Verboticisms

Created by: kasmin

Pronunciation: left-oh-wer

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Etymology: Derived from leftover and oeuvre. Leftover: Usually, leftovers. Food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, esp. when saved for later use; anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder. Oeuvre: the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: emp tee r

Sentence: "Why is there always an almost empty bottle of something in the fridge, Doug? Ugh, you are such an emptier!"

Etymology: Empty

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: slawth'/sik/el

Sentence: As he laid there frozen like a slothsicle, Jeanie wished this time she could take Ben out with the recyclables, but opted not put the environment in any more danger.

Etymology: sloth (lazy, slack) + "popsicle"/recycle

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: juj dreg

Sentence: he was judgedregg, lord of refrigerated drippiness

Etymology: judge dredd dreg

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: grawn zeero fil

Sentence: Phil was a groundzerofill when it came to leaving the last pokey bit of anything in a jar or bottle. He thought it was bad luck to be the last user and have to replace anything he used up. We have our fill of people like Phil!

Etymology: Ground zero (the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon ;the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile) & Grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief) & Fill (a quantity sufficient to satisfy;fill or meet a want or need)

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Created by: dekra

Pronunciation: dee-plenish

Sentence: Tom refused to devour the dwindling ketchup supply and open the new bottle in the cabinet. Instead, he would deplenish; using the most minute amounts imaginable to flavor his burgers, leaving just enough to make Jan want to repeatedly injure his person.

Etymology: Deny + Replenish

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: spek - tray - tor

Sentence: When it comes to cleaning out the fridge and replacing old containers and bottles, Jerry is merely a specktraitor. He watches Betsy do this job herself because he is lazy and sometimes purposely leaves just a speck of something just so he won't have to replace it.

Etymology: speck (the tiniest amount, just barely noticeable; smaller than a pinch) spectator (One who observes), traitor (double-crosser)

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COMMENTS:

All specktraitors will be shot! - Nosila, 2009-05-14: 18:45:00

they just love sitting back and watching someone else clean out the fridge - petaj, 2009-05-15: 05:38:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dribliterēən

Sentence: Mark's girlfriend Judy is a humanitarian, vegetarian, librarian. Mark is a dribletarian, the keeper of the small and insignificant, the Grand Poobah of dribs and drabs, the Rajah of remnants. Judy thinks he is just a lazy slob who doesn't want to crack out a new bottle of ketchup.

Etymology: driblet (a small or insignificant amount) + arian (having a concern or belief in a specified thing)

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COMMENTS:

Perhaps one of them is a Hungarian octogenarian. - wayoffcenter, 2009-05-14: 13:10:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:39:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: un-finn-food-ish

Sentence: She got a false sense of security when she looked in the fridge. Tons of bottles, boxes of juice, cartons of milk - she had never seen so much food in there. But wait she lives with a unfinfoodisher, there is a mere ounce left in each container. Why won't he just commit and completely empty some?

Etymology: unfinish + food

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Created by: griffiegrrl

Pronunciation: Slack-overs

Sentence: Marie was mad that John left so many slackovers in the fridge for her to take care of.

Etymology: Slacking, Left-overs

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COMMENTS:

Good word :) You've got my vote! I LIKE it! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 10:57:00

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