Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To prepare or process food in a manner that renders it unpalatable, indigestible and completely inedible. n., Food which has been prepared in such a way that it is unfit for human, or even non-human, consumption.
Verboticisms
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Cuisinedegrade
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kweh-ZEEN-de-grayd
Sentence: Caroline's one specialty was in the area of cuisinedegrade....she could make even beef wellington taste and look like pet food.
Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (a style or quality of cooking; cookery) and 'degrade' (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
Recipust
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: res-i-pust
Sentence: n. There weren't enough napkins at the table to hide the recipust when Jenine wasn't looking. v. To my complete and utter shock, my new neighbor recipusted something that was once food (or at least certain parts of it were food to certain species in the food chain) and brought it over to my house. I had her try my cobbler last week..so I had to oblige and try her recipust. Actually, I lied and said I tried it that night with my husband, when in fact we couldn't even feed it to the dogs. We flushed it down the toilet.
Etymology: recipe + pus + disgust
Mangepoop
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Monge-poop
Sentence: OMG!! What is in this shizz food type thing? It is complete mangepoop im tellin' ya!
Etymology: Comes from the French, Mange Tout which is a type of vegitable. Mange (meaning to eat) and Tout (meaning all). Also poop because it's like eating poo.
Gastrick
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gas trik
Sentence: Had she really thought about it, people only ever came to one of Meala's candlelight suppers once and never returned. Thinking that each meal was a gourmet adventure, it was actually a gastrick. Her guests(victims) labelled some of her signature dishes with names like: Smoked Salmonella, Ptomainto Soup, Ecoliflour with Cheese,Spaghetti Botulinese,DehliBelly Jelly,Beef Strokenough,Steak Torture,and Escergots.
Etymology: Gastric (relating to or involving the stomach) & Trick (an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent)
Fudbar
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Food-bar
Sentence: Rebecca was known far and wide for her ability to FUBAR just about any recipe. Which is why her friends always raved about her potlucks.
Etymology: The military acronym FUBAR (F'd up beyond all recognition), altered to be F'd up dinner beyond all recognition).
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:41:00
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Marbecue
Created by: G1GGSY11
Pronunciation: mar-be-cue
Sentence: the dinner was marbecued,totally under done and raw.
Etymology: mar- to spoil barbecue- a way of preparing food
Palaterrible
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: paləterəbəl
Sentence: Joan hates to waste anything. This includes food that she has kept a bit too long. Just last week she tried to pass off on her boy friend a palaterrible sandwich, made with sticky coldcuts that were making their own mayonnaise. He thought better of it and went out for lunch.
Etymology: palatable (pleasant to taste) + terrible (extremely and shockingly or distressingly bad or serious)
Catastronomic
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Cat-ass-tro-nom-ik
Sentence: No matter what meal Amelia prepared it always ended up a complete catastronomic affair. Her husband Joe was even thinking of divorce to save him from going bankrupt by having to order takeaways every evening.
Etymology: Catastrophic(a complete disaster) + Gastonomic(the art of cooking) ORIGIN Greek gastronomia from gaster 'stomach'
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:06:00
as appealing a meal as the ass of a cat. Like it. - rombus, 2008-11-11: 10:55:00
I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 21:29:00
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Alacommode
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/la/come/ode
Sentence: A local eatery serves their dinner alacommode. The chairs which are really toilet seats come in very handy to cleanse the palate between courses.
Etymology: a la mode + commode (toilet)
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COMMENTS:
Grossed me out! Sure got the point across! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:24:00
Very interesting word and sentence. Sure give the occupational health and safety experts food for thought! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:05:00
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Prepaputrefy
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: pre-pu-PYOU-tri-FI
Sentence: The young woman worked tirelessly for hours over a hot stove prepaputrfying her first Christmas dinner. Sadly, it did not go well.
Etymology: a blend of prepare + putrefy
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-14: 18:53:00
Great gross in your cartoon today ... from the critter's butt sticking up ... to the facial expressions ... to the hair on the bite on the fork ... even the colors were putrid combinations!
I'm glad to hear you find my color sense is putrid. ~ James
bananabender - 2008-01-14: 20:49:00
What a regurgitreat of a day in Verbotomyland! The creative juices have been flowing freely today. Now, what am I gonna cook for dinner???
We could always eat our words... ~ James
zebrahdh - 2008-01-17: 18:50:00
That's great illustration! Thanks for using my suggestion!
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:36:00
Love it. Just like the joke about MPE's - Meals Pre-Excreted.
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:41:00
that's what i get for using a new laptop - my comment ends up in the wrong place. I hope i didn't accidentally vote for myself too.
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 16:59:00
vote n disgustisive and demealiorize
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 17:00:00
whoops
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James