Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: disəpôrshənmənt

Sentence: When Jill tried Jason’s recipe for baked beans the disaportionment was palpable. Perhaps the omission of beans from the instructions is an issue.

Etymology: disapointment (the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations) + portion (a part of a whole)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thin greed e ent

Sentence: When Maria gave in to requests for her recipes, she was always careful to thingredient them, so repro's never were as devine as her originals. This was fine until they hired a lab manager at work. Her contat fear was that he might get wise...

Etymology: Thin (having little substance or significance;lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)& Ingredient (a component of a mixture or compound)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: less-uh-pee

Sentence: I used my mom's lessipe for spinach and artichoke dip, but it seemed to be missing something - perhaps spinach?

Etymology: less, recipe

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COMMENTS:

Then there's Mom's guessipes... add such-and-such "til it looks right". - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 05:26:00

Sounds somewhat similar to my own 'messipes'. - Mustang, 2007-11-22: 07:43:00

Funny!...got my vote! - remistram, 2007-11-22: 09:42:00

I cook like your Mom - drives everyone crazy but means I usually do the cooking - hmm might have scuppered myself there - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-22: 09:42:00

You and my mom ought to write a lookbook. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 10:22:00

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-22: 16:12:00

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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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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: owt-grē'dē-ənt

Sentence: Teresa smiled to herself after writing out, and handing the recipe for her famous 'pumpkin-apple tarts,' to Janice -- when Janice had begged her to write it down from memory, Teresa had warned her that she was somtimes forgetful -- and now, she realized she had forgotten to include the sugar; an 'outgredient' if you will. 'They certainly will be tart,' Teresa thought to herself, with a chuckle.

Etymology: out (Middle English, outen "to put out") + [in]gredient (Latin, ingrediēns - present participle of ingredī, to enter)

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Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: c-uh-en-sk-uhn-se

Sentence: Debbie knew she'd been culensconced, because she followed Dave's receipe and it still didn't taste like his.

Etymology: Combination of the beginning of "culinary" and the word "esconce"

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: row-st-trick-ee

Sentence: For some reason, I just can't put my finger on it, my Christmas roast never turns out quite like my sister's. Do you suppose she has given me a roasttrickey. It's curious that mine is so FOWL, while hers is so tasty.

Etymology: roast turkey + trick (or trickery)

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COMMENTS:

Not sure - maybe that should have been roasttrickery - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:41:00

You've come up with a verbotomy recipe for success! Pun fun at its very best! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:11:00

Response to your comment ... I think you chose well ... I like roasttrikey best ... seems to make a better sounding pun. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:14:00

Good one...will be remembering it tomorrow. - mweinmann, 2008-11-26: 09:35:00

I like tricky stuffing and tricky gravy, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:06:00

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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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Created by: coolkids58

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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

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