put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it)
Recovereats
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-cov-er-eats
Sentence: When his bowl of cheeseballs were knocked onto the floor, Mel sprung into action and quickly began rescue and recovereats maneuvers so that he could continue to watch the game with his favorite snacks at his side.
Etymology: recovery: the act of regaining or restoring something lost + eats: articles of food; snacks
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! ~ James
mplsbohemian - 2007-10-11: 22:57:00
There are a LOT of good words today!
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James