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DEFINITION: v., To carefully place a lid on a bottle, especially a salad dressing bottle, so that it appears closed and will not spill unless the bottle is moved or shaken. n., A bottle which has been prepared in such a manner.
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Howgrossman
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: howww growww smann
Sentence: Her frenzied shaking of the howgrossman bottle left thousand island dressing dressing the island in the kitchen
Etymology: how gross lloyd grossman sauce
Paratorque
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (tr. v.) pěr'-rə-tôrk (n.) pěr'-rə-tôrk'-ər
Sentence: "Don't paratorque the ketchup before you put it in the fridge," shouted Mom. "Next time you do it you'll have to clean the entire kitchen!"
Etymology: Para- (false) + torque (to twist)
Vinaigress
Created by: CDH167
Pronunciation: vinn-uh-gress
Sentence: "My roommate short-sheeted my bed and set my alarm clock two hours early, so I'll get back by vinaigressing her new bottle of Catalina."
Etymology: Portmanteau from 'vinaigrette' and 'aggressive'.
Caesarprise
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: see-sar-prize
Sentence: Looking at the thousand island covered walls, Dean knew that Marie had left him a Caesarprise with his salad for lunch today.
Etymology: Caesar + surprise
Ketchuprank
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kech-uh-prangk
Sentence: Jill's boyfriend thinks he is a real jokester. He is famous for his ketchuprank where he leaves the cap lightly so that the next user gets a lapful of stains.
Etymology: ketchup (a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc) + prank (a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature)
Bleusneeze
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bloōsnēz
Sentence: Bill thought he’d play his famous bleusneeze prank on his new girlfriend, leaving the cap loosened on the bottle of salad dressing so that she would spray it all over herself when she shook it. The joke was just as funny (or funnier) when she reached for the bottle, tipped it over and spilled the contents in Bill’s lap. Unsure if she did it on purpose or not, he quietly screwed the lids back on the salt and pepper shakers.
Etymology: bleu cheese (cheese containing veins of blue mold, such as Gorgonzola and Danish Blue) + sneeze (make a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth due to irritation of one’s nostrils)
Splattermine
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈsplædɚˌmaɪn/ /splatter-mine/
Sentence: He hated April Fool's Day as his girlfriend would always booby-trap the entire house, filling it with splattermines, powdersnares, gluetrops, tapewires, squirtbombs, featherfalls, boobie traps, stinkpits, and pie cannons.
Etymology: From splatter + mine (as in the explosive device)
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COMMENTS:
No, I did not misspell "booby trap". A "boobie trap" is something else entirely. I'll leave it up to you to decide what it actually is. - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 12:12:00
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Slyaladize
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: sslye-aghlla-dyesz
Sentence: Mr. Wiggums gradually came to realize that the best prank he could play on his salad addicted friend whould be to Slyaladize the salad dressing bottle, so that when his friend went to shake it, he would get a faceful of (IDEAS Verbotomy Create-a-word!)
Etymology: Sly + Salad + Ize
Tophersplat
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Top-her-splat
Sentence: Paulie Prankster always set his wife up with a tophersplat every time she used Verbotomy Salad Dressing.
Etymology: Top- a lid of a container. Her- Female. Splat- a wet slapping sound.
Vinairegret
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vina/regret
Sentence: A favourite cafeteria joke is vinairegret which involves replacing the lids on salad dressing with larger ones - especially appreciated by dry cleaners.
Etymology: vinaigrette + regret
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COMMENTS:
Gar!lick at that! Beaten to it on the vinegar-based dressing theme. - petaj, 2007-10-23: 08:23:00
Spicey! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-23: 11:51:00
Vinnie regrets doing this to me because I've capunked him with vengence threefold. - Stevenson0, 2007-10-23: 12:32:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Definitely Krafty behaviour!
remistram - 2007-10-23: 09:52:00
I had to marry the loose lidder...I'm a shake first, tight lidder thus the birth of this definition.
Time to throttle the bottler? ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:29:00
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:30:00
very high standard so far today!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James