Verboticism: Shotspot
DEFINITION: n. A hiding place which is used to store emergency supplies like donuts, booze and candies. v. To hide special treats in secret locations around your home or office, so you can access them when needed.
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Aystashaway
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: A-stash-away
Sentence: Alice's "aystashaway" was discovered by Sam the computer technician at her work today as he was called in because the computer system shut down all of a sudden. He found her secret "aystashaway" and Alice went pale and was unable to speak because her mouth was crammed full with a stale doughnut. After Sam left...she hurried over to the back of the computer tower and unscrewed the screws and retrieved her other doughnut in her other "aystashaway". Alice breathed a sigh of relief smiled, like a little kid with a big secret and sat down to drink her coffee. The next thing she knew the computer tower started to smoke and spark and out went all the lights in the building! Then... the fire alarm went off and the water sprinklers came on. That day she decided it's best to keep her "aystashaway" away from electronic devices.
Etymology: Combination of an A and a Y to be pronounced as "Ay" as in a stash... Stash;a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache. Away;Out of existence in a secure place or manner. (or so Alice thought)
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COMMENTS:
Alice was a stash away from disaster! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:27:00
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Omnichecient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ohm-NISH-shynt
Sentence: Having several cleverly disguised hiding places around his home and garage for goodies he wanted to keep only for his own uses, Bernard smugly considered himself to be omnichecient and quite clever.
Etymology: Blend of the prefix 'omni' (A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent) 'niche' (A recess in a wall) play on the word omniscient (all knowing)
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COMMENTS:
Very nichely done! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:47:00
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Snackpack
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Snak-pak
Sentence: John decided to snackpack his Mars bar, for safekeeping.
Etymology: from snack (Food eaten between meals) and pack (To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing)
Omnichecient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ohm-NISH-shynt
Sentence: Having several cleverly disguised hiding places around his home and garage for goodies he wanted to keep only for his own uses, Willie smugly considered himself to be omnichecient and quite clever.
Etymology: Blend of the prefix 'omni' (A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent) 'niche' (A recess in a wall) play on the word omniscient (all knowing)
Storeo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sto ree o
Sentence: People who did not grow up in large families did not understand the need to stash away treats from competitive siblings. Treats were few and far between and therefore had to be locked away, guarded or secreted in unlikely places in order to savour when the coast was clear. The old man's pride and joy was his new fangled stereo, complete with 2 large speakers. These speakers today are minute, but in the good old days, they were large, rectangular boxes, big enough to be pieces of furniture themselves. They were open at the back and the space behind them was large enough to store treats that were squirreled away until later, unseen from casual observation at the front of the unit. Hence, the stereo became the storeo. Hi-Fi actually stood for Hide & Find, not High Fidelity. You waited and watched to see which sibling paid unreasonable attention to an inanimate object, like a speaker box, and then you knew where his cache of goodies lay. It was psychologically impossible for him not to keep checking on the loot guiltily. When he was in the bathroom or outside playing, you then helped yourself to his treats. Of course, you had him, because he could not complain to the folks, or the old man would have his hide for putting his sound system at risk with melty treats, like oreo cookies. It was a perfect arrangement and it was true, the forbidden fruit always tasted sweeter!
Etymology: Stereo (reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound ) & Store (to save;a supply of something available for future use) & Stow (stash something away) & Oreo (the famous choclate cookie with a white cream filling).
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COMMENTS:
I've heard stories of snack-depivation. Kids secretly gorging themselves on sweet baking ingredeients- even molasses- just for the sugar. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:31:00
What a storeovision! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:53:00
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Stashaslot
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: stash-a-slot
Sentence: I see the problem with your computer memory... your stashaslot is full of sticky goo!
Etymology: Stash- To hide or store away in a secret place. A- Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing. Slot- A narrow opening; a groove or slit.
Chocolocker
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chok + oh + lock + ur
Sentence: Crissy craved chocolate. She was always chewing on a chunk, chip, bar, nugget, kiss or cookie....anything with chocolate. She decided to collocate everything she craved in a huge chocolocker. It became her chewy, crispy chocolate containing cabinet, secured with a combination lock.
Etymology: Chocolate and Locker >> We all know what Chocolate means. This chocolate is contained in a locked cabinet so it can be hidden away....
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COMMENTS:
Sweet alliteration! Sweet creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:40:00
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Smorgashoard
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: smor gas hord
Sentence: Thor, being of Viking descent, had developed the habit of hiding olaf his food all around his home, so that he could eat or drink something wherever he was with little effort. He hid candies in his mail box; mead bottles in his toilet tank(Skol!); herring in his ottoman storage area; nuts in his sock drawer and potato chips in his computer desk. He called this food his smorgashoard, or so the saga goes. It seemed like a good idea until the insects and mice found his cache and overran his home. Now Thor is full of re-Norse and he will have to find other ways to be toastin' Odin, like pillaging his fridge and raiding his pantry.
Etymology: Smorgasbord (an assortment of foods served as a buffet meal) & Hoard (a secret store of valuables or money; save up as for future use)
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COMMENTS:
mmmmmmmmmm - galwaywegian, 2010-09-29: 08:15:00
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Stashpile
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: stash-pyle
Sentence: Mona's stashpile of several President's Choice massive milk chocolate bars were strategically hidden inside the photocopier to make them slightly softer and creamy.
Etymology: stash + pile (like stockpile)
