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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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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)
Floordoeuvre
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: flor-derv
Sentence: since the advent of the 5 second rule, i have been able to enjoy many floordoeuvres with a clear conscience
Etymology: floor, hors doeuvre
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COMMENTS:
Fabulous! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-11: 04:42:00
Another great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 05:04:00
perfect - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-11: 06:00:00
excellent rik! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:24:00
Says it all. Excellent! - fourgirls, 2007-10-11: 08:52:00
Outstanding selection. - systemax57, 2007-10-13: 20:35:00
wow!!!good one - aigle101, 2007-10-17: 10:18:00
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Threesecondfool
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: three-seck-und-fool
Sentence: Jeremy was a threesecondfool who would pounce on dropped food, which somehow gained in attractivenss on its way to the floor. He was also known to try to threesecondfool other people by pretending to just happen upon a recently discarded morsel: "Oh, look! I must have dropped one of my shrimp. Ho ho..it's the three-second rule, you know!"
Etymology: Three-second rule combined with fool, both as a noun (he's a threesecondfool) and a verb (don't try to threesecondfool me!).
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaa. Good one,Astorey. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:32:00
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Gravitidbits
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: grav-eh-tid-bits
Sentence: To Murray, just watching snacks drop inside a vending machine made his mouth water. But when food precipitasted to the floor, he could not resist the gravitidbit. Something about falling always improved the flavor. Precipitaste: To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty"
Etymology: Gravity + tidbit
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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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
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:
Terraprehendive
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Madge was stunned when her terraprehendive blind date started licking up the tapioca he spilled on the floor.
Etymology: Terra= Earth Prehend= to grab Dive= as in to dive to the ground. Also: Terra+endive Earth lettuce
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