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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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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 )
Munchymonstrosity
Created by: fatcat
Pronunciation: mun chee mon stro it ee
Sentence: The girl panicked when the munchymonstrosity leaped out of the frigde and chewed off her finger.
Etymology: munchy (delicious) monstrosity (undead or evil)
Putriments
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: PEWT-reh-ments
Sentence: The malodorous emanations coming from her fridge let Elsie know in a big way that the fridge had become a haven for long forgotten putriments and she momentarily contemplated calling 911 for emergency removal.
Etymology: Blend of 'putrid' (in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten) and 'nutriments' (anything that nourishes; nourishment; food)
Biomutaney
Created by: Haydon
Pronunciation: Bio-mu-tan-ey
Sentence: The biomutaney has came alive at its first sight of daylight, wanted it as its own.
Etymology: bio-life mutaney-mix up
Petripate
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: petre pata
Sentence: I remembered that there was some left over guacamole in the fridge, but when I opened the container it had turned into petripate.
Etymology: Petri dish (a shallow dish used for the culture of microorganisms) and pate (a rich savory paste typically made from minced meat or fish)
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COMMENTS:
deelicious! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 09:28:00
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Frigenesis
Created by: Afthought
Pronunciation: Fri g'n'sis
Sentence: The first book of the frig mold bible.
Etymology: the sound uttered upon first taste of month old pea soup.
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COMMENTS:
Great minds think in the same gutter, I've heard. - ErWenn, 2008-02-02: 11:55:00
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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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Ecolossus
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/coal/los/us
Sentence: The eighteen month old chicken at the back of the fridge had transformed itself into an ecolossus, ready to attack and destroy my digestive system on contact.
Etymology: ECOLOSSUS - noun - from ECOLI (a species of bacterium; capable of causing disease; can be a threat to food safety) + COLOSSUS (beast of gigantic size)
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COMMENTS:
excellent word and etymology - silveryaspen, 2008-12-01: 11:37:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-01: 13:02:00
The attack of the 50 foot pullet? - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 13:08:00
Fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:19:00
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Morphinade
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: mor-fin-aid
Sentence: Rather than throw away expired milk, my husband likes to let it morphinade into rotten cottage cheese
Etymology: metamorphasis+merinade
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COMMENTS:
eewww... sounds like a deadly relative of lemonade! fun word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:16:00
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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