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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.
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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
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.
Slicelack
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation:
Sentence: he got home from work and his nose sensed the cheerful smell of warm fresh pizza. but when he finally reached the box, he felt the worst slicelack ever, finding out there was none left for him.
Etymology: slice + lack, meaning lack of slices.
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)
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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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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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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Tenebrificatiouspizzomission
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: ten-i(t)-bri(t)-fi(t)-cae-shus-pee-zo-mish-shun
Sentence: Uncle George: 235 pounds, 5,7', pot-bellied, overweight 40-something dad who eats only delivery pizza, finds himself today with an empty box, his own face depressed, and a taciturn emotion towards the devoid pizza slice(s).
Etymology: tenebrific (cheerless/depressing) + pizza + omission
Fulfizzallusion
Created by: retoricaljoe
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I´ll kill my sister if she left me hungry in that fulfizzallusion again!
Etymology: Fulfill + pizza + illusion
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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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.