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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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Pepperawwni
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pepper + aww + nee
Sentence: I was looking forward to some cold pizza for breakfast, so I was disappointed to have a moment of pepperawwni when I actually opened the box.
Etymology: pepperoni + aww
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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Pizzapiening
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: pee-tsuh-PYE-nihng
Sentence: Alex's pizzapiening echoed his sorrow over the date who had walked out on him after having eaten the last piece of pizza eight days ago.
Etymology: pizza pie + pining
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COMMENTS:
Edited to make it clearer and less regional. - mplsbohemian, 2007-11-12: 12:41:00
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Donwan
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: don - wan
Sentence: Jake sat beside the empty pizza box, hungover and now feling donwan as well.
Etymology: donwan a play on don (head of Mafia family) and Don Juan.
Doughjection
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: doh-jek-shin
Sentence: Joe was in despair. In doughjection, he sat there lonely, staring at the grease stains, in his living room, so sad Joe was, and no one was there to cheer him up.
Etymology: dough (element of pizza), dejection
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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Pizzadoh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pee-tza-dow
Sentence: Simon opened the pizza box from the night before, only to find he had already eaten the whole lot. 'Oh pizzadoh' he exclaimed 'I just fancied some of that for my breakfast, now I'll just have to have boring toast instead.
Etymology: Pizza(an Italian dish consisting of a flat,round dough base,baked with a topping of tomato. + Doh(an expression used originally by Homer Simpson when things are not going his way) + Dough(Base of a pizza) = Pizzadoh
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COMMENTS:
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Melancoily
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: mell-en-coy-lee
Sentence: as i opened the box and saw nothing but a greasy stain i became quite melancoily
Etymology: melancholy, oily
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-12: 15:36:00
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Pitipie
Created by: Floatzilla
Pronunciation: Pity Pie
Sentence: Overcome with pitipie Josh stared longingly at the oil spider that signified the absence of pizza.
Etymology: Pity + Pizza Pie
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:
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.