Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: v., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fridgeraider: /FRIDJ-ehr-ayder/ Dunston is a chronic fridgeraider, having no compulsion whatsoever about stealing other folks lunches from the office fridge. Etymology: Blend of ‘fridge’ (refrigerator) and ‘raider’ (one who raids or steals) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fridgeraider:

libertybelle, 2012-12-05: 14:52:00
ha ha! good one!

Supgrade: /suhp-grayde/ Having just brought a squished and questionably expired bologna sandwich for himself, Nathan attempted to supgrade his lunch to my delectable fluffernutter sandwich. It didn’t end well for Nathan. Etymology: Supper (which my Nana used to call lunch) + Upgrade…. dang now i really want a fluffernutter Created by: libertybelle.

Eaterthief: /E-ter-theef/ Eggbert the eaterthief didn’t think twice about taking what he wanted for lunch from others in his office. Etymology: Eater-One who consumes food.
Thief-A person who steals, especially secretly. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Filchard: /Fil chard/ Wayne was called into the Office Manager’s office at 3:00 pm for his herring. He had been accused by Dory, the new assistant, of stealing her lunch 5 days in a row. She was partial to seafood salads and so apparently was Wayne. Monday he had rustled her mussels;Tuesday he had stole her sole;Wednesday he had pawed her cod; Thursday he had to take her hake and today he had filchard her pilchard. He tried to protest. But his defense floundered when his breath was smelt! Etymology: Filch (make off with belongings of others)& Pilchard (small fatty fish usually canned) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Supgrade: /suhp-grayde/ Having just brought a squished and questionably expired bologna sandwich for himself, Nathan attempted to supgrade his lunch to my delectable fluffernutter sandwich. It didn’t end well for Nathan. Etymology: Supper (which my Nana used to call lunch) + Upgrade…. dang now i really want a fluffernutter Created by: libertybelle.

Fridgeraider: /FRIDJ-ehr-ayder/ Dunston is a chronic fridgeraider, having no compulsion whatsoever about stealing other folks lunches from the office fridge. Etymology: Blend of ‘fridge’ (refrigerator) and ‘raider’ (one who raids or steals) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fridgeraider:

libertybelle, 2012-12-05: 14:52:00
ha ha! good one!

Filchard: /Fil chard/ Wayne was called into the Office Manager’s office at 3:00 pm for his herring. He had been accused by Dory, the new assistant, of stealing her lunch 5 days in a row. She was partial to seafood salads and so apparently was Wayne. Monday he had rustled her mussels;Tuesday he had stole her sole;Wednesday he had pawed her cod; Thursday he had to take her hake and today he had filchard her pilchard. He tried to protest. But his defense floundered when his breath was smelt! Etymology: Filch (make off with belongings of others)& Pilchard (small fatty fish usually canned) Created by: Nosila.

Eaterthief: /E-ter-theef/ Eggbert the eaterthief didn’t think twice about taking what he wanted for lunch from others in his office. Etymology: Eater-One who consumes food.
Thief-A person who steals, especially secretly. Created by: abrakadeborah.

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DEFINITION: n., The fear that your service representative will retaliate after you have complained. v., To be afraid of bad service because you complained about it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Spitangst: /spih-TANG-kst/ Tom felt a bit of spitangst after he had his burger returned to the kitchen. Etymology: Spit (ejection of saliva from the mouth) + Angst (a feeling of dread). Origininating from an urban fear that employees preparing food in restaurants might spit on a customer’s meal if the customer is being particularly demanding or picky. Created by: Pancake.

Remorsel: /re-MORS-el/ When she complained about the serving of cake Angie thought she detected a bit of disdain by the waiter and she experienced a wave of remorsel, fearing some sort of retaliation when the waiter returned with replacement serving. Etymology: Blend of ‘remorse’ (regreat) and ‘morsel’ (a bit of food) Created by: Mustang.

Reciprocake: /ri-sip-ruh-keyk/ After Joyce complained about her entrée she feared that the dessert she ordered might be a slice of reciprocake. Etymology: reciprocate (to give and receive reciprocally; interchange) + cake (a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring) Created by: artr.

Regretel: /re gret el/ When he followed the breadcrumb trail to the house made of candy in the Enchanted Forest, Hansel complained to the old crone that lived there.He could not find his sister and accused her of holding her there against her will. When he realizes her intent, he is full of regretel and so soon is the old crone… Etymology: Regret (remorse;be sorry) & Gretel (Sister in the Grimm fairy tale Hansel & Gretel) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. The unexpected moment of horror when you realize that you’re sharing your bathroom shower with thousands of rapidly replicating fungi, commonly known as orange slime. v. To be colonized by orange slime.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sporror: /spor ror/ When Marion stepped into her shower at the Bates Motel, she was in for a fright. Instead filming a horror movie, she was actually in a sporror movie. The Agent orange slime was so alive, the shock killed her. The mildew actually mildid her in… Etymology: Spore (fungi;a small usually single-celled reproductive body produced by many plants and some protozoans and that develops into a new individua) & Horror (something that inspires intense fear and aversion) Created by: Nosila.

Disfungusting: /dis-fuhn-guh-sting/ When Sally moved in with her boyfriend she found that he never really cleaned his bathroom. The shower curtain was so disfungusting that she made him take it down and clean the tile with a power washer. Etymology: disgust ( strong distaste; nausea; loathing) + fungus (mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi) Created by: artr.

Fungiaghast: /fun-GEE-eh-gast/ Halfway thru her shower Adrianne noticed the orange slime growing on the shower curtain and she was absolutley fungiaghast, unable to do anything but scream aloud and hastily exit the shower. Etymology: Blend of ‘fungi’ (n. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow,) and ‘aghast’ (adj. struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v., To strain with all your might in a desperate effort to open a sealed container, such as a jar of pickles. n., A small jar which cannot be opened.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Machobotchup: /mah-cho-BOTSCH-up/ Stan was always trying to impress the ladies with feats of strength but more often than not his puny efforts ended with a machobotchup, leaving the impression that he was a wimp rather than a stud. Etymology: Blend of ‘macho’ (an assertively virile, dominating, or domineering male) and ‘botch'(to foul up hopelessly —often used with up) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Machobotchup:

artr, 2012-11-30: 08:56:00
I also detect a touch of ketchup.

Dillficulty: /dil fik ultee/ Who knew getting Herb to open a jar of pickles could end up being such a dillficulty? His caper started when Madge asked him to turn the lid. He used such force that he broke off the top and the contents landed on the floor. He turned something that should be dillicious into something dillsastrous. Etymology: Dill (pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed)& Difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result) Created by: Nosila.

Botchalism: /boch-al-iz-uh m/ Whenever Harry tries to display his machoism, like when asks him to open a jar of pickles, it quickly turns into a case of botchalism. Etymology: botch (to spoil by poor work; bungle) + ism (a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice) play on botulism Created by: artr.

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