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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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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)
Wrapperscraps
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: rapp-uh-scrahh-pss
Sentence: The best part of a yoghurt is the wrapperscraps. Licking the lid might be something you wouldn't do at the Queen's table, but we all do it anyway. Besides, if I dined with the Queen, I'd be a bit disappointed if she only dished up yoghurt for us to eat. I'd at least expect something I'd struggle to pronounce, like some obscure cheese or rare cabbage or something.
Etymology: Wrapper - packaging or cover. Scraps - left over morsels.
Yickaholicism
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: yik-a-hoal-isi-zim
Sentence: Jane was an incurable yickaholic, eating the yucky congealed stuff from any wrapper she could find.
Etymology:
Incognibble
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-kog-nib-uhl
Sentence: Vito recorded her incognibbling the left over roast chicken, picking little bits of skin and meat with her eyebrow tweezers, resembling a chimpanzee who picks fleas out of their baby's hair. He then posted it on Youtube.
Etymology: incognito + nibble
Demomlish
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: dee-mom--lish
Sentence: Amy never understood her mother's tendency to demomlish every scrap of food left on everyone's plate, including, one time, a spit-up-and-chewed-out tomato, to the horror of Amy and her siblings. Now, having kids of her own, Amy recognizes that being the human garbage disposal is part of the genetic coding of motherhood, and finds herself eaten goldfish saturated in apple juice for reasons she cannot entirely comprehend.
Etymology: Demolish combined with mom.
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COMMENTS:
Yessss- I concur. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 07:42:00
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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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Stealthyfoods
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: stel thee foods
Sentence: Madge was a big fan of stealthyfoods. You know, the kind you'd have to sneak so as not to seem gluttonous. She loved to eat any garnishes put on her food at restaurants...sprigs of parsley, citrus slices, pickles, pineapple spears, melon triangles, heck, even radish roses or strawberry fans. She believed in getting her money's worth and to her the garnishes were the tastiest part of the dish. People stared, but she didn't care. Her only concern was whether she could afford the rest of the dish. Afterall, wouldn't she hate to get her celery garnisheed???
Etymology: stealthy (avoiding detection by moving carefully) & foods (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue) & rhymes with Healthy Foods (nutritious diet)
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COMMENTS:
What are those kittle styrofoam-like things they put into the bag of shrimp toast? Somebody told me they're edible, but the jury is still out on this one... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 01:33:00
I am a foodlum. I eat the parsley if nobody's looking, but sometimes it makes me choke. And I always look forward to Nosila's writings. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:46:00
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Reminant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rem in ant
Sentence: When Sal spotted Emily licking cheese off wrappers again, he knew she was displaying her reminant mode. Like cattle and antelope that enjoy their food over and over, so did she. It would have been less embarrassing for him in McDonald's if she had just cleaned off her own wrappers...
Etymology: Remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)& Ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments) & Ruminate(chew the cuds or deeply reflect upon something)
Tidbitulate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Tid-bit-U-late
Sentence: Bob was a foodfreak with a postprandial pica for pinuscule pickings, And when no-one was looking, he tidbitulated on salami's peppercorn granules, the eyes of emmentaler, and modigobs of mushroom stalks. However, it's true and he did admitted it that, at times, he pondered the maxim: tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are!
Etymology: Tidbit:a small morsel of food & ul+ate: action (often repeated)& late & ate also, by chance, in there. Noun: modigob; blend of modicum & gob (a mouthful)
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COMMENTS:
I like this one. It suggests a certain fastidiousness to the whole process which makes it a little more civilised and socially acceptable. - Nettle, 2007-09-27: 09:46:00
Great word OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:04:00
tasty tongue twister - it's making me hungry - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 11:35:00
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Exscrapolation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ecks-scrap-oh-LAY-shun
Sentence: Eloise has the disgusting habit of exscrapolation wherein she scrapes and licks bits of food from wrappers, bowls, even other peoples plates, leaving those items clean as a whistle.
Etymology: Play on the word extrapolation. Meaning the consumption of scraps of food.
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