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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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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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Nibblescule

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: NIB-uhl-skyool

Sentence: Bob nibblesculed with a gobsessiveness. Modigobs of mushruins and upgrubs of pizzabris were just two of his favorite nibblescules.

Etymology: NIBBLE:To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits & MINUSCULE: Any very small, minute thing or object.

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COMMENTS:

Awesome. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:34:00

Pizzabris-hahaha - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:43:00

Ok, I'm hungry. - lumina, 2008-08-28: 21:22:00

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Crumbpull

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: CRUM-pull

Sentence: Matt was a notorious crumbpuller who picked at plates as he cleaned them, but it wasn't until he began to eat the crumbpullings from the Arby's wrapper that his friends began to think he might have a problem.

Etymology: Crumb (the bits of food that fall off) and pull (as in pick or tug on)

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COMMENTS:

actually this works really well as a verb to erWinn's crumbplunder. - MrDave2176, 2007-09-27: 10:18:00

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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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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

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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)

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Hidbits

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: HID-bitz

Sentence: John knew he was as full as he could be so he asked the waiter for a "doggie" bag. Even so he couldn't resist hounding after the morsels left on his plate for he knew that 80% of the flavor in any dish is crammed into the hidbits, those tiny scraps that most people politely leave behind.

Etymology: Hidden (adjective: kept out of sight; concealed) + Bits (a small piece, part, or quantity of something) Derivative of tidbit (a small piece of tasty food)

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COMMENTS:

Yes! The best flavors are hidden in those bits! :) - lumina, 2008-08-28: 21:21:00

Brilliant. Too good to just wolf it down. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 08:25:00

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Somorsel

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: som mor sel

Sentence: Graham Cracker was mortified when he took his girlfriend, Hershey, to the local hospital. It seems she could not resist the last somorsel of gooey marshmallow cooked on their hibachi out in the woods. Too bad she could not wait until the grill had cooled a bit more...ouch!

Etymology: Some more (in addition to) & Morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful) & Smore's (camping treat of graham cracker, chocolate and marshmallow sandwich melted over a campfire)

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