Verboticisms

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: 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: 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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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: milorush

Pronunciation: (adj.)snāg'wŏŏd' - Snagwood sandwich

Sentence: Galen usually indulges in a Snagwood sandwich when he forgets to bring his lunch.

Etymology: snag + [Dag]wood = (a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pilll frihj

Sentence: The pilfridge was obviously perpetrated by the owner of the abandoned blandwich.

Etymology: pilferage, fridge

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - Nosila, 2010-03-02: 18:35:00

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Created by: Eyeshah

Pronunciation: /SAK-lunch/

Sentence: Beckoning Bill from the corner of the fridge was a mouth-watering, deli-made club sandwich. Against his better judgment, Bill decided to sacklunch it that day.

Etymology: sack(to pillage or loot after capture; plunder) + lunch

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: stock/ed/ex/change

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

Etymology: stocked + stock market + exchange

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COMMENTS:

can't trust those broker types - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-05: 13:17:00

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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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sand switch er roo

Sentence: Hungry Harry made sure he got to the lunchroom early every day, before his co-workers arrived. His mission was to pull the old sandswicheroo trick. He always brought the same thing, a sandwich made of buttered white bread and swapped it for a more interesting concoction. He had previously enjoyed hummus and veggies on pita, pate on rye, hearty chicken salad, roast beef and provolone and his all-time favourite after holidays, turkey sandwiches. He'd swap then eat at his desk and although many complained, no one could prove he had done the old sandswicheroo once again. This was especially galling to his colleagues, who, like he, all worked at FBI Headquarters!

Etymology: Sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)& Switcheroo (trick where one thing is sneakliy swapped for another)

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