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'May I ask, what are you doing?'

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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Crudeates

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: crude/eat/ays

Sentence: Once the platter of hors-d'oeuvres hit the floor the hungry guests quickly turned the crudites into crudeates.

Etymology: crudites (hors-d'oeuvre of mixed raw vegetables + crude + eat

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Very sophisticated word, J-wock! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:23:00

mais oui! - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:06:00

"Crud" - a great word that I sometime used frequently. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:32:00

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Upgrub

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: UHP-gruhb

Sentence: Fastidiousness wasn't one of Bob's stronger points. And from the time when he was a drover on the Barcoo, and nearly had to eat a barcoo sandwich to survive, his philosophy was that if it was food, it was edible. So when any yumflot hit the floor, Bob quickly upgrubbed it.

Etymology: Blend of YUM & FLOT(sam): By analogy -when tasty food falls "overboard. Yum: yummy, tasty, scrumptious. UPGRUB: grub: "food" & vb: to forage.

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COMMENTS:

good one - Mustang, 2008-09-30: 14:16:00

metrohumanx Yumflot upgrub never ever foodsnub. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:27:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:08:00

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Pentagabite

Created by: egyptodd

Pronunciation: pen-tah-guh-bite

Sentence: A cookie changes to a pentagabite in the slippery hands of a toddler

Etymology: pentagon (from 5-second rule) + bite

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Flooraging

hooterbug

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

metrohumanx 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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Lineoleyum

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lin o lee yum

Sentence: Barry hated to waste food. He did not know why, but if it fell on the floor, it tasted a bit better. It was embarrassing to go anywhere with him, as he devoured this lineoleyum no matter who was watching...it was even more embarrassing when he did it at his wife's boss's parties!

Etymology: Linoleum (floor covering) & Yum (exclamation when something looks/tastes delicious)

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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:

metrohumanx Welcome Matt ! Love it. VERY satisfying microstory, Nosila. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:21:00

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Snackuum

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: snak-youm

Sentence: Judging from the bloody finger he was sporting, it was evident that Bob had a run-in with the dog when he tried to snacuum the chip from the floor.

Etymology: snack, vacuum

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COMMENTS:

Blend of snack & vacuum. Where will it end, Purps: absolutely love it!!! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 05:02:00

I laughed out loud before 8am. You win a prize. Eureka I've found a Hooverchip and a Kirbycake. Great word Purp! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:43:00

perfect! - remistram, 2007-10-11: 10:57:00

I guess a group of them would be called a snackuum pack - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-11: 12:31:00

libertybelle that's a terrific word! - libertybelle, 2007-10-11: 12:37:00

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Hungreed

Created by: FayeWord

Pronunciation: hung-greed

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Floorfeastishism

Created by: November

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Barbara had to realize that Ben was neither into her new red Manolos nor her well pedicured feet, but was suffering from a bad case of FloorFeastishism.

Etymology: Floor + Feast; • verb 1 have a feast. 2 (feast on) eat large quantities of.   — PHRASES feast one’s eyes on gaze at with pleasure.    — ORIGIN Latin festa, from festus ‘joyous’. + Fetish/Fetishism; a form of sexual desire in which gratification is focused abnormally on an object, part of the body, or activity

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Linoleyumyum

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: lin-OLE-ee-yum-yum

Sentence: Bart didn't subscribe to the '5 second rule', he considered anything that had been dropped on the floor by himself or others to be a delectable linoleyumyum however long it may have been laying there.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'linoleum' and 'yum yum'

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-11: 01:35:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-12: 00:30:00
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-08: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James