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DEFINITION: v., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.
Verboticisms
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Obfuscake
Created by: mvsmyth
Pronunciation: obb-fuss-kayk
Sentence: Rupert swore he followed every step of the recipe exactly as written, but the resulting gateau convinced him that Karin had clearly obfuscaked him by withholding a key ingredient.
Etymology: Combination of "obfuscate", meaning to make unclear or unintelligible, and "cake", being a type of food to which this act might be applied.
Recipeionage
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: res-ih-pee-on-aje
Sentence: Jack was always more than happy to share his "secret formula" for his fried catfish blend of 11 herbs ans spices. It was just too bad that everytime he shared it was a clear case of recipeionage as all eleven herbs and spices listed were "all spice", leaving the recipient of the ingrediuent list bemused and disappointed.
Etymology: recipe + espionage
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COMMENTS:
This is good one....sounds like a mission. - mweinmann, 2008-11-26: 09:32:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:20:00
has a great sense of mystery - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 13:02:00
Javk sent me his recipe for Stuffed Babbage...but it didn't quite make it.
I LOVE spy formulas. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:29:00
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Omitstery
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: oh-mit-stir-ee
Sentence: The cassarole that Teddy served was fantastic. Too bad he decided to keep the recipe as an omitstery and not tell me what the filling was made of. This really shows the level of his ingreedience.
Etymology: Omit+ mystery
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COMMENTS:
Maybe Teddy left out 'soylent green' ("Soylent Green is people!"). Ingreedience is a good one too. - Tigger, 2007-11-25: 18:59:00
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Deficipe
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: dih-fI-sih-pi
Sentence: Cheng is tired of people asking for his mouth-watering roast duck recipe, so he created a deficipe instead to be given out to anyone, anytime without have to worry if it would affect his restaurant business.
Etymology: 1) Deficient: falling short of some prescribed norm. 2) Recipe: directions for making something.
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COMMENTS:
Cheng is tired of people asking for his mouth-watering roast duck recipe, so he created a deficipe instead to be given out to anyone, anytime without have to worry about his restaurant business. - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 01:34:00
Sheet I accidentally wrote the sentence in the comment box again! :-P - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 01:35:00
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Recipionage
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ress-er-pee-a-narzh
Sentence: as i tasted the chocolate cake i had just made, the flavour of the anchovies was overwhelming...it was then i realised i had been a victim of recipionage
Etymology: recipe, espionage
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COMMENTS:
ha, funny! - remistram, 2007-11-22: 09:41:00
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Ood
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: Just like it reads: ood
Sentence: Me: What's for supper? She: My usual, ood.
Etymology: Food - f = ood
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COMMENTS:
Cute word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 18:21:00
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Ingreedyent
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ihn-GREED-ee-uhnt
Sentence: Alex thought he was leaving out an ingreedyent of his PBJs by not mentioning the peanut butter.
Etymology: ingredient + greedy possession of a recipe
Nongrediant
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: non - greed- ee- ant
Sentence: Marybeth went to her grave knowing her nongredient would result in others producing a less satisfying stuffing.
Etymology: non - greed (it really is greed,isn't it?) ee - ant(the most democratic beast of the animal kingdom)
Alamodeification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/la/mode/i/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: Sally's piece de resistance at the end of a meal was her famous homemade ice cream. When guests begged for her recipe she always gave then the one with the alamodeification.
Etymology: a la mode + modification
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COMMENTS:
Perhaps you left 'Alamo' out of your etymology deliberately??? What a clever way to convey the failure of the alamodeification! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 13:00:00
A tip of the hat to a MASTER verbotomist. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:11:00
Great word...I'dlike some vanilla right now myself! - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:43:00
Great word. Also brings to mind of events at SAN ANTONIO, Texas in 1836. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:16:00
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Missapeeded
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: This don't taste right,I think she missapeeded me again.Martha Stuart would never do such a thing,prison taught her better you know.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James