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DEFINITION: v., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.
Verboticisms
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Pilfridge
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pill frij
Sentence: swapping a box of cold mcnuggets for chicked cordon bleu is not fair exchange, it's pilfridge
Etymology: fridge, pilferage.
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COMMENTS:
yes it is - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 16:07:00
Spot on! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:36:00
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Pilferidgeration
Created by: ahniwa
Pronunciation: Pill * frihj * ehr * ay * shun
Sentence: Wally was sick of the tuna sandwiches his mom kept packing in his lunch, so when no one was looking (and no one does look when you take your lunch at 10am, and 11am, and 3pm), he snuck into the staff lounge to practice a little pilferidgeration.
Etymology: Pilfer (as in steal) + (re)fridgeration.
Happysteal
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.
Supgrade
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sup/grade
Sentence: The trick to improving your lunch without getting caught is to supgrade modestly.
Etymology: sup + upgrade
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on the newspaper article Jabber! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-05: 11:44:00
thanks purple - no idea how that guy discovered that word but if he's looking he's sure to find lots of your gems - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 12:57:00
Congrats Jabber! Great to hear of your well-deserved success. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:34:00
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Grabadab
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: grab-uh-dab
Sentence: I'll just grabadab this one, it looks so damn delicious!
Etymology: grab= to take something a= something dab= quick small mark or impression
Fridgivore
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: frij-EE-vohr
Sentence: Sick of Roxie's "shanghai surprize," and with his workmates not willing to grubstake him, Bob became the office fridgivore hogging out on other fellows' tucker.
Etymology: Blend of FRIDGE: cabinet for keeping food cool" & -VORE: devour,consume, eat
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 09:18:00
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Lunchsnatch
Created by: kellysue94
Pronunciation: say lunch then snatch
Sentence: my lunch was terrible so i lunchsnatched my friends
Etymology:
Forayge
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for aje
Sentence: Forsythe the Forensic Accountant on the fourth floor was famous because he would forayge in the fridge. He focussed on fabulous finds and would forge ahead of the noon rush to find filberts, feta, fontina, figs and Fanta. He filched things out of different lunch bags and filled his own lunch box with the fixings. Then he would calmly stroll into the lunch room and enjoy a free, filling and funtastic feast. He would purloin sirloin,pluck duck,plunder Wonder bread,rustle mussels,grab crab,rob Cobb and snitch sandwich with the slickness of any cat burglar. In his haste for taste one late morning, Fosythe failed to foresee the video camera which was installed in the lunch room. As he was hauled off in handcuffs, he all too late remembered that there was no such thing as a free lunch!
Etymology: foray (steal goods; take as spoils;briefly enter enemy territory;a sudden short attack) & forage (the act of searching for food and provisions;collect or look around for (food))
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COMMENTS:
A vision of people wandering from commerce to commerce, sneaking into lunch lounges and forayging, only to be chased out by indignant businesspeople or teachers or janitors. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-02: 09:36:00
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Pitupelf
Created by: Bunny36
Pronunciation: Pit-yoop-elf
Sentence: "Where did I put those cheese and pickl- This looks like egg mayo. Hey! Who's pitupelfed my lunch this time?!"
Etymology: From the Iranian 'pitu' meaning food + 'pelf' from 'pelfre,' Old French for booty or spoils.
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COMMENTS:
Good onya Bunny for having the "bottle" to include an element from Iranian in your word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-05: 16:43:00
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Stenograb
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-05: 06:09:00
Good definition,REMI! During 40+ years of work, I found it to be a regular occurrence- probably happening somewhere right now!
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-05: 10:07:00
This has produced a great batch of words so far!
remistram - 2007-11-05: 10:47:00
It happens to all of us at least once during our working life!
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-05: 11:00:00
Happened with dip I brought in. Caught him in the act. Wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't double-dipping. And didn't have really poor oral hygiene. And I wasn't sure that it was his first offense and I had actually eaten the dip after him at some point. Yuck!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James