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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.
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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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Gnawsh
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: nosh
Sentence: Linda could not resist the urge to gnawsh the remnants of hardened cheese, petrified pepperoni and green pepper gnawshables off the Lean Pocket cardboard crisper.
Etymology: Gnaw: to wear away through persistant nibbling. Nosh: to snack or ruminate
Clandesdine
Created by: kearstin
Pronunciation: clan-des-dine
Sentence: I always clandesdine when no one is looking - I have a particular weakness for quesadilla squeezings and cheese that someone else has grated.
Etymology: clandestine+dine - illicit snacking
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)
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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Illickit
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ill/i/kit
Sentence: She took illikit pleasure in washing the dishes with her tongue.
Etymology: illicit + lick
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:
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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Uslurp
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: yoo-SLURP
Sentence: He eyed Tiny's cheesyfriedsamplerplate greedily, knowing it was only a matter of time before he uslurped it.
Etymology: usurp (take over or occupy without right as in usurp a neighbor's land or possessions...or food scraps!) + slurp (ingest, forcefully, hurriedly, perhaps even with loud sucking noises)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:43:00
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Crypticnic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: krip-tick-nick
Sentence: The guests pretended not to notice the slurping and chewing noises as Gertie crypticnicked in the kitchen after volunteering to clear the table.
Etymology: cryptic (secret) + picnic (outdoor feast) + pick (action required to remove baked on morsels) + nick (steal)
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