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'May I ask, what are you doing?'

DEFINITION: v., To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty". n., A tasty treat which has been accidentally dropped, then quickly salvaged and savored.

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Recovereats

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: re-cov-er-eats

Sentence: When his bowl of cheeseballs were knocked onto the floor, Mel sprung into action and quickly began rescue and recovereats maneuvers so that he could continue to watch the game with his favorite snacks at his side.

Etymology: recovery: the act of regaining or restoring something lost + eats: articles of food; snacks

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Graviteat

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: grav it eet

Sentence: It got to be too much for Julie. Taking her partner Matt out to trendy cocktail parties and other social outings were too embarrassing for her. You see, Matt would graviteat anything that he "accidentally" dropped on the ground. The first ten or twenty times it happened one could put down to clumsiness. But it now became apparent to Julie that he was doing it on purpose. He finally admitted to her that he loved to floorage for food...it somehow tasted better to him. She would have to find him a support group, like Parqueteaters Anonymous or ThirsaTiles or LinoleYum or Carpet Consumers and their Underlaying Causes. If she didn't, there would be no Welcome, Matt.

Etymology: Gravity (The force of attraction between the Earth's mass for bodies near its surface) & Gravitate (be attracted to;move toward) & Eat (consume food)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Welcome Matt ! Love it. VERY satisfying microstory, Nosila. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:21:00

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Lamineat

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: lamənēt

Sentence: A true believer in the 5-second rule, Bob is likely to lamineat anything that hits the floor. His mother would fuss at him until she dropped one of her favorite cookies. She practically knocked him into the next room retrieving it.

Etymology: laminate (manufactured by placing layer on layer) + eat (put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it)

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Nowasteaphobia

Created by: aigle101

Pronunciation: no-waste-a-phobia

Sentence: My cousin has that nowasteaphobia disease ,he is so scared of wasting any food whether it's on the floor or has been in the fridge for a long period of time he will eat anything

Etymology: no;negative response;waste;usually no longer good ;phobia: scared of something

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Pizzaramics

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Peetz-uh-RAM-micks

Sentence: Sylvester loved all sorts of gooey things made out of lots of stuff like casseroles, pastas, and stews, so it came as no surprise to anyone that his most favorite thing in the world was to drop five things on the tiled kitchen floor and have a feast of pizzaramic proportions.

Etymology: Pizza: italian pie filled with lots of meaty and cheesy goodies + Ceramics: what tiled floors are often made of.

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Dingegestion

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: din-jest-shun

Sentence: Marc thought that Cheese-It's tasted a little better after he dingegested them off of his grandma's shag carptet, shouting 5-second rule.

Etymology: dinge + ingestion

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Putrilapiglop

Created by: tehbeks

Pronunciation: pyoo treh lah peh glawp

Sentence: MMMMM... Putrilapiglop! I better dive fast before anyone else sees it! That's disgusting. Why does Ted always putrilapiglap everything that spills?

Etymology: putrid lap (i.e. in how dogs drink water) glop

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Snatcho

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Snatch-oh

Sentence: Martin looked on in horror as the martini olive pinged from his cocktail stick and disappeared under the fridge. He made a dash for the fridge door, bending over and swiping his hand underneath it. The manoeuvre managed to snatcho two pieces of Go-Kat biscuit, a crusty malteser and the hairy olive. "Choice!", he thought.

Etymology: Snatch - To take quickly. Nacho - small pieces of fried tortilla

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Linoleumyum

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: lyn-OLE-ee-yum-yum

Sentence: When any food was dropped on the floor anywhere near him Brandon showed that he was a mindless dolt where sanitation was concerned, as he considered those morsels to be freebie linoleumyums...

Etymology: Blend of linoleum and yumyum

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COMMENTS:

nice - yellowbird, 2008-09-30: 09:08:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 12:09:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 12:58:00

artr I might have shortened it to Linoleyum so it sounds like the real word but plays with the spelling. - artr, 2008-10-01: 16:23:00

artr or perhaps linoleyummies... - artr, 2008-10-02: 14:37:00

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Picplummetnic

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: pik-pluhm-it-nik

Sentence: The picplummetnic of choice was the stale spilled beer mixed with bits of kitty litter which created a surprisingly tasty soup complete with chewy morsels of flavour.

Etymology: picnic + plummet

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-11: 01:35:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! ~ James

mplsbohemian - 2007-10-11: 22:57:00
There are a LOT of good words today!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-12: 00:30:00
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-08: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James