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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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Luncheonu
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lunch/on/you
Sentence: When I forget my lunch, I have luncheonu.
Etymology: luncheon/you(u)
Supgrade
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sup/grade
Sentence: The trick to improving your lunch without getting caught is to supgrade modestly.
Etymology: sup + upgrade
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on the newspaper article Jabber! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-05: 11:44:00
thanks purple - no idea how that guy discovered that word but if he's looking he's sure to find lots of your gems - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 12:57:00
Congrats Jabber! Great to hear of your well-deserved success. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:34:00
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Supgrade
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: suhp-grayde
Sentence: 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
Fraudulunch
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: frawed - you - lunch
Sentence: After performing a soupendectomy on Mary's lunch bag and pulling the old swindlewich on Bill, leaving a ham on white for his ploughman, Jim had put together quite a fraudulunch.
Etymology: fraudulunch = blend of fraudulent and lunch, soupendectomy = to successfully remove soup from the lunch bag of another, swindlewich = secretly trading your sandwich for one of better quality.
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COMMENTS:
Nice words - pungineer, 2007-11-06: 06:09:00
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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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Eatinstealing
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: The word is the words "eat " the " in" and then " Stealing "
Sentence: I caught him eatinstealing !
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I love this word because of its so fun to say . - emilylind, 2007-11-05: 20:45:00
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Sandswitch
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sand-swich
Sentence: To keep lunch interesting, Bob would either fillfer or have a sandswitch.
Etymology: sandwich, switch
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COMMENTS:
tasty! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-05: 07:23:00
Another great word...that I also thought of! :) - MrDave2176, 2007-11-05: 08:39:00
perfect! - remistram, 2007-11-05: 10:48:00
very funy - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:12:00
oops that should be funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:12:00
Ilike it too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:28:00
funny in a different way - leechdude, 2007-11-05: 22:24:00
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Stockedexchange
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stock/ed/ex/change
Sentence: When Joe didn't have enough time to make a good lunch, he just visited the full staff fridge and performed a stockedexchange.
Etymology: STOCKEDEXCHANGE from STOCKED + STOCK EXCHANGE + EXCHANGE
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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Grabadab
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: grab-uh-dab
Sentence: I'll just grabadab this one, it looks so damn delicious!
Etymology: grab= to take something a= something dab= quick small mark or impression
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