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DEFINITION: v., To carefully place a lid on a bottle, especially a salad dressing bottle, so that it appears closed and will not spill unless the bottle is moved or shaken. n., A bottle which has been prepared in such a manner.
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Vinaigress
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'.
Seasonfling
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: see/zon/fling
Sentence: "Would you care for a little seasonfling on your salad?" asked the perfect hostess as she accidentally spewed the entire bottle of salad dressing all over her guests.
Etymology: seasoning + fling
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COMMENTS:
Great! - TJayzz, 2008-09-19: 09:57:00
Sounds like a salad tossin' spring break - zxvasdf, 2008-09-21: 21:22:00
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Hovercaped
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: huv-er-kap-ed
Sentence: when she left the table, she secretly 'hovercaped' the bottle & "forgot" it behind for someone else to grab! :)
Etymology:
Flimflamcap
Created by: Lecroan
Pronunciation: flim-flam-cap
Sentence: i was totally flimflamcapped by Gerald last night, my favourite sweater smells like chutney now.
Etymology: latin-segunda-greek origin
Shakenfake
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: shake-en-fake
Sentence: That Bob, such a wisecapper! He would shake-n-fake every bottle in the house, right after replacing the sugar with salt.
Etymology: Shake 'n' Bake, fake
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COMMENTS:
Nice word, who do those wisecappers think they are anyway!!! - pungineer, 2007-10-23: 08:02:00
They're all screwed loose. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-23: 11:54:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 12:11:00
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Shimmysaucivate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: shim-ee-saws-eh-vayte
Sentence: Her hair stylist couldn't remove the orange-red stain from her hair which was due to the Russian salad dressing she had shimmysaucivated all over her hair the day before.
Etymology: shimmy + sauce
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COMMENTS:
saucivate sounds great on its own but the sauce gives it a bit more pizzaz - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 16:10:00
thanks, I had considered switching it around to saucyshimmivate but it sounded like some sort of dance move from the 1950's... - remistram, 2007-10-24: 09:43:00
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Ketchuprank
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kech-uh-prangk
Sentence: Jill's boyfriend thinks he is a real jokester. He is famous for his ketchuprank where he leaves the cap lightly so that the next user gets a lapful of stains.
Etymology: ketchup (a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc) + prank (a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature)
Decaplidated
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: de-CAP-lid-aytd
Sentence: When the lid flew off the salad dressing bottle when she shook it, Audrey realized with great chagrin that once again, her husband, Elrod, had played his lame decaplidated trick on her again.
Etymology: Blend of 'decapitated' and 'lid'
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COMMENTS:
Off with his head! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:06:00
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Pseudoseal
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Once again, he pseudosealed the salad dressing, so that when she picked it up, it spilled all over her blouse.
Etymology: pseudo (fake/false) seal (to cover)
Whoopibottle
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: woo-pee-bot-tel
Sentence: "Haha! Doug punked Rachel with a whoopibottle. She spilled salad dressing all over the table."
Etymology: whoopi cushion + bottle
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Definitely Krafty behaviour!
remistram - 2007-10-23: 09:52:00
I had to marry the loose lidder...I'm a shake first, tight lidder thus the birth of this definition.
Time to throttle the bottler? ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:29:00
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:30:00
very high standard so far today!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James