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DEFINITION: n., That sad feeling you get when you open the pizza box, and there's nothing left but grease stains. v. intr., To sit in front of an empty pizza box and sulk.
Verboticisms
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Slicelack
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation:
Sentence: he got home from work and his nose sensed the cheerful smell of warm fresh pizza. but when he finally reached the box, he felt the worst slicelack ever, finding out there was none left for him.
Etymology: slice + lack, meaning lack of slices.
Crustfallen
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: crust-fall-en
Sentence: Jeremy came in hungry after canvassing in nearby neighborhoods all morning. He was crustfallen when he went through not one, not two, not 17, but all 23 pizza boxes at the campaign volunteer center only to find some picked-off olives and crumpled-up napkins. So crustfallen was he that he stripped off his candidate flair and defected to the other candidate, who did not have as many volunteers but had way more pizza.
Etymology: Crestfallen: "Sad because of a recent disappointment" altered to incorporate crust, as in pizza crust.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:41:00
Love it...you got my vote. - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:32:00
Super special! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-11: 16:59:00
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Melancoily
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: mell-en-coy-lee
Sentence: as i opened the box and saw nothing but a greasy stain i became quite melancoily
Etymology: melancholy, oily
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-12: 15:36:00
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Dyspizzia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: diss/peet/zia
Sentence: Deep dish dyspizzia set in when he opened the pizza pizza box and found only crusts (his least favourite bit).
Etymology: dyspepsia + pizza
Pizzive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: PEETZ-ive
Sentence: Chuck felt the papajones begin deep in his gut and he reached for the obsequious box to slam a slice when he felt the cold, sinking PIZZIVE feeling drop in his gut. His dominoyance at seeing the empty cardboard conveyance was matched only by the pizzahuffiness he felt at having to go out and purchase another full one.
Etymology: So many to choose from. I went with Pizza with pensive (dreamily or wistfully thoughtful) and anchovies.
Sicilyearn
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: si-CIL-yern
Sentence: Discovering the box empty, Jason was overcome with a heavy sense of Sicilyearn.
Etymology: Sicilian, yearn
Pepperawwni
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pepper + aww + nee
Sentence: I was looking forward to some cold pizza for breakfast, so I was disappointed to have a moment of pepperawwni when I actually opened the box.
Etymology: pepperoni + aww
Pizzapointment
Created by: babypee
Pronunciation: peet-za-poynt-ment
Sentence: I felt huge pizzapointment when I opened the box and there was nothing there
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Fulfizzallusion
Created by: retoricaljoe
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I´ll kill my sister if she left me hungry in that fulfizzallusion again!
Etymology: Fulfill + pizza + illusion
Comments:
On the menu today: Digiornomore Hawhine Sicilyearn Pepperawwni
wordmeister - 2007-11-13: 09:47:00
Sounds like a pizza box full of dashed dreams...
Dadgummit! This would've gotten my vote. Good one.