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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
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)
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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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
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)
Swisherdok
Created by: frenchprof
Pronunciation: swisher- doc
Sentence: swisherdok! its all done...
Etymology: swish=as it sounds and dok=Proto-North-Bahnaric squeeze, pinch
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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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.
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
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:
WOW! That's SOME combo....VERY unique approach. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:23:00
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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