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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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Slyhog
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: 'slī - hôg
Sentence: Any chance she could, Edna would slyhog whatever was on her plate, wrapper, sleeve, it didn't matter!
Etymology: sly (cunning sneaky tricky) + hog ( to act like an extreme piggy)
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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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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Qtlicious
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cue/tee/lish/uhs
Sentence: Jenny always volunteered to clear the dinner dishes and in the privacy of the kitchen she found everyone's leftovers qtlicious.
Etymology: QTLICIOUS - from QT (stealthily, secretly, on the quiet) + DELICIOUS (highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste)
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COMMENTS:
Verrrrry clever, O-bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:07:00
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Lapdansk
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lap/dance/k
Sentence: Sue excitedly checked her wedding registry daily to see what new pieces of Dansk china had been purchased. She would wait until after the ceremony to divulge her secret pleasure - to lapdansk
Etymology: lap(lick or wash) + dansk (famous chinaware)+ lapdance
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COMMENTS:
I'll bet she had a Royal Doulton (with hand painted periwinkles) strippers pole. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 10:01:00
sometimes she would settle for a mikassarole - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 11:24:00
For some reason it brings to mind your gem "Eternitease." Crazy, but I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:42:00
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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)
Nibblenobble
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Nibb-all-knob-all
Sentence: Judy knew that soaking the cat's bowl was the easy part. Nibblenobbling some of the dried meat off the side whilst Nigel looked for the TV remote was the real challenge.
Etymology: Nibble - to eat something by taking a lot of small bites. Nobble - to get hold of; grab; steal; filch
Goobersmootching
Created by: Frank
Pronunciation: gUber smooching
Sentence: Stop Goobersmoothcing, get your own bag!
Etymology: goobers,chocolate covered peanut and smootching- stealing the last one or stealing one from another's goober stash
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