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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.

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Palaterrible

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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)

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Putrifix

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: pee-u-tri-fix

Sentence: Ugh! I can tell by the smell, that Clalamity is in the kitchen putrifixing!

Etymology: A combo of pee-yew, putrid, and fix.

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COMMENTS:

perhaps this is the putrifix for a junk food addict - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:34:00

Nice word and verbotomy-provoking. Are the words: rot, grot, scat, crap and odi putrifixes? Sorry, I better stop this rotolatry! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:35:00

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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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Chucksuey

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: ch uuk soo ee

Sentence: Everyone at the party agreed to order pizza after they tried the chucksuey Martha made and 3 people ended up in the restroom immediately with vomiting and other problems.

Etymology: Chuck - as in up-chuck or vomit. Suey - as in chop suey.

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COMMENTS:

Love it! - Nosila, 2011-08-19: 11:45:00

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Bloatcuisine

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: blote kwee zeen

Sentence: When Sam & Ella invited friends over for a gourmet meal, the guests never returned or reciprocated. The hosts use of unusual ingredients and bizarre preparation methods of their bloatcuisine made the food unpalatable. At their last epicurious banquet, Sam & Ella served newtritious newts; e-coliflour, with a green cheese sauce; bacon,lettuce & ptomaine-to paininis and scream of botulism soup. For dessert, an elaborate chocolate moose and I scream served on offal waffles was the crowning touch. Sam & Ella learned their craft while working as Chefs for the Addams Family. You can download the recipes from the Readers' Indigest.

Etymology: Play on Haute-Cuisine (Fr: High Cuisine...making elaborate, posh food dishes to high standards) & Bloat (swelling of the abdomen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gastrointeritis, over-indulgence)

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Cesserole

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: SES-uh-rohl

Sentence: Roxie's "piece de resistance" was her cesserole - an annigobnoxious alimentation - barely edible once a year. Bob often wondered whether it would end in cuisinecide!

Etymology: Blend of "CESS" from cesspool & CASSEROLE: a baking dish; any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish. Noun : cesserole; Verb: to cesserole.

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COMMENTS:

very tasteful! - galwaywegian, 2008-01-14: 06:38:00

great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:31:00

I liked cusinecide even better than cesserole ... but that's only cause I'm so easily grossed out. Today's definition certainly led to a lot of verboticisms that can do that! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 18:48:00

great words! Ugh, I'm grossed out too. - bananabender, 2008-01-14: 19:56:00

Ah, I can just picture little kernel of corn floating in it, eww. Good one! - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 00:05:00

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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)

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Muffet

Created by: Niarc

Pronunciation: Muff - ay

Sentence: The guests stared at the table in silence, wondering who would take the first bite. Susan had once again concocted one of her infamous muffets.

Etymology: A combination of 'Buffet' - a system of serving meals in which food where the diners serve themselves, and 'Muff' - A mistake or failure

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COMMENTS:

I'm sorry to have to ask, but is it just one word per user per definition? - Niarc, 2013-01-18: 05:51:00

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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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Yuckotash

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: yuhk-uh-tash

Sentence: People are reluctant to ask Joyce to a pot luck dinner. She insists on bring her infamous yuckotash. A few of the uninitiated will try it only to be forced to find a creative way to get rid of it without offending. Nobody has ever been brave enough to ask for her recipe to discover what ingredient triggers the gag reflex so effectively. They just know a second bite is not going to happen.

Etymology: yuck (used as an expression of disgust or repugnance) + succotash (a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-14: 00:01:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-14: 19:49:00
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???

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-15: 00:03:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-08: 00:13:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James