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DEFINITION: v. tr., To secretly snap up and gobble down a small bit of food left on a dish, wrapping or pot. n., The small bits of tasty food, like melted cheese or veggies, that stick to food wrapping.
Verboticisms
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Scramp
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: s-CRAMP
Sentence: v.: He always scramps the cake tray when the party is over. n.: My new diet consists of giving the food to my boyfriend and eating the scramps.
Etymology: scrap (tiny bit) + Cram (eat)
Crumbpull
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: CRUM-pull
Sentence: Matt was a notorious crumbpuller who picked at plates as he cleaned them, but it wasn't until he began to eat the crumbpullings from the Arby's wrapper that his friends began to think he might have a problem.
Etymology: Crumb (the bits of food that fall off) and pull (as in pick or tug on)
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COMMENTS:
actually this works really well as a verb to erWinn's crumbplunder. - MrDave2176, 2007-09-27: 10:18:00
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Crumplunder
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌmˌplʌndɚ/ crumb-plunder (not crump-lunder)
Sentence: Sometimes, the crumplunder is the best part.
Etymology: From crumb + plunder
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COMMENTS:
Just say it out-loud, and you can't help but be amused. - ErWenn, 2007-09-27: 00:53:00
Love it, ErWenn! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-27: 04:43:00
What a great word! - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:24:00
Rolls right off your tongue. Great! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:09:00
Excellent:something special! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:39:00
Thanks for the kind words. - ErWenn, 2007-09-30: 01:38:00
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Crummage
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: krum'-ij
Sentence: Frieda finished her burrito and, glancing quickly to the left and right, began crummaging through all the crinkles in the wrapper, hoping to glean even the smallest remains of hot sauce or cheese.
Etymology: crumbs (the left over morsels) + rummage (to make a thorough search OR to ransack, depending on the the state of the stomach)
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COMMENTS:
there is always one word that seems like it is the true answer to the definition, and this one is it! - andbot37, 2007-09-27: 20:54:00
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Syruptitous
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sur - up - tish - us
Sentence: Mollie felt very syruptitious as she held the plate close to her face and licked up all the syrup after breakfast. She hoped that no one realized what she was really doing.
Etymology: syrup (sweet topping used for pancakes, waffles and in candy) + surreptitious (done or acquired in secret, operating by stealth)
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COMMENTS:
Love it...sweet! - Nosila, 2011-06-09: 18:14:00
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Yumsnatch
Created by: Nettle
Pronunciation: YUM-snatch
Sentence: While everybody was distracted with discussions over splitting the bill, Jane yumsnatched the crispy crumbs from the plate which had formerly held a considerable quantity of crispy Peking duck.
Etymology: yummy = delicious + snatch = to take suddenly or hastily
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COMMENTS:
This word made me laugh for more than one reason. Funny and creative! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 09:54:00
Ditto! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:44:00
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Plastlick
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: plast/lik
Sentence: Her very strict diet only allowed her to plastlick so everyone saved their used sandwich wrappers for her.
Etymology: plastic + lick
Hidbit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hīdbit
Sentence: Marcy loves to stop at her favorite fast-food joint for lunch. The food itself is fine but the best part is finding a hidbit, a little chunk of burger or cheese stuck to the wrapper. She has been known to ingest a scrap of paper just to get these morsels.
Etymology: hid (put or keep out of sight) + tidbit (a small piece of tasty food)
Fragmints
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: frag-mint
Sentence: Allie doesn't usually like mints. They are too intense for her taste. What she does like though are fragmints, the small bits that stick to the cellophane wrapper.
Etymology: fragment (an odd piece, bit, or scrap) + mint (any of various flavored hard candies packaged as a roll of small round wafers)
Exscrapolate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ecks - skrap - oh - layt
Sentence: Though disgusting to those around her, one of Miranda's favorite habits was to exscrapolate bits of food from wrappers, bowls, even other peoples plates, leaving those items clean as a whistle and crumb free.
Etymology: Play on the word extrapolate, meaning to deal with food scraps of all kinds.
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COMMENTS:
you could even stretch it to extrapoplate - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-28: 13:06:00
Exscrambled eggs... - Nosila, 2008-08-29: 00:34:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-30: 18:34:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy! ~ James
Wow! That sentence packs a PUNCH!
Today's definition was suggested by Scrumpy. Thank you Scrumpy. ~ James