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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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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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Animatextant
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: An-neh-mate-ek-stan-t
Sentence: Jill's Kung Pao chicken, from her favorite Chinese restaurant, became animatextant after she left it in the fridge for a month.
Etymology: Combination of "animate" - to give life to; and "extant" - not destroyed or lost
Frigidscare
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fri jid skare
Sentence: Molly had a frigidscare when that old luncheon meat turned green with envy and tried to make a run for it!
Etymology: frigidaire (fridge brand) & scare(Boo!)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word play ... like those spoils, so frightening it froze me in my t-racks! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:05:00
nice word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 14:57:00
lol that word is also cute lol - purpleman, 2008-02-02: 07:26:00
good word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 08:11:00
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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:
who's gobbling now hahahahaha. Great word - galwaywegian, 2008-02-01: 06:15:00
Roared with laughter ... evokes so many thoughts from given a whole new meaning to being Turksih or being a Turkey ... or even if there's a planet Turkey named after the country ... or it's people? This word boggles the imagination! I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 08:45:00
A great word - im sure ET looks nothing like the image you created!! - sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:05:00
I think it's time for it to turkey off! Crazy, creative word ! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:43:00
You'd better put a lock on your fridge door or you could end up with an astral-nomical phone bill! Great word! - bananabender, 2008-02-03: 09:53:00
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Refetidate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ree-fett-e-date
Sentence: Marlene, took the leftovers and scraped them onto a plate and placed it in the ghouler bin. She was not going to waste a scrap and planned to refetidate them as soon as she got home from the picnic
Etymology: refrigerate + fetid
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COMMENTS:
"Fetid"....great word base, dangerous snack. Very creative, P! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 13:58:00
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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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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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Oldcuts
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ōldkətz
Sentence: Julie knew it was time to throw away the oldcuts when they started producing their own mayonnaise. While she was at it she also disposed of the cheesapets.
Etymology: old (having lived for a long time; no longer young) + coldcuts (luncheon meats)
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COMMENTS:
so simple but so good - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-01: 13:04:00
Truncated meats are terrifying. Bravo! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-01: 13:56:00
simple word that says it all.... - mweinmann, 2008-12-02: 10:25:00
Fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:16:00
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Fridgenesis
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /fɹɪˈdʒɛnəˌsɪs/
Sentence: It's not so bad when the milk and leftover Chinese food comes to life, but when even the box of baking soda undergoes fridgenesis, it's time to do some cleaning.
Etymology: from fridge (refrigerator) + genesis (creation)
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COMMENTS:
Might need a re-think on "Genesis" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:53:00
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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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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