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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.
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Recippease
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: RES i peez
Sentence: Every time I make that apricot pie, my neighbor bugs me for how it's done - I finally caved, but in the recippease I gave her, I left out the cardamon and lemon zest, which is what really makes it special.
Etymology: recipe + appease
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COMMENTS:
Damn it, now you all know!!! - kabloozie, 2007-11-22: 00:54:00
Ha! And all this time I've been adding cardoon. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 06:44:00
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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.
Recispurious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: resəspyoŏrēəs
Sentence: The chorus around the holiday table is always **Mine never taste as good as Granny*s**. She smiles to herself knowing that the cards she had printed detailing her famous apple pie are recispurious. No sugar? Shouldn*t they know better? In any case, Granny is sure to keep her edge on the other women in the family for now.
Etymology: recipe (a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required) + spurious (not being what it purports to be; false or fake)
Unnecessipe
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: un-ness-i-pea
Sentence: Uncle Uttering was known for giving an unnecessipe to people that asked for his recipes to assure himself that his recipes remained secret.
Etymology: Unnecessary-Not required. Recipe-is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.
Missymessypees
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Miss -ee - Mess - uh - pees
Sentence: The young maid decided to make a magic brew, a love potion number two ... to use on you! From the oysterman she took a single oyster crab, because her magic book of recipes, called for just a dab. After letting it set in chocolate sauce overknight, by morning, it was ready ... just seemed so right! But she forgot the incantation that it required, also. Without the chant ... unenchanted ... his love would never grow! So he remained maidless ... due to her missing word link! Those missedoutrecipes, are not worth a zip to drink. "Nun for me!" ... we say to those Missymessypees!
Etymology: (1) Missy - for the missing part. Messy - to describe what it makes. Pees for the last sillybull (pun intended) of recipes! (2) Miss is synonmous with maid as well ... and missy, is what men do when the maid is gone ... and messy they become, when the maid is gone! (3) Too many double (maybe triple) meanings in lots of this ... so feel free to write your own etymologies for those you see!
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COMMENTS:
charming - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:25:00
Love the poetic license! - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:42:00
Ha! Great one! - lumina, 2008-11-27: 01:59:00
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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.
Reciproximate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ress-eh-PROX-uh-muht
Sentence: Lester takes great pride in the many dishes he has developed over the years and he jealously guards his recipes so when asked for them he always offers up a reciproximate, a recipe containing the main ingredients but which always leaves out 2 or 3 very important items.
Etymology: Blend of 'recipe' and 'approximate'
Hoaxture
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: HOKS/tur
Sentence: It was clear, as we all passed the jello mold and drank, that Jim had fallen for a hoaxture.
Etymology: hoax + mixture
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COMMENTS:
BEWARE the Jell-o shots. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:32:00
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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
Bluffanowings
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bluff - a - no - wings
Sentence: Marcy was ecstatic. She had finally talked John into giving her his secret recipe for Buffalo wings. It had taken months of wrangling and cajoling but, here it was...neatly written on a 3x5 index card. John made the best Buffalo Wings she had ever had. They were just the right amount of zip, crunch, meat and bones. Every morsel was a bite to be savored. What she was not aware of was that she really had his receipe for Bluffanowings. As she read through the recipe, and imagined herself making them for the first time, she wondered to herself "how does he make them look like wings?"
Etymology: The word Bluff (to mislead or deceive) is combined with Buffalo (as in Buffalo Wings) to start the word. After Bluff, the last part of Buffalo is replaced with ano which is a combination of the word And and No. Finally, the last part of BuffaloWings is added with "Wings". The whole thing is just a play on the popular appetizer....but with no Wings.
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COMMENTS:
very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:18:00
That sentence literally made my mouth water. Thanks, mysterious Mweinmann. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:12:00
Will have to settle for a bouffle (souffle) instead. - petaj, 2008-11-26: 19:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James