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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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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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Pieletdown
Created by: apeavy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After my sweet party, I experienced a major case of pieletdown when I got the munchies.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I like this and sounds like "pilot down" - hope there wasn't an air disaster - petaj, 2007-11-13: 02:11:00
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Depizzeression
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: De piz zeres sion
Sentence: A deep depizzeression shrouded Tom when he discovered that the pizza box in the fridge was empty. Depizzerate for oodles of cheese, he decided to spend the last of his gas money on a order of pizza.
Etymology: Depression (the condition of feeling sad or despondent) & pizza (popular food item)
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COMMENTS:
good choice - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:42:00
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Dyspizzia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: diss/peet/zia
Sentence: Deep dish dyspizzia set in when he opened the pizza pizza box and found only crusts (his least favourite bit).
Etymology: dyspepsia + pizza
Sliceanothingnis
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (slice-a-noth-ing-nis)
Sentence: When he opened the box of pizza he found there to be sliceanothingnis.
Etymology: Slice: regarding to a piece "slice" of pizza. A: a Nothingnis: nothing is there.
Disapizzament
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dis-uh-PEET-suh-ment
Sentence: Upon opening the fridge door and finding the empty pizza box Bob, hating himself for having slept till noon, accepted that all things come to him who waits, especially disapizzament.
Etymology: Blend of disappointment(state of frustated expectations)& pizza
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
Boxahnot
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After sweeping the floor and taking out the trash washing the car,I sit down to a boxahnot- you people are sick.
Etymology:
Oilofoyvey
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oyl/of/oy/vey
Sentence: He suffered pangs of oilofoyvey when he discovered nothing but a slick of grease in the empty pizza box.
Etymology: oil + oy vey (an exclamation of dismay or exasperation)+ oil of olay
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COMMENTS:
Took me a minute -followed by a big goofy laugh on my part! - libertybelle, 2007-11-12: 13:53:00
Took me a little longer:100/100 for inventiveness! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-12: 15:55:00
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Deepdishfunk
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Deep-dish-funk
Sentence: Megan rolled over, hit the snooze button, and began to roll into the cool part of the pillow when she noticed the pizza box still behind the clock from last night's "discussion" with Andy, and she thought about how great a greasy cold slice of triple Italian sausage would be right now, so she flipped the lid up on the box, only to discover the orange drainage amalgam of sausage grease and pizza sauce, but nary a remaining slice, and decided that she would have to start the day in a deepdishfunk.
Etymology: Deep dish: a common reference to Sicilian or Chicago-style pizza that is cooked in a deep pizza pan + Funk: an emotional frame of mind a few steps further than the common malaise.
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:42:00
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Comments:
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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.