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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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Reskipe
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: res/kip/ee
Sentence: While shopping for the ingredients, something told Suzanne that something was just not right. How could THIS be all that was inside Julia's DELICIOUS casserole? She swore she tasted ground turkey, but why wasn't it on the list? It wasn't until the strange concoction was pulled out of the oven that Julia realized Jan had managed to slip her yet another reskippee.
Etymology: recipe + skip
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COMMENTS:
Hahaha. Good one, Lumee. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:40:00
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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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Moronerrorsauce
Created by: bbawden
Pronunciation: moore-ahn-eh-roar-sawss
Sentence: Yo, Paulie! My guma's cookin' tonight. She thought my ma didn't like her cause she's mormon but ma gave her our secret family recipe for moronerrorsauce.
Etymology: Moron- Because you are a moron for making an error.. Error- You will oubviously be making an error. Sauce- No, you are not saucy tonight.
Pseudoingredient
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Sue-doe-in-gree-dee-int
Sentence: Sander's recipes dated back to Tudor times, this bird had been dwarfed by a behemoth containing no fewer than 48 birds of 12 different species with 20 different spices and one pseudoingredient he would never dilvulge to anyone that asked for the recipe.
Etymology: Pseudo;(from Greek ψευδής "lying, false") is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not: Ingredient; An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish.
Voidcipe
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: voyd-suh-pee
Sentence: If I make aunt carols avacado salad without avacados, noone will know it's hers. it will be my very own voidsipe
Etymology: void+recipe
Misgrent
Created by: patrick12345
Pronunciation: miss/grint
Sentence: To think my mom thought i would give her my misgrent for my apple pie.
Etymology: missing+ingredient
Degrediate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Dee-greed-ee-ate
Sentence: Whenever he was asked to pass on one of his original recipes Clarence always made sure to degrediate the recipe of one of the most important ingredients.
Etymology: de = to remove or undo + ingredient
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COMMENTS:
how degrediating! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-22: 09:47:00
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Recipiece
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: res/uh/pees
Sentence: Karen: "This chocolate cake doesn't taste the same as yours. Did you give me the right recipe?" Barb: "Yes, I gave you my special chocolate cake recipiece." Karen: "Did you say recipe, or recipiece?" Barb: "Would I hold back on you? I definitely gave you my recipiece!" Karen: "I think you're saying recipiece...."
Etymology: RECIPIECE - noun from RECIPE (a set of directions with a list of ingredients for making, or preparing food) + PIECE (a part of the whole thing)
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COMMENTS:
So appropriate and easy to remember, I know this is one great create I'll use! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 12:47:00
Good one, O-Bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:15:00
...sorry. i meant Steve-O ! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:16:00
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Ingredinyet
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: in-gree-dee-nyet
Sentence: I tried making the Chili following the directions Bob gave to me. It wasn't the same, it was missing something. What was that last ingredinyet that he "forgot"?
Etymology: Ingredient: Latin ingrediēns - something that enters as an element into a mixture. + Nyet: Russian – No.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James