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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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Antipastogen
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/ti/pah/stoh/jen
Sentence: Antipasto off the plate, or antipastogen off the floor, it didn't bother Tommy. It was FOOD!
Etymology: antipasto + pathogen (bacteria)
Gravitidbits
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: grav-eh-tid-bits
Sentence: To Murray, just watching snacks drop inside a vending machine made his mouth water. But when food precipitasted to the floor, he could not resist the gravitidbit. Something about falling always improved the flavor. Precipitaste: To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty"
Etymology: Gravity + tidbit
Dromb
Created by: deadrat
Pronunciation: dr-ah-m
Sentence: Everyone stared as Joe drombed up the cupcake Mary had dropped on the floor.
Etymology:
Germunch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jərmənch
Sentence: Billy*s mom is a germ-a-phobe. Her house is cleaner than a surgeon*s hands. When he went away to college Billy became the antithesis of of her. He would eat anything on a dare; worms, cockroaches, food off the bathroom floor. He extended the 5-second rule to the 5-minute rule. He would germunch just about anything just to get a reaction. Because of his reduced stature his friends often referred to him as the germunchkin.
Etymology: germ (a microorganism, esp. one that causes disease) + munch (eat (something) with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws)
Spillunching
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spil-lənch-ng
Sentence: Harry was so clumsy that if he didn't believe in spillunching, he would have to almost double his food budget. He loved to cite the 5-second rule as he did his best to extract any dog hair or other foreign matter that may have come along for the ride. What he couldn't understand was why people always wanted to ask him if he had ever been caving.
Etymology: spill (cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container) lunching (a meal eaten in the middle of the day) derivative of the word spelunking (the exploration of caves, esp. as a hobby)
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COMMENTS:
The spelunker's motto:
Take only pictures
Leave only footprints
Kill only time
:) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:25:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:07:00
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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
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
or perhaps linoleyummies... - artr, 2008-10-02: 14:37:00
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Streetmeat
Created by: younger
Pronunciation: Street-Meet
Sentence: I picked my hot dog up off the ground so quickly, there were only a few crunchies when I ate it. Another successful Streetmeat lunch!
Etymology: Meat that hits the Street
Plibble
Created by: micvice
Pronunciation: PLIH-bul
Sentence: Marcel was very clumsy and a bit of a glutton, so naturally quite the plibbler.
Etymology: plop, nibble
Consperate
Created by: destrict
Pronunciation: con-sper-rate
Sentence: After dropping her ice cream, the little girl decided to consperate it with vigor.
Etymology:
Comments:
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!
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James