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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.
Verboticisms
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Gangreenbeans
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ganggrēnbēns
Sentence: Linda was a bit premature in her preparation for the company get-together. In a bad case of rot luck, her famous casserole was now a dish or gangreenbeans.
Etymology: gangrene (localized death and decomposition of body tissue) + green beans (the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable)
Extraturkeyestrial
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/tra/tur/key/es/tree/al
Sentence: There has been an extraturkeyestrial lurking in my fridge since Thanksgiving. It has now grown to twice it's original size and has changed colour but because of it's glow I'm saving money on a fridge light.
Etymology: extra turkey + extraterrestrial
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COMMENTS:
out of this world funny - from the word to the sentence to the etymology -- great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-01: 11:32:00
Scary like a B-movie, yet practical and green. Like it! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 13:51:00
Great idea for saving money, I'll have to try it,times are hard!! Good word - TJayzz, 2008-12-01: 20:59:00
Love it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:17:00
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Beastronomy
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bee st ron oh mee
Sentence: Lefty was not only left-handed, he was left-fooded. Lefty kept food in the fridge so long it grew hair and started to move. Lefty had a real knack for beastronomy.
Etymology: Beastly and Gastonomy. Gastronomy is another name for food. Beastly has three meanings. 1) creature - like the moldy hairy beast leftovers can become. 2) brutal - which the smell is. 3) nasty, thoroughly unpleasant and objectionable.
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COMMENTS:
Beastronomy smacks of pastrami raised by wolves. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 00:56:00
great word but makes me worried about opening the fridge - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-01: 12:58:00
Five star word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:19:00
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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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Fermentriments
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fur - MEN - truh - mentz
Sentence: When Sadie opened the fridge door the awful odor that emanated signaled a large quantity of fermentriments had taken over.
Etymology: Mix of fermented and nutriments
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COMMENTS:
Nice word combo! I hope my milk doesn't fermentriment!!! - Dougalistic, 2008-02-01: 05:58:00
Fermentriments are enough to drive me to drink! Interesting creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:23:00
wow if i thought of that my head would explod.............................................................................kiding - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 14:59:00
kidding - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 14:59:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-02: 16:42:00
Nice ring to it! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:41:00
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Devittles
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: Deh-viht-tills
Sentence: Off turned the light, and the nightly terror began for the as-yet-unexpired food. The nosferatuna slid stealthily into door hopper, where the condiments rested. A silent shadow, it sunk its celery fangs into the neck of the mayonnaise jar, gorging upon its salty fatty humors. Having turned, the zomayo lurched itself over its retaining wall and began to feast on the cauliflower, which it had mistaken in its saturated stupor for brains. A large sasquash ripped its way through the forest of broccoli and emerged upon a family of tomatoes, huddling in the corner of the produce crisper. A gout of seeded ichor sprayed across the front of the clear plastic drawer. Then, a hush fell through the refrigerator as the elder god of the cooler, Cthulhummus rose, an amorphous evil clad in finest shimmering Saran. Muffled screams issued from the magnetic seal around the door, but fell upon sleeping ears. Tonight the devittles reigned, and no food would go untainted.
Etymology: devil (or possibly deviant) + vittles
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COMMENTS:
You get my vote for using Cthulhummus. Dagon and Nyarlothotep beware! :) - yellowbird, 2008-02-01: 14:27:00
Wow - so many great stories today - I love nosferatuna - could also be nosfuratuna (furry mould) - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 14:41:00
Great style - reads like a mystery ... as well as a spoiled food history! Kudos for the novel-ty of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:42:00
its good but the sentence is a little long - purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:49:00
clever word, clever story, entertaining, funny! What more could we want? - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 06:50:00
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Heavolution
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: heave oh loosh on
Sentence: Janice turned an unsightly shade of green and fought back the compulsion to vomit as she cleaned the curiously furry heavolution from a tupperware container than had resided in the fridge for far too long.
Etymology: From "Heave" (colloquialism for vomiting) and "evolution" (the change in inherited traits in an organism from one generation to the next)
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COMMENTS:
The furry ones are the worst...anaerobic. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 00:58:00
Another top word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:18:00
Another top word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:18:00
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Festericed
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Fest-er-ie-st
Sentence: When Julie returned from her two week holiday in Greece, she noticed a foul smell eminating from her kitchen. Realising it was coming from the fridge, she gingerly opened the door. To her horror, there, lying on a plate was a thick lump of green mould she wasn't sure what it started out as but she had a funny feeling that she had forgotten to throw away the leftover curry that she had half eaten the night before she went away. The whole thing had festericed into a completely new life form. She knew she had to get rid of it quick before it began to form some sort of intelligence, so she scooped it into a bag and threw it into the incinerator.
Etymology: Fester(of food,become rotten, perish) + Iced(chilled. cool)
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COMMENTS:
Burn 'em or blast 'em...that's the only way to kill 'em.....How about blue cheese? Is it alive or what?
- metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 14:01:00
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Nutrisentify
Created by: Kirubeza
Pronunciation: new-trih-sehn-tih-fie
Sentence: Jenny opened her fridge and was appalled at the the fact that the chicken she had been saving for the past week had nutrisentified and wanted to leave the fridge.
Etymology: This word is derived from "nutrient", as in he food itself, and "sentient", to show that to everyone's dismay, it now has a mind of it's own.
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COMMENTS:
Nuterrific word - Nosila, 2010-04-21: 23:25:00
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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: ecoli(bacteria)+ colossus(monster)
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COMMENTS:
ooh - nasty! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 10:37:00
he he Ecolssus is a great word hope u win - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 14:54:00
Triple slam great ... pronunciation, sentence and etymology! All 3 stupendous in their simplicity that packs a huge wallop. Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:53:00
i still like urs the best - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 20:36:00
I'm with silveryaspen. Simple, effective, and clever! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:28:00
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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