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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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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).
Tenseconder
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: ten-sek-on-dur
Sentence: John eats food off the floor all the time. He is a total tenseconder
Etymology: a person who takes the "ten second" rule a little to much to heart.
Hyperglandous
Created by: deaninc
Pronunciation: hi-per-gland-us
Sentence: Being hyperglandous does have its opportunity
Etymology: The increased sensitivity of the oral receptors responding to an individual craving
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)
Flooraging
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: flĂ´"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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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
Floorgastrate
Created by: Daneslarue
Pronunciation: Flor-Gas-Trait
Sentence: Oh my gosh! You're floorgastrating that chicken wing!
Etymology: Floor - Location of the food Gastration - Digestion, eating
Flotsyum
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: FLOTZ - yum. In time, no doubt, the "Y" would be lost & the pron would become: flotzum.
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 flotsyum hit the floor, Bob quickly upgrubbed it.
Etymology: Blend of flotsam & yum: By analogy -when tasty food falls "overboard. Yum: yummy, tasty, scrumptious. Upgrub: grub: "food" & vb: to forage. Barcoo sandwich: Any outback food considered to be inedible, as (humorously) a goanna between two slabs of bark.
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COMMENTS:
Bob could have a jetsammich with his flotsyum. They both sound pretty Barcoo to me. Great word and sentence as usual OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:23:00
love upgrubbed as well - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-11: 12:07:00
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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'
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