Verboticisms

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: kellysue94

Pronunciation: say lunch then snatch

Sentence: my lunch was terrible so i lunchsnatched my friends

Etymology:

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Created by: Kealtyrock

Pronunciation: lun-rob

Sentence: The tuna salad sandwisch that Hilda brought for lunch was a victim of lunrob from the office refrigerator.

Etymology: lunch and rob to steal

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: gruhb-STI-tyoot(toot)

Sentence: Sick of "shanghai surprize" and with his mate not willing to grubstake him, Bob hogged out on his boss's "Beef Prince Alfred." He knew that to grubstitute would get him in strife. And, besides, it was not on and would make his boss as mad as a cut snake. But, anyway, his boss was a bit of a boofhead, thick as three planks, who wouldn't know "Beef Prince Alfred" from "beggar's banquet."

Etymology: Blend of Grub:food (slang)& substitute. "Shanghai Surprize":fried up leftovers with rice. Mad as a cut snake:angry. Grubstake: give s.o. money to buy a meal.'Beggar's Banquet':whatever's leftover in the fridge. Related term: "grub & bub":food & drink.

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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: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: swa-punch

Sentence: roger was dying to swapunch his lunch for the salmon steak.

Etymology: swap, lunch

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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: 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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: stock/ed/ex/change

Sentence: When Joe didn't have enough time to make a good lunch, he just visited the full staff fridge and performed a stockedexchange.

Etymology: STOCKEDEXCHANGE from STOCKED + STOCK EXCHANGE + EXCHANGE

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: re-FRIDJ-er-rade-er

Sentence: Geoff was a notorious refrigeraider and had no qualms at all about taking a coworkers tasty looking lunch and leaving his stale sandwich and old piece of fruit in it's place.

Etymology: Blend of refrigerator and raider.

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COMMENTS:

Perfecto! - hooterbug, 2008-10-02: 08:40:00

For some reason I envision Tusken Raiders standing in front of the fridge, scratching their cowled heads, saying "Where the hell did my lunch get to? I was really looking forward to that boiled Jawa." - zxvasdf, 2008-10-02: 09:33:00

Great word! - Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:16:00

Gets my vote! :) - lumina, 2008-10-03: 00:07:00

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