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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.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Connedcoction: /kond kok shun/ Everyone wanted Grandpa’s recipe for his “Rattlesnake Stew”. He had made it many times and it was always a different and unique connedcoction. His old friends always asked for the recipe, but he told them it was a guarded family secret. We called it what it really was…”Clean out the Fridge Stew”. Proof positive lay in the vast ingredients, which changed weekly: mystery meats like roast beef slices,pieces of cut-up wieners,ham bits, pork chop chunks, chicken fingers, sardines…you get the picture. They were flavored by various bits of peas, corn, beans, pickles, spuds and noodles. All ingredients were of indeterminate age. It inspired my brother to do his dissertation on the fact that most seniors actually get sick and die from food poisoning: Children of the Depression and War-time Rationing who used up all food they hoarded, no matter it’s shelf-life. Etymology: Conned (deprived of by deceit;a swindle in which you cheated)& Concoction (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;an occurrence of an unusual mixture;the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose) Created by: Nosila.

Recipiece: /res-uh-pees/ Karen: “This chocolate cake doesn’t taste the same as yours. Did you give me the right recipe?” Barb: “Yes, I gave you my special chocolate cake recipiece.” Karen: “Did you say recipe, or recipiece?” Barb: “Would I hold back on you? I definitely gave you my recipiece!” Karen: “I think you’re saying recipiece….”

Etymology: recipe + piece (part of something)

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Nosila, 2009-12-16: 01:10:00
good one

Dishingenuous: /dish-in-gen-u-ous/ Mrs. Spaghettini was totally dishingenuous when it came to her pizzelle recipe. She would proudly bring them to church suppers and card parties and listen to the accolades of all the church ladies. However, it was a mystery that no one could duplicate her recipe, even though she wrote it down for everyone. It wasn’t until after her death that her daughter revealed the missing ingredient – homemade wine. Perhaps that’s why the church suppers turned ugly when the ladies started arguing about football, religion and politics. Etymology: dish: a particular variety or preparation of food + disingenuous: not straightforward or candid; calculating or insincere (Pizzelles – Italian anise cookies that look like little church windows and taste divine even without the wine) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Potlack: /POT lak/ Everyone was asked to bring a personal dish to the reunion picnic. There was a large variety of delicious treats, and almost everyone was asked by at least one person for his/her recipe. People seemed to be giving out their recipes in a willing and friendly manner. For the following year’s reunion, many people tried to reproduce the yummy items. But it ended up being a mediocre potlack because almost everyone had left out at least one ingredient in his/her “special” dish so it could never be made as well by anyone else. Etymology: potluck + lack Created by: karenanne.

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Nosila, 2009-12-16: 01:10:00
tasty

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DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don’t just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Decorat: /DEK o rat/ Val Egurl was that special form of mallrat, the “Decorat.” She obsessively purchased every holiday-themed item that she deemed to be “cute.” She could no longer park in her garage because it was stuffed full of boxes, carefully labeled and color-coded for each major and minor holiday. She festooned both her house and herself with decorations for the relevant occasion. She even had lights up on her house year-round. But not just any lights – these were multicolored and synchronized to music, AND both the colors and the music corresponded to the holiday. On the Fourth of July, the lights were red, white, and blue, and the Star-Spangled Banner and other patriotic songs played. On Halloween, the lights were orange and black, and spooky music emanated. Not to mention Christmas – well, you get the idea. Etymology: decorate + rat Created by: karenanne.

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Nosila, 2009-12-15: 01:13:00
deco-rat-ive word!

Decksess: /deck-sess/ Norma was anything but normal over the holidays. To say that she got into the holiday spirit was an understatement to say the least. In fact, she would decorate to decksess. Her house was so brightly lit with twinkie lights that it could be seen from the space shuttle, and her yard was bedecked and littered with moving reindeer, angels, blowup santas, Peanuts characters and huge, giant snow-globes containing Eeyore and Winny-the-Pooh. In her house she had a large Menorah next to her silver Christmas Tree and her Kwanzaa candles. She would come to work wearing reindeer antlers and a large string of twinkie lights around her neck. We found it amusing, then, when we asked her about her religious observance. “I don’t believe in the religious stuff,” she said, “I just like to decorate.” Etymology: deck: to decorate (as in “Deck the Halls”) + excess: exceeding what is normal or sufficient Created by: mrskellyscl.

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artr, 2009-12-14: 12:51:00
I think I’ve met Norma.

Xmascot: /eksməskät/ There might just be elf in Kris*s family tree. She has taken on the role of Xmascot, decorating everything in sight including herself. Starting the day after Thanksgiving, she has an outfit for every day, most involving tinsel and lights. She is devoted to the holiday. Just managing the extension cords is close to a full-time job. Etymology: Xmas (informal term for Christmas) + mascot (a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization) Created by: artr.

Festcessive: /fest-ces-sive/ Sylvia took the Christmas carol ‘Deck the Halls’ and its meaning to the extreme, decorating anything and everything. She is completely and totally festcessive about the Christmas season.

