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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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Scrapticle
Created by: cfinleyca
Pronunciation: skrap-ti-kuhl
Sentence: Man, you really got every scrapticle off that cheese-paper. You gave that plate a scrapticlectomy, I don't even have to put it in the dishwasher.
Etymology: Scrap: a small piece or portion; + particle:a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit
Gobsdoeuvres
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: gobz-durvz
Sentence: Ken was a connoisseur of gobsdoeuvres. He loved foil baked cheese and fry pan bacon crust in paticular.
Etymology: gob + hors d'oeu·vre
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COMMENTS:
This word is close to my cholesterol clogged heart. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-27: 09:49:00
scrumpdelicious - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-27: 12:07:00
Excellent- Hell, I forgotten to take my Lipitor! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-27: 20:46:00
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Resifood
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: Rez-eh-food
Sentence: Taking the last bite of her twinkie, she relished in the bonus resifood left on the twinkie's rectangular holding plate.
Etymology: Residue+food
Disortanize
Created by: kathleen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Having been a closet plataphile for years, Linda could not resist the urge to disortanize the dinner dishes as a tribute to Alex's skill in the kitchen
Etymology: prefix dis- + ort then verbified
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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Itsymunch
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: it-see-munch
Sentence: Sally savored the last bit itsymunch left on the wrapper...as if she would never eat again. Spock found her behavior to be very discusting as he watched he also devour the cheesepaper.
Etymology: Itsy as in Itsy-bitsy-extremely small : tiny. Munch- To eat or chew something.
Lapitizers
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: lap/i/tize/ers
Sentence: Saturday night was the last straw for Ed. Grabbing a bite to eat out in public with June was just too humiliating. He had overlooked the time that ripped open the Cheetos bags (hers AND his) at the bus stop to lick the cheese. He ignored the time she grabbed everyone's utensils at the company picnic making sure no condiment or sugary glaze went to waste. But when she moistened her fingers and then started dabbing at his pant legs for lapitizers in front of his parents, he was as Jerry Seinfeld said in one of the many classic episodes, "Off the project!"
Etymology: lap and appetizers
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COMMENTS:
Wow, Lumina....that was vividly disturbing....I like it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:17:00
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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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Morselmunch
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mor-sul mun-ch
Sentence: Having taken her three children swimming, Sarah decided to make pizza and chips for the hungry brood. When it was ready she suddenly had an overwhelming desire to morselmunch the melted bits of cheese and tomato that had stuck to the wrapper. Of course she didn't let the kids see this, after all she didn't want them to grow up with bad habits!
Etymology: Morsel( a small piece of food) ORIGIN French 'little bite' + Munch( to eat enthusiastically) = Morselmunch
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