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DEFINITION: v. tr., To secretly snap up and gobble down a small bit of food left on a dish, wrapping or pot. n., The small bits of tasty food, like melted cheese or veggies, that stick to food wrapping.
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Illickit
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ill/i/kit
Sentence: She took illikit pleasure in washing the dishes with her tongue.
Etymology: illicit + lick
Goobersmootching
Created by: Frank
Pronunciation: gUber smooching
Sentence: Stop Goobersmoothcing, get your own bag!
Etymology: goobers,chocolate covered peanut and smootching- stealing the last one or stealing one from another's goober stash
Scwrapperge
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: scrap-erj
Sentence: if i can't finish off a meal with a bit of a scwrapperge, i don't feel completely satisfied
Etymology: scrap, wrapper, purge
Hidbits
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: HID-bitz
Sentence: John knew he was as full as he could be so he asked the waiter for a "doggie" bag. Even so he couldn't resist hounding after the morsels left on his plate for he knew that 80% of the flavor in any dish is crammed into the hidbits, those tiny scraps that most people politely leave behind.
Etymology: Hidden (adjective: kept out of sight; concealed) + Bits (a small piece, part, or quantity of something) Derivative of tidbit (a small piece of tasty food)
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COMMENTS:
Yes! The best flavors are hidden in those bits! :) - lumina, 2008-08-28: 21:21:00
Brilliant. Too good to just wolf it down. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:25:00
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Lefthoover
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: left-hoo-vur
Sentence: Once the guests had departed, he quickly lefthoovered the gooey pizza bits from their plates.
Etymology: left-overs, Hoover (vaccuum)
Crummage
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: krum'-ij
Sentence: Frieda finished her burrito and, glancing quickly to the left and right, began crummaging through all the crinkles in the wrapper, hoping to glean even the smallest remains of hot sauce or cheese.
Etymology: crumbs (the left over morsels) + rummage (to make a thorough search OR to ransack, depending on the the state of the stomach)
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COMMENTS:
there is always one word that seems like it is the true answer to the definition, and this one is it! - andbot37, 2007-09-27: 20:54:00
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Nibblenobble
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Nibb-all-knob-all
Sentence: Judy knew that soaking the cat's bowl was the easy part. Nibblenobbling some of the dried meat off the side whilst Nigel looked for the TV remote was the real challenge.
Etymology: Nibble - to eat something by taking a lot of small bites. Nobble - to get hold of; grab; steal; filch
Incognibble
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-kog-nib-uhl
Sentence: Vito recorded her incognibbling the left over roast chicken, picking little bits of skin and meat with her eyebrow tweezers, resembling a chimpanzee who picks fleas out of their baby's hair. He then posted it on Youtube.
Etymology: incognito + nibble
Disortanize
Created by: kathleen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Having been a closet plataphile for years, Linda could not resist the urge to disortanize the dinner dishes as a tribute to Alex's skill in the kitchen
Etymology: prefix dis- + ort then verbified
Tidbitulate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Tid-bit-U-late
Sentence: Bob was a foodfreak with a postprandial pica for pinuscule pickings, And when no-one was looking, he tidbitulated on salami's peppercorn granules, the eyes of emmentaler, and modigobs of mushroom stalks. However, it's true and he did admitted it that, at times, he pondered the maxim: tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are!
Etymology: Tidbit:a small morsel of food & ul+ate: action (often repeated)& late & ate also, by chance, in there. Noun: modigob; blend of modicum & gob (a mouthful)
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COMMENTS:
I like this one. It suggests a certain fastidiousness to the whole process which makes it a little more civilised and socially acceptable. - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:46:00
Great word OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:04:00
tasty tongue twister - it's making me hungry - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 11:35:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy! ~ James
Wow! That sentence packs a PUNCH!
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy. ~ James