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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.
Verboticisms
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Exsponge
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/spunj
Sentence: Having Dave exsponge the floors at home was a treat but at a dinner party it was a trifle(or jello, or birthday cake) embarrassing.
Etymology: expunge (delete, get rid of) + sponge (mop up)
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COMMENTS:
This combined with Purp's snackuum would cover hardwood and carpet treats. A+ Jab! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:47:00
If Dave's delicrassitude becomes too embarrasssing, he might need to be put on a food chain. Otherwise, call Spongebob! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 18:35:00
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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)
Uncouthishment
Created by: rexcausey
Pronunciation: un-cooth-ish-ment
Sentence: Brad dove to the floor for his daily dose of uncouthishment after he tore open the bag of chips and they spilled all over the kitchen floor.
Etymology: Uncouthishment is a noun derived from the words 1.)uncouth(Crude; unrefined) and 2.) nourishment(food, nutriment, or sustenance).
Dedirt
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: duh-DURT
Sentence: Alex was not about to let the doughnut his clumsy date dropped go to waste, and he gobbled up the dedirt.
Etymology: dessert + dirt
Germunch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jərmənch
Sentence: Billy*s mom is a germ-a-phobe. Her house is cleaner than a surgeon*s hands. When he went away to college Billy became the antithesis of of her. He would eat anything on a dare; worms, cockroaches, food off the bathroom floor. He extended the 5-second rule to the 5-minute rule. He would germunch just about anything just to get a reaction. Because of his reduced stature his friends often referred to him as the germunchkin.
Etymology: germ (a microorganism, esp. one that causes disease) + munch (eat (something) with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws)
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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Flooraging
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: flô"rijing
Sentence: I pretended not to see my co-worker Sal flooraging up the chunk of my Eclaire that I just dropped.
Etymology: Foraging (the act of searching for food and provisions) + Floor
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 12:59:00
Excellent. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:33:00
Nice combination - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:33:00
Great minds think alike...I had used this in my sentence! - Nosila, 2008-09-30: 22:49:00
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Plibble
Created by: micvice
Pronunciation: PLIH-bul
Sentence: Marcel was very clumsy and a bit of a glutton, so naturally quite the plibbler.
Etymology: plop, nibble
Foodianslip
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: food/ee/an/slip
Sentence: At the party, Joe just reacted with another foodianslip when he dropped his cake and then immediately proceeded to get down on all-fours to lick the icing off the rug.
Etymology: FOODIANSLIP - noun - FOOD + FREUDIAN SLIP
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COMMENTS:
Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:15:00
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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