Verboticism: Contrabank
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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Cachehere
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: cash heer
Sentence: Penny told everyone that she was a cashier, but that was just a beard for the thing she did at home with booze, chocolate and potato chips. She would find a way to cachehere them all over the house. Tradesmen were always finding goodies when they were called in to repair things.
Etymology: Cache (secret hiding place) & Here (this place or location)& WordPlay on Cashier (person who recieves or pays out money)
Laysaway
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: leys-uh-wey
Sentence: Josh has more hiding places for snacks around the office than he can remember. He definitely believes in the Laysaway plan.
Etymology: Lays (a snack brand) layaway (an article or item put away for annuitized payments)
Calorefuge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kahl owe reffff euj
Sentence: having neglected to clean out his calorefuge before his extended leave, He noticed a strange smell in his office upon his return, whereupon two rather green ex-muffins tried to climb onto his lap to welcome him back
Etymology: calorie refuge
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COMMENTS:
What a picture! What an ending! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:36:00
cute blend, how lovely to have 2 green muffins for St.Pat's Day (last year!) - Nosila, 2009-03-18: 19:01:00
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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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Contrabank
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: CON trah BANK
Sentence: At the girls dormitory cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, and even chocolate or any kind of junk food were considered contraband. Sue thought life without vices was more of a sin than with them. Her life would be contritely bland, without her contraband, so she had a whole contrabank of goodies.
Etymology: CONTRABAND: BANK:
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:25:00
Terrific one letter change! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:45:00
loved it. - mweinmann, 2009-03-18: 12:57:00
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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)
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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Snackristy
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: /snahk-riss-tee/
Sentence: The priest would hide candy bars and sodas within the snackristy to tempt the gangly altar boys and the painted Jezabels of the parish to stay after mass and accept his catechism.
Etymology: sacristy - the room in a church where the sacred items are kept; snack - a small quantity of food betwixt meals to prevent the gut from digesting itself
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COMMENTS:
Domenic- go frisk 'em. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:28:00
Perfecto! - readerwriter, 2009-03-18: 08:21:00
(W)holy unacceptable :) - galwaywegian, 2009-03-18: 10:17:00
Tad sackreligious! Very Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:30:00
Also snackreligious....and funny - mweinmann, 2009-03-18: 12:56:00
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Chocalotdrop
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chocolate drop
Sentence: Theo surreptitiously withdrew a Mars Bar from the chocalotdrop. Unfortunately he was spotted by the cleaner who yelled out "Mr. Bromine! so you are the culprit inviting all the ants into the office".
Etymology: chocolate drop (a sweet treat) + a lot (large quantity) + drop (a location for depositing things eg. book drop at the library)
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 13:05:00
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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.