Etymology: festive + obcessive + excessive

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Nosila, 2009-12-14: 16:15:00
success-ive

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when “over quota”. n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Emailancholy: /EE MAYL en kah lee/ Rachel and Theo usually conducted their long-distance romance via e-mail. But Rachel hadn’t heard from Theo in several days. All she received were bounce-back messages. Soon dread and emailancholy set in. Only days later did she learn that Theo had been on a business trip and his personal e-mail box had become full. In fact, as it happened, it was full of HER messages because he lovingly saved every single thing she sent him. Etymology: e-mail + melancholy Created by: karenanne.

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galwaywegian, 2009-12-11: 10:07:00
brilliant

Nosila, 2009-12-11: 23:05:00
awww…e-xecellent!

Egitated: /e-gi-ta-ted/ Sally was very egitated that her emails to Jordan were returned with the message “Delivery Notification – Failure” . Etymology: e + agitated Created by: Stevenson0.

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Nosila, 2009-12-11: 23:07:00
e-strordinary

Sendstricken: /send – strik – en/ When Jeremiah did not receive any of the dozens of emails that Patty send him, she was simply sendstricken. Etymology: send, stricken Created by: mweinmann.

Ebound: /Ä“bound/ She was on the ebound when she met Gig. All those other addresses had been so rude as to reject her advances but Gig not only had room for her, he welcomed her with an open portal. Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + rebound (still affected by the emotional distress caused by the ending of a romantic or sexual relationship) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Liedentitycard: /lye den tit eeee kard/ Being eaten by short sighted cannibals was not the most wonderful of ends, but she did have the posthumous last laugh when the chief choked on a barticularly tough piece of her liver, having trusted the date on her liedentity card. Etymology: identity card, lie Created by: galwaywegian.

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Nosila, 2009-12-10: 14:53:00
well aged…good one!

Mendageous: /mend ayj us/ Grandma Gilda had always been a mendageous type of person. Her true age was never known…she’d been twentynining it for as long as we could recall. Although offered senior’s discounts at shops, she was indignant that people would think she was really that old. She took care of herself and acted young, but let’s be honest, Mother Nature and Father Time exact their toll on us all. And it did not help that she told us stories of the War and the Great Depression. When Gilda turned 75, we had a big party for her in a local licensed restaurant. Her best gift by far was having the waiter card her…unbeknownst to her that we’d paid him twenty bucks to make a fuss of requiring proof of age. She was thrilled! Etymology: Mendacious (tells fibs; given to lying;intentionally untrue) & Age (how long something has existed;begin to seem older; get older) Created by: Nosila.

Manipulage: /ma-nip-u-lage/ Grandma could manipulage herself when it suited her. She carried an old ID card in her wallet so that when she went to the singles dances at the firehall she could show that she was still a young chick, but at the mall she had her AARP ID to prove that she was eligible for her senior discount. Etymology: manipulate: to tamper with or falsify for personal gain + age Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2009-12-10: 09:21:00
manipulant word

Subterfage: /SUB ter fayj/ Every time people try to find out how old Elder Lee really is, he resorts to some subterfage. He is the only person I know who went and got a fake ID to appear YOUNGER. Once he even tried to pass off his own son as his brother, which his son did not particularly appreciate. Etymology: subterfuge + age Created by: karenanne.

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DEFINITION: n. The euphoria felt when sticking one’s hand surreptitiously into a barrelful of rice, peas, or other legumes. v. To plunge your hand into a container of rice.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Peaphoria: /pÄ“fôrÄ“É™/ Nothing is quite so exciting to Naomi as a trip to the wholesale market — all those open bins of dried vegetables. She can plunge elbow-deep into peaphoria. Green or black-eyed, doesn’t matter. Damn the health laws. This is fun. Etymology: pea (a spherical green seed that is widely eaten as a vegetable) + euphoria (a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness) Created by: artr.

Podifeelya: /pod-i-feel-ya/ One of the oddest of behavioral disorders, podifeelya, is becoming more and more of a problem for grocers. Podifeels have the urge or fantasy to fondle legumes and may actually go up to unwatched barrels of the little veggies and thrust their hands in to experience a “rush” or release of tension. Grocery employees who witness this activity should confront the podifeel and demand that they pay for the entire barrel since this is unsanitary and really disgusting. (This unusual behavior should not be confused with arthritipods — old Hippies, Deadheads and Tree huggers who will microwave bags of organic rice or beans for arthritis relief rather than use unholistic medicines.) Etymology: (wordplay on podophilia – foot fetish, one of the paraphilia disorders in which a person has fantasies and attractions to non-sexual parts of the body such as feet or legs) pod: “leg”ume such as peas, beans, etc. + I + feel + ya (you) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Legumeation: /leg yoom ay shun/ LaSoya was a girl who had reached pea-uberty. When in the local produce store, she loved running her fingers through the barrels of peas, beans, lentils and others dried pods. It was a phenomenom called legumeation, which creates a nitrogen dependency. It caused the manager, Mr.Peabody, agitation and after remonstration, he would have to use fumigation. When he asked her why she did it, she answered simply, “I’m looking for a good Pod-i-ah-trust. Bean there, done that! Etymology: Legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)& Elation (a feeling of joy; absence of depression) Created by: Nosila.

Lentilmania: /len-tell-maen-ee-ah/ Sally slowly felt the sprout induced lentilmania that she had waited so long for when she plunged her hand into the barrel of beans at Barney’s Legume and dime. Etymology: lentil, mania Created by: mweinmann.

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