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DEFINITION: n., That sad feeling you get when you open the pizza box, and there's nothing left but grease stains. v. intr., To sit in front of an empty pizza box and sulk.
Verboticisms
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Sicilyearn
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: si-CIL-yern
Sentence: Discovering the box empty, Jason was overcome with a heavy sense of Sicilyearn.
Etymology: Sicilian, yearn
Pizzalack
Created by: cawnpore
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Papa John arrived late, checked the fridge and pizzalacked all night long.
Etymology: pizza+lack
Crustfallen
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: crust-fall-en
Sentence: Jeremy came in hungry after canvassing in nearby neighborhoods all morning. He was crustfallen when he went through not one, not two, not 17, but all 23 pizza boxes at the campaign volunteer center only to find some picked-off olives and crumpled-up napkins. So crustfallen was he that he stripped off his candidate flair and defected to the other candidate, who did not have as many volunteers but had way more pizza.
Etymology: Crestfallen: "Sad because of a recent disappointment" altered to incorporate crust, as in pizza crust.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:41:00
Love it...you got my vote. - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:32:00
Super special! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-11: 16:59:00
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Pizzaster
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: pizz-ass-ter
Sentence: After a night of frivolity and debauchery, Congolia was looking forward to a breakfast of leftover party food, but found only pizzaster when she opened the Domino's box.
Etymology: pizza (ubiquitous food of teenagers and harried moms everywhere) +disaster (a catastrophe or really, really bad thing)
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:51:00
Poor Congolia she should volunteer for the Pizzaster Relief Fund! - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:27:00
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Depressizza
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: duh-press-eet-zah
Sentence: To quell his depressizza he settled for a take out calzone instead.
Etymology: depress (sad) + pizza
Pizzapointment
Created by: babypee
Pronunciation: peet-za-poynt-ment
Sentence: I felt huge pizzapointment when I opened the box and there was nothing there
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Slumpizzad
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: slum-pee-sad
Sentence: I avoided a complete slumpizzad when I returned home by actually eating the boxes. The cardboard had absorbed all the pizza juices, but it was still flaky and crispy. So, I popped it in the microwave for 30 seconds, and it was delicious!
Etymology: slump + pizza + sad
Hawhine
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Hawaiian
Sentence: Lottie fell into hawhine when all she could see in the box was a few pineapply fibres stuck together with coagulated cheese. After months of Gourmandgo, she had ordered this Hawaiian pizza to eat in a normal fashion, only to find that it had been snaffled. The only consolation was to crumplunder around the carton.
Etymology: Haiwaiian (pizza characterised by chunks of pineapple and ham) + whine (a whingy noise made by someone suffering)
Pizzappointment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: pēt'sə-point'mənt
Sentence: Even though Sean had forked out four dollars for his share of the pizza he and the guys had ordered to eat during halftime, he'd chosen a bad time to visit the bathroom, and when he returned, the only thing he found was a box full of pizzapointment. He just sat there staring at the grease stains on the cardboard, utterly crustfallen.
Etymology: pizza (Italian, var. pitta - a flatbread) + disappointment - to fail to fulfill expectations (fr. late Middle English/French, desappointer)
Comments:
On the menu today: Digiornomore Hawhine Sicilyearn Pepperawwni
wordmeister - 2007-11-13: 09:47:00
Sounds like a pizza box full of dashed dreams...
Dadgummit! This would've gotten my vote. Good one.