Verboticism: Omitstery

'You made that without using a real turkey?'

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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Omitstery

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: oh-mit-stir-ee

Sentence: The cassarole that Teddy served was fantastic. Too bad he decided to keep the recipe as an omitstery and not tell me what the filling was made of. This really shows the level of his ingreedience.

Etymology: Omit+ mystery

Points: 470

Comments: Omitstery

Tigger - 2007-11-25: 18:59:00
Maybe Teddy left out 'soylent green' ("Soylent Green is people!"). Ingreedience is a good one too.

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