Verboticisms

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: dis GUST a tor ee

Sentence: Gordie never met a snack he didn't like, even those that had been dropped on the floor. By other people. At some unknown time in the past. His love of disgustatory pleasures knew no bounds. Sometimes his friends called him "Grody" (for obvious reasons) or "Goaty" (due to his apparent ability to eat just about anything).

Etymology: disgust + gustatory (of or relating to eating or the sense of taste)

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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

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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

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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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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ex/spunj

Sentence: Having Dave exsponge the floors at home was a treat but at a dinner party it was a trifle(or jello, or birthday cake) embarrassing.

Etymology: expunge (delete, get rid of) + sponge (mop up)

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COMMENTS:

This combined with Purp's snackuum would cover hardwood and carpet treats. A+ Jab! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:47:00

If Dave's delicrassitude becomes too embarrasssing, he might need to be put on a food chain. Otherwise, call Spongebob! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 18:35:00

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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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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Sk-off-dr-op

Sentence: Tim was skilled in the art of scoffdrop, he would spend hours trying to persuade his friends that any food that had accidentally fallen to the floor was perfectly safe to eat, as long as you follow the golden rule. The food must be eaten within five seconds so that any germs do not have a chance to move in on it.

Etymology: Scoff(to eat quickly or greedily) ORIGIN Dutch from Schoft 'meal' + Drop(to fall or cause to fall to the floor) = Scoffdrop

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COMMENTS:

Nice sentence, Tjayzz. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:18:00

I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:33:00

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Created by: fourgirls

Pronunciation: staf o la crum

Sentence: Craig there are not enough families of antibiotics to cure you from that stapholacrumb.

Etymology: Staph, crumb

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COMMENTS:

That's Great!! - MadTripper, 2007-10-11: 10:40:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: food/ee/an/slip

Sentence: At the party, Joe just reacted with another foodianslip when he dropped his cake and then immediately proceeded to get down on all-fours to lick the icing off the rug.

Etymology: FOODIANSLIP - noun - FOOD + FREUDIAN SLIP

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COMMENTS:

Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:15:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: smȯr-gəs-flohr-bȯrd

Sentence: As a salesman, Ted practically lives in his car. Breakfast, lunch and often dinner are consumed behind the wheel. Ted is a strong believer in the 5-second (plus) rule. He looks at his car as a smorgasfloorboard.

Etymology: smorgasbord (buffet-style food ) + floorboard (the floor of an automobile )

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