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'You made that without using a real turkey?'

DEFINITION: v., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.

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Misreciprentation

Created by: hendrixius

Pronunciation: /mis-ress-uh-pren-tay-shun/

Sentence: In a blatant misreciprentation of the facts, Tommy neglected to mention the teaspoon of curry he always added for that special flavor.

Etymology: "misrepresentation" and "recipe"

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Voidcipe

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: voyd-suh-pee

Sentence: If I make aunt carols avacado salad without avacados, noone will know it's hers. it will be my very own voidsipe

Etymology: void+recipe

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Wrongcoction

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rong kok shun

Sentence: No one could figure out why Marianne made the best chili in the family. When they tried to copy her old family recipe, it never tasted the same. One day her nephew Charlie, a criminalogical forensic chemist, decided to analyze the ingredients in a batch she had made. When he compared it to the recipe she had given him it was no wonder he kept making a wrongcoction. There was no evidence of beef, tomato, beans or known spices in the original recipe. To this day, her wrongcoction remains an unsolved mystery to Charlie.

Etymology: Wrong (not in accord with established usage or procedure) & Concoction (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)

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COMMENTS:

petaj clever - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:40:00

When I said it out loud, it sounds a tad bit risque and made me giggle! Wow ... what a fun word! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:17:00

metrohumanx Please bring a covered dish to the First Annual International Verbotomy Festival and Bake-Off scheduled for 2010 (location TBA)....no tupperware please. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:42:00

metrohumanx And how about that sublime BEEF-A-REENO that cleared the house last Christmas? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:31:00

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Cordonblew

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: corr don bloooo

Sentence: His cordonblew recipe certainly blew his chances with Serena

Etymology: cordon bleu, blew it.

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Sabotagredient

Created by: Jenny

Pronunciation:

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Roasttrickey

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: row-st-trick-ee

Sentence: For some reason, I just can't put my finger on it, my Christmas roast never turns out quite like my sister's. Do you suppose she has given me a roasttrickey. It's curious that mine is so FOWL, while hers is so tasty.

Etymology: roast turkey + trick (or trickery)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Not sure - maybe that should have been roasttrickery - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:41:00

You've come up with a verbotomy recipe for success! Pun fun at its very best! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:11:00

Response to your comment ... I think you chose well ... I like roasttrikey best ... seems to make a better sounding pun. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:14:00

Good one...will be remembering it tomorrow. - mweinmann, 2008-11-26: 09:35:00

metrohumanx I like tricky stuffing and tricky gravy, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:06:00

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Chickenanery

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: chik/en/an/ury

Sentence: A devious friend played some serious chickenanery when she gave me a foolproof recipe for chicken divan. It turned out to be just divan.

Etymology: chicanery (deception) + chicken

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Very good! Wish I'd thought of it first. - Mustang, 2007-11-22: 07:40:00

Tremendous! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-22: 16:09:00

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Unnecessipe

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: un-ness-i-pea

Sentence: Uncle Uttering was known for giving an unnecessipe to people that asked for his recipes to assure himself that his recipes remained secret.

Etymology: Unnecessary-Not required. Recipe-is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.

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Ingrediaint

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: in-gree-dee-eynt

Sentence: Sally always bugs Jason for his recipes. Somehow her versions never turn out the same as his. This might be because of the ingrediaints, those little components or techniques he "forgets" to tell her about.

Etymology: ingredient (something that enters as an element into a mixture) + ain't (is not)

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Minusanthropy

Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: mine-us-an-thrope-e

Sentence: "Look, honey, here's a recipe for apple pie without apples! What? No, I don't think the Ritz cracker company are minusanthropic...I'm sure it will work fine..." (Yes, this is a real recipe. Kraft even had the guts to post it online.)

Etymology: misanthrope - someone who hates people in general + minus

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-15: 00:34:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James