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DEFINITION: n., Mutated leftovers which, unattended inside an evil-minded fridge, have transformed themselves into an extremely odorous, alternate life form. v., To save food past it's freshness date and watch it grow into something new.
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Leftoverlords
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: left/OV/er/lordz
Sentence: I, for one, welcome our new turkey tetrazzini leftoverlords.
Etymology: leftover + overlord
Boxins
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: box-ins
Sentence: It's not cool when my ice box has enough time to turn my milk, meat, cheese, veggies and fruits into boxins, simply because they were boxinated too long. Help me food doctor. I need a boxination!
Etymology: A play on ice box and toxins
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COMMENTS:
or a boxorcist - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 10:39:00
Glad to see someone included reference to icebox! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:36:00
clever creation! Yes, good to see ice-box used. - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 06:15:00
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Garblesmagle
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: Gaaaaar-ble-sshhh-nah-ble
Sentence: the garblesnable is trying to escape out of the fridge and take over the kitchen.
Etymology: garble= evil snaple= food
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COMMENTS:
best word EVA! - Mclovin, 2011-09-13: 15:21:00
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Freneticfutation
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: rhymes with genetic mutation
Sentence: Barb was so tired of cooking after the big feast, that she started dining out every night. She would bring leftovers home and put them in the fridge quickly so as not to have to see the developing compost pile that awaited her. When the smell of the leftover Chinese food, mingled with the rancid lunchmeat and the liquified cucumber finally escaped the confines of the fridge, she tied a scarf around her face with some dryer sheets tucked in the fold, donned elbow length gloves and braced her self for the freneticfutation that almost convinced her to abandon her home.
Etymology: Based on genetic mutation, but changed to frenetic to imply a crazy pace and futation to get the idea of food in there.
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COMMENTS:
The vivid images this invokes makes it hard to keep this one down. People often ignore the "liquified cucumber"...my least favorite discard.
Great story, Nu! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 14:07:00
eww gross, but a great word!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-02: 10:23:00
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Chillybugs
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Chil-lih-bugs
Sentence: Because their home suffered a power failure while they were abroad, the family returned to find that their refrigerator was infested with Chillybugs of a particularly noxious variety that kept saying, "What's up Doc?" and "Turn out that light!".
Etymology: Chilly- Chilli a spicy food that mutates into a life form that defends itself by producing strong acids and sundry noxious gasses. Less aggressive at low temperatures. Bugs- Small pests that resemble a cartoon animal of the genus Lepus
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COMMENTS:
love the reference to Bugs Bunny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 14:37:00
me to - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:18:00
Silly people! Bugs for kids! Liked your mini comic, AndyCapp! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:33:00
Perhaps you need a chilly dog to guard the fridge. Enjoyed the sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:39:00
And dispose of them in a chilly-bin! Kiwis (NewZealanders) call portable ice-boxes chilly-bins. - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:06:00
Fun word, sentence and etymology! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:07:00
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Morphins
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mawr-fin
Sentence: There's a morphin in the fridge, Judy screamed as she slammed the door shut. Though she had only gotten a quick glimpse when she moved the milk, she knew what is was. The leftover muffin she had promised to finish off last week had inched its way to the back of the ice box and taken on a life of its own with its hairy tentacles clinging to and infiltrating a number of its neighbors. It is going to take a strong stomach and about a gallon of bleach before Judy will feel safe in her kitchen again.
Etymology: morph (to be transformed) + muffin (an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan )
Refridgeraider
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ree/frid/jur/ay.dur
Sentence: A refridgeraider is after my perishables. He used to be a pork roast but now he's Indihama Jones.
Etymology: refrigerator + raider
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COMMENTS:
I like it when you ham it up! Cool word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:43:00
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Tupperlings
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: tup-pur-lings
Sentence: Hoping for a midnight snack, Dirk went to the kitchen, only to discover his fridge door open and all his plastic storage containers empty. As the realization dawned that the tupperlings had escaped, he looked around the dark, silent kitchen in horror.
Etymology: tupperware + living(l) things
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COMMENTS:
The magic box that turns supperlings into tupperlings ... and they're out to get us! They've given me the chuckles! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:11:00
Tubberware marketing campaign ruined - they said keeps everything sealed!! - nice word. - sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:12:00
Cute. - Maxine, 2008-02-02: 08:51:00
like it! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:01:00
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Fridgremlins
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /frij'-grem-linz/
Sentence: Brenda could hear something moving in there (in the Frigidaire) and when she peeked, and the light came on, she first heard a fierce squeal (or perhaps that was just the squeaky door), and then she was sure she saw fridgremlins scurrying behind the milk carton and the leftover casserole dish. She slammed the door shut and ran to find the number to the exterminator.
Etymology: fridge - shortening of refrigerator (from Latin, frīgus "cold") + gremlins - small, mischievous creatures (popularized by the RAF as a cause of mechanical failures; possibly from Old English, gremman "to anger, vex" + -lin of goblin) Don't get them wet!
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COMMENTS:
Who you gonna call? Box Busters? lol - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 08:57:00
lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:27:00
The leftover chicken and the bright fridge light didn't help either! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:22:00
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Ptomainaters
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: to mayn ay ters
Sentence: Sarah entered her kitchen with trepidation. He was back, just like he promised the last time he had visited and terrorized her. She knew he was back because of the putrid odor. This time, he wasn't alone, he had brought reinforcements who were as evil as he. The sour milk, that very old potato salad, green meat and other items that would need a CSI Trace Analysis to determine their origin were pillaging her fridge. The minute her fridge door opened, it's vile rotting scent permeated the whole house. A mere disinfectant bath was not going to be enough to rid her this time of the Ptomainaters. She was going to have to get an Electroluxorcism or have an Amanadectomy to get the vile appliance out of her home. As the stainless steel coffin for the Ptomainaters was removed, Sarah heard that voice with the strange Austrian accent saying again, "Hasta La Vista, Baby...I'll be back!"
Etymology: Ptomaine (serious food poisoning due to bacterial putrefacation) & Terminators (someone who exterminates) & Ate (eaten)
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COMMENTS:
Whew! Now she needs to terminate his visits! Excellent verbotomy! - splendiction, 2010-04-21: 19:55:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by bananabender. Thank you bananabender. ~ James
Dougalistic - 2008-02-01: 06:50:00
Something smells fishy around here.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-01: 16:05:00
Great definition. Really motivated and inspired some of the funniest sentences and verboticisms of the week! :-)
bananabender - 2008-02-03: 04:00:00
Great cartoon James! The details are a hoot... the bite out of the drumstick, stuffed olives as eyes, and wings mutated into a two-headed monster. Funny! You've inspired me to submit more ideas for you to develop and take to the nth degree!
Thank you Bananabender! I was definitely inspired by your words -- the evil-minded fridge is brilliant! ~ James
WOW! SAY NO MORE!
Today's definition was suggested by bananabender. Thank you bananabender. ~ James