Verboticisms

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: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Five-fing-grrr-lick-PICK-nick

Sentence: Dagwood often felt sharp hunger pangs between ten and eleven in the morning while he was compiling the daily marketing reports for his boss, and if his 18 years on the job had taught him anything, it was that this was usually a perfect time to raid the office refrigerator for a personal fivefingerlickpicnic.

Etymology: Five finger: a 100% discount for special people with low moral values + Finger Licking: the way Kentucky Colonels express satisfaction with the flavor of a meal + Picnic: a meal often featuring a variety of covered dishes.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: lunch/on/you

Sentence: When I forget my lunch, I have luncheonu.

Etymology: luncheon/you(u)

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Swop-slop

Sentence: When Peter discovered what his wife had packed him for lunch, he let out a huge sigh. He realised that she had been trying out her new recipes on him again and this time had surpassed herself by creating some inedible looking mess that could not be identified. He then had the brilliant idea of going to office fridge and proceeded to swapslop his lunch for something that resembled food. No-one would ever guess it was him as long as he kept his mouth shut.

Etymology: Swap(an act of exchanging one thing for another) + Slop(unappetizing semi-liquid food) = Swapslop

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 13:28:00

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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:

Good word - TJayzz, 2008-10-02: 14:49:00

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Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: frawed - you - lunch

Sentence: After performing a soupendectomy on Mary's lunch bag and pulling the old swindlewich on Bill, leaving a ham on white for his ploughman, Jim had put together quite a fraudulunch.

Etymology: fraudulunch = blend of fraudulent and lunch, soupendectomy = to successfully remove soup from the lunch bag of another, swindlewich = secretly trading your sandwich for one of better quality.

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COMMENTS:

Nice words - pungineer, 2007-11-06: 06:09:00

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Created by: mvsmyth

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rifrijəreɪdər

Sentence: Roger has taken to disguising his lunch after a run-in with the workplace refrigeraider. He now uses a green marker on his sandwich bag to make it look like the bread is moldy. The only issue he faces is whether or not someone will see his handiwork and throw it away.

Etymology: refrigerator (an appliance or compartment that is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink) + raider (a person who quickly and illicitly takes something)

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: snack-boost-ing

Sentence:

Etymology: snack + boost (steal)

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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

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