Verboticism: Bluffanowings

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.
Bluffanowings
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bluff - a - no - wings
Sentence: Marcy was ecstatic. She had finally talked John into giving her his secret recipe for Buffalo wings. It had taken months of wrangling and cajoling but, here it was...neatly written on a 3x5 index card. John made the best Buffalo Wings she had ever had. They were just the right amount of zip, crunch, meat and bones. Every morsel was a bite to be savored. What she was not aware of was that she really had his receipe for Bluffanowings. As she read through the recipe, and imagined herself making them for the first time, she wondered to herself "how does he make them look like wings?"
Etymology: The word Bluff (to mislead or deceive) is combined with Buffalo (as in Buffalo Wings) to start the word. After Bluff, the last part of Buffalo is replaced with ano which is a combination of the word And and No. Finally, the last part of BuffaloWings is added with "Wings". The whole thing is just a play on the popular appetizer....but with no Wings.
Points: 536
Comments: Bluffanowings
Jabberwocky - 2008-11-26: 11:18:00
very good
metrohumanx - 2008-11-26: 14:12:00
That sentence literally made my mouth water. Thanks, mysterious Mweinmann.
petaj - 2008-11-26: 19:28:00
Will have to settle for a bouffle (souffle) instead.