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Metamorphigest
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: Me-ta-mor-phi-gest
Sentence: With the new Hollywood diet, Sally eventually metamorphigested into air.
Etymology: Metamorphosis + digest
Swallomein
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Swal-low-mane
Sentence: It is a weird and rare phenomenon, to be swallomeined, of course it does have benefits... cannibalism has never been more popular, or tasty!
Etymology: Swallow (to consume) + lo mein (a common Chinese food dish)
Engrocered
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: engrossed
Sentence: "Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden.
Etymology: engross + grocery
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COMMENTS:
"Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
Sigh - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
"herd" you the first time - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:56:00
Can you rephrase that in grosser terms? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 06:46:00
Why, I artichoke you, but I'm too busy munching on my freshly picked lettuce. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 07:23:00
At least lettuce isn't as cucumbersome to manipulate grammatically. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:37:00
I love a gramma pie. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 02:18:00
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Bullemina
Created by: bazngill
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She is such a bullemina
Etymology: bullemic
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COMMENTS:
roots in bullemic. - bazngill, 2007-07-08: 05:07:00
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Vegetabeing
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: vej ah tah bee ing
Sentence:
Etymology:
Anthelme
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈanˌθelm/
Sentence: After eating nothing but carrots for a week, the yellow tint of his skin betrayed the fact that he was slowly being anthelmed by them.
Etymology: From Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who originally said "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es," ("Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,") from which we get the phrase "You are what you eat."
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COMMENTS:
you're a very smart guy ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:15:00
Would it decrease your opinion of my intelligence to learn that I only know this quote because it shows up at the beginning of every episode of Iron Chef? - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 21:37:00
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Saladacious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: salad/ay/shush
Sentence: It was embarassing watching her nibble on her carrot because her relationship with food was so saladacious!
Etymology: salacious (erotic) + salad I'm using the meaning for consumed to be captivated or engrossed
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COMMENTS:
gets my vote for the pearotic corntent alone - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 06:46:00
don't even get me started on the corn - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 10:46:00
Oil and vinegar wrestling turns me beet red. - HALibut, 2007-07-05: 13:06:00
Oil and vinegar wrestling turns me beet red. - HALibut, 2007-07-05: 13:07:00
suffrice to satay this tablestalk will keep you blushing - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:14:00
...But I rebeet myself - HALibut, 2007-07-05: 13:14:00
I like this one. It gets to stay in the hat. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:18:00
rebeetition is the pea to suckcess - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:41:00
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Supprising
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: sup-rie-zing
Sentence: according to the carrots, today was going to be the day of their glorious supprising
Etymology: supper, uprising, suprise
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COMMENTS:
Curious that it is the carrots. Everyone knows that brussel sprouts are revolting. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 04:48:00
the pulses usually opt fpr appeasment - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:58:00
I didn't really hate brussel sprouts until I drank brussel-sprout-flavored soda, which was the nastiest thing I've ever tasted. And I've tasted cigarette ash. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:38:00
But are sprouts revolting in Brussels? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 17:49:00
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Goldamut
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: gold-am-ut
Sentence: the rat was goldamutted
Etymology: konkani-english-hindi
Comments:
- 2008-04-20: 02:43:00
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