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DEFINITION: n. The art of sneaking to the office kitchen without having to take orders from your colleagues for coffee, or tea, or anything... v. To sneak in and out of the office kitchen without getting caught.

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Sneacup

Created by: sunny09

Pronunciation: snee-cup

Sentence: after graduating first in her class, Sally felt fully able to pull off a sneacup at the office.

Etymology: sneak + cup.

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COMMENTS:

Wow! This word is good! It sneaked up on me.... - wordmeister, 2007-04-02: 13:53:00

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Kitchoyeur

Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: kichaI3:

Sentence: He always gets his tea cold by frequent kitchoyerurs.

Etymology: Kitchen is that small room which is devoted to cooking. voyeur: a person who gets pleasure from secretly watching other people have sex

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Underecoffeessance

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: under-re-coffee-since

Sentence: Because of Maureens's skilled underecoffeessance, she was offered the office corporal sergeant award at the dundies last year.

Etymology: from undercover + reconnaissance + coffee

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COMMENTS:

i'm sorry i couldn't help it. the office if my favorite show! - ekath, 2007-03-30: 22:56:00

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Stealthyeating

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: stelth ee eet ing

Sentence: Jane Bond was the Queen of stealthyeating. She'd be sitting at her desk one minute and a minute later she'd have a full meal miraculously appear at her work station. No one could figure how she made it to the kitchen and back without anyone knowing. Little did they know their mild-mannered administrative assistant had been trained by the CIA in covert cusinary capers.

Etymology: Stealthy (marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed) & Wordplay on Healthy Eating (Conciously ingesting only nutritious foods)

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COMMENTS:

she must have been from Cavan (where they eat their dinner from a drawer) - galwaywegian, 2011-03-07: 13:49:00

She was definitely from the Copa Cavana - Nosila, 2011-03-07: 14:39:00

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Culininjery

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: "culin-injury"

Sentence: My culininjery was strong this morning; I managed to get myself a coffee without having to fetch anyone else's.

Etymology: "Culinary" + "ninja" + the oft-neglected "-ery" suffix.

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Coffeelude

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: käfēloōd

Sentence: Down the back stairs, around to the side of the building, into the loading dock entrance, up the service elevator to the 5th floor and back down the stairs and a few quick steps to the snack room. This is the formula Georgia uses to coffeelude ”Could you get me” requests from co-workers. Now she needs to explain to her boss why a coffee break takes her 30 minutes or more.

Etymology: coffee (a drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub) + elude (evade or escape from)

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Eatraider

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eet ray der

Sentence: Jocelyn was an accomplished eat-raider. Not only could she out sell her colleagues on the Internet and the NYSE and TSE, she could plan her futures, so that after she placed a particularly steep bid which left her co-workers focussed on their screens and trying to understand her ploys, she made a commandonut & coffee raid on the staff kitchen. When she picked out the consomme instead of the boullion, she ran back to make a stock exchange and pointed to it with her index finger. Since you had to pay for the food, she was often a broker eat-raider. Yes, Jocelyn was a stealthy eater.

Etymology: Eat (take in solid food) & Raider (someone who takes spoils or plunder or a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management)& e-trader ( someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold on the electronic stock market).

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Circumcaffeinate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sur-kuhm-kaf-uh-neyt

Sentence: With the silence of a whisper and the stealth of a wisp of smoke, Kathy can circumceaffinate her way in and out of the break room with nary a "me too" from officemates.

Etymology: circumnavigate (go around) + caffeinate (containing caffeine)

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Ninjatate

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: nin ja tate

Sentence: Doreen was getting really good at getting in and out of the office kitchen with nothing but her own coffee and donut. It took a bit of practice, but she finally became very good at ninjatating to the kitchen and back before anyone noticed she was gone.

Etymology: Ninja-silent killers/attackers gravitate-slowly getting to said destination

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Drinkslink

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: drink slink (boring, I know)

Sentence: her drinkslink while effective was costing her a fortune in replacing tights. She was going to have to invest in kneepads or a flask!

Etymology: drink slink ( I know, I know)

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COMMENTS:

I love rhyming verbotomies - Alchemist, 2007-03-31: 06:36:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-30: 01:31:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Bulletchewer - 2007-03-30: 04:24:00
Schrutestealth

Bulletchewer - 2007-03-30: 04:30:00
Oops- wrong button. Sorry for the shameless advertising! Better get myself some coffee!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-06-15: 11:30:00
I LIKE EATRAIDER ! The double meaning is very funny... Metrohumanx

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-16: 03:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James