Verboticisms

Created by: vmalcolm

Pronunciation: /dretl/

Sentence: He has drettled this bottle again! How many times will I have to deal with this drettle?!?!

Etymology: DRETTLE. v. tr/ n From Dressing + Throttle

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ka/puhngk/d

Sentence: Jeremy capunked three different people at dinner last night leaving ketchup, mustard and oil and vinegar on the walls, ceiling and floors, not to mention his victims.

Etymology: CAPUNKED - verb - from CAP (a close-fitting covering for a bottle, or jar) + PUNKED (to "get" someone in a practical joke; someone caught unaware in a practical joke)

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COMMENTS:

CAPUNKED: A Mob Hit. What Al Capone's show would have been called. - zxvasdf, 2008-09-21: 21:24:00

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Created by: CDH167

Pronunciation: vinn-uh-gress

Sentence: "My roommate short-sheeted my bed and set my alarm clock two hours early, so I'll get back by vinaigressing her new bottle of Catalina."

Etymology: Portmanteau from 'vinaigrette' and 'aggressive'.

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Created by: Kevcom

Pronunciation: sslye-aghlla-dyesz

Sentence: Mr. Wiggums gradually came to realize that the best prank he could play on his salad addicted friend whould be to Slyaladize the salad dressing bottle, so that when his friend went to shake it, he would get a faceful of (IDEAS Verbotomy Create-a-word!)

Etymology: Sly + Salad + Ize

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Created by: lawlore

Pronunciation: flid-l

Sentence: I loved my girlfriend, but she had so many annoying habits. I got so sick of her fliddling every time we went out to dinner- she thought it was sooooo funny, but I think she just had shares in my dry cleaners.

Etymology: Portmanteau of fiddle (v., in the sense of "to interfere or play with") and lid (n., the top of a container)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SAL-luhd-ree-grehs-sihng

Sentence: Neither Alex's date nor her white dress appreciated his foolish act of saladregressing.

Etymology: salad dressing + regressing to the level of 12-year-olds

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Created by: mustkeepsanity

Pronunciation: Sa-lam-bush

Sentence: Carmen found a salambush waiting for her in the kitchen; the lid on the salad dressing looked screwed on but wasn't. Was it an accident, or was someone at the party deliberately trying to stain her?

Etymology: Salad and Ambush

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vin ee re gret

Sentence: Rosemary knew that her husband Basil was up to his old tricks again. Despite his being warned of the consequences. When she went to take out the salad dressing from the fridge, he had loosened the lid so that she would have a vinairegrette if she tried to shake the bottle. Luckily she was on to him and decided that payback was long overdue. She would artichoke him, then beet him, pepper him with a salt and they'd eventually find his chard romaines in her backyard, where there was not mushroom. Yes, Basil would vinairegrette his capers and rue the day he'd given Rosemary such a hard thyme!

Etymology: Vinaigrette (oil and vinegar salad dressing with mustard and garlic) & Regret (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about)

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Created by: zxvasdf

Pronunciation: gul-li-cap

Sentence: Susan's husband pulled a gullicap; he loved to dress her at the most surprising moments. Susan was gullicapped by her husband, at the amusement of her children. Gullicapping is an art form practiced by professional pranksters around the world. Gullicapturing denotes a prankster's success.

Etymology: Gullible (easily deceived or cheated) & Cap (covering)

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Created by: codyjohnle

Pronunciation: boo-bee-kap

Sentence: The bastard boobycapped the thousand island.

Etymology: from boobytrap; past tense: boobycapped; person who boobycaps; boobycapper

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COMMENTS:

Brilliant!! - short, sweet and to the point. - crmow, 2007-10-23: 10:53:00

good job, honey. I couldn't beat that, but i tried - maggiejohnle, 2007-10-23: 11:29:00

Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 17:22:00

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