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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
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Lunrob
Created by: Kealtyrock
Pronunciation: lun-rob
Sentence: The tuna salad sandwisch that Hilda brought for lunch was a victim of lunrob from the office refrigerator.
Etymology: lunch and rob to steal
Biloweme
Created by: NeuroGlyph
Pronunciation: Buy-low-me (rhymes with baloney)
Sentence: Biloweme is the spam of the anti healthy jam!
Etymology:
Bettermealment
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: bet-er-meel-muhnt
Sentence: The moment he realised that his bettermealment practices were no longer tolerated by his co-workers, was when the emergency room doctor mentioned the two words no one wants to hear; "rat" and "poison".
Etymology: betterment (upgrade) + meal
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COMMENTS:
Deserves a vote for the excellent sentence. - Bunny36, 2007-11-05: 12:28:00
Great definition and fantastic sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:40:00
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Fridgivore
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: frij-EE-vohr
Sentence: Sick of Roxie's "shanghai surprize," and with his workmates not willing to grubstake him, Bob became the office fridgivore hogging out on other fellows' tucker.
Etymology: Blend of FRIDGE: cabinet for keeping food cool" & -VORE: devour,consume, eat
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 09:18:00
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Pilfridge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pill frij
Sentence: swapping a box of cold mcnuggets for chicked cordon bleu is not fair exchange, it's pilfridge
Etymology: fridge, pilferage.
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COMMENTS:
yes it is - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 16:07:00
Spot on! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:36:00
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Sacklunch
Created by: Eyeshah
Pronunciation: /SAK-lunch/
Sentence: Beckoning Bill from the corner of the fridge was a mouth-watering, deli-made club sandwich. Against his better judgment, Bill decided to sacklunch it that day.
Etymology: sack(to pillage or loot after capture; plunder) + lunch
Luncharrasement
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: lunch- ER- asmint
Sentence: " Joe, what the heck did ya do to my sandwiches?" "Just a little lucharrasement"
Etymology: threaten ones food creations. nibble. harrase food.
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COMMENTS:
cooooooool - leechdude, 2007-11-05: 22:21:00
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Fridgeraider
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FRIDJ-ehr-ayder
Sentence: 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)
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COMMENTS:
ha ha! good one! - libertybelle, 2012-12-05: 14:52:00
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Swapunch
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: swa-punch
Sentence: roger was dying to swapunch his lunch for the salmon steak.
Etymology: swap, lunch
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-05: 06:09:00
Good definition,REMI! During 40+ years of work, I found it to be a regular occurrence- probably happening somewhere right now!
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-05: 10:07:00
This has produced a great batch of words so far!
remistram - 2007-11-05: 10:47:00
It happens to all of us at least once during our working life!
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-05: 11:00:00
Happened with dip I brought in. Caught him in the act. Wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't double-dipping. And didn't have really poor oral hygiene. And I wasn't sure that it was his first offense and I had actually eaten the dip after him at some point. Yuck!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James