Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: thahy-jak-er

Sentence: Whenever Bob gets chicken for dinner he takes the leftovers to work the next day for lunch. What really annoys him is that there is a thighjacker who seems to have no compunction about pilfering from his co-workers.

Etymology: thigh (The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Also called femur) + hijacker (to rob (a person or vehicle) by force)

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: up-PIL-fridge-ATE alt;UPILFRIDGEATE

Sentence: Hank the Shank was a model citizen, an adequate employee and an active member of his community. Unbeknownst to his co-workers, he was also the office food thief, stealthily swapping his unappetizing mozzarella sticks for someone's imported brie. Hank the Shank would UPILFRIDGEATE his bland baloney sandwiches for a slice of Cap's home made quiche when nobody was looking, and justify it to himself by leaving low-grade generic foodstuffs behind. His moral oversight resulted in the communal refrigerator filling up with industrial-grade munchies which remained untouched and unwanted. With each foodswap, his guilt and fear would grow, but he was unable to stop himself. Hank the Shank knew that if he was caught UPILFRIDGEATING, he would be shunned by his comrades and a fog of suspicion would linger over him like a noxious cloud of escaped freon. To a foodlum like Hank, the bleu cheese was always greener on the other side of the fence.

Etymology: UP+PILFer+refRIDGErate+ATE= UPILFRIDGEATE .....UP:from "upgrade".....PILFER:: steal ; especially : to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again;Middle French pelfrer, from pelfre booty.....ATE: past tense of EAT;: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn;Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat, Latin edere, Greek edmenai

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COMMENTS:

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-02: 02:37:00

http://www.astro.uu.se/history/Celsius_eng.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-02: 02:54:00

excellent prose - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 13:25:00

Foodlum..love it! Quel fromage! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:19:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: sten/o/grab

Sentence: Always on the run, Steve would swing open the company fridge to stenograb something quick and filling. Didn't matter to him whose name was on what or how big it was written, "KEEP OUT! AND THIS MEANS YOU STEVE!" No. As he had "places to go and people to see," he felt justified in stenograbbing from the fridge at least three times a week. Unfortunately one day, someone filled a danish with chocolate ExLax to teach him a lesson. He now brownbags it daily. (true story from my working days...poor janitor...was out for two days...and NO I didn't do it...)

Etymology: stenograph: A shorthand character/ write in shorthand. grab: Snap up: get hold of or seize quickly and easily.

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COMMENTS:

Yes you did and good on you! At least justice was swift...maybe too swift! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:21:00

Oh, Nosila! It wasn't me! I swear! Actually the entire office thought it was really a mean thing the woman did, but she thought he deserved it. Too cruel for me. - lumina, 2008-10-03: 00:08:00

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: pur-LUNCH / SAND-switch

Sentence: Harry purlunched his baloney and cheese for a nice roast beef sandswitch he found in the office fridge.

Etymology: pur(loin) + lunch / sand(wich) + switch

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COMMENTS:

you still came up with a great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:15:00

Great word. Say it a few times and it becomes "plunch." - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:31:00

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: suhp-grayde

Sentence: Having just brought a squished and questionably expired bologna sandwich for himself, Nathan attempted to supgrade his lunch to my delectable fluffernutter sandwich. It didn't end well for Nathan.

Etymology: Supper (which my Nana used to call lunch) + Upgrade.... dang now i really want a fluffernutter

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ham burg er lar ee

Sentence: His m.o. - he came in very early to the office each day to ketchup on his paperwork. That way, he could take an earlier lunch break than the others. In reality it gave him an opportunity to raid the office fridge and take the nicest lunch for himself. He relished this form of hamburgerlary, for one of his coworkers always brought a tasty home-made hamburger to be zapped each day for lunch. You mustard admit, it was a clever plan, until he was caught with his hands on someone else's buns. He was now in a real pickle, because his boss was cheesed off...

Etymology: Hamburger (a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun) & Burglary (to steal;theft)

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Hap-pee-stee-el

Sentence: Man, this is the best happysteal I've had in weeks!

Etymology: Happy meals come from Mickey D's, Happysteals come from The office fridge.

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: E-ter-theef

Sentence: Eggbert the eaterthief didn't think twice about taking what he wanted for lunch from others in his office.

Etymology: Eater-One who consumes food. Thief-A person who steals, especially secretly.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: Fil chard

Sentence: Wayne was called into the Office Manager's office at 3:00 pm for his herring. He had been accused by Dory, the new assistant, of stealing her lunch 5 days in a row. She was partial to seafood salads and so apparently was Wayne. Monday he had rustled her mussels;Tuesday he had stole her sole;Wednesday he had pawed her cod; Thursday he had to take her hake and today he had filchard her pilchard. He tried to protest. But his defense floundered when his breath was smelt!

Etymology: Filch (make off with belongings of others)& Pilchard (small fatty fish usually canned)

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Created by: LotusB

Pronunciation: Fridge-a-nin-ja

Sentence:

Etymology: Fridge (refrigerator) + Ninja (silent, stealthy mercenary agent) = Fridganinja

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