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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.
Verboticisms
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Flyingsauceugh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Fly-ing-sors-ur
Sentence: When Susan shook the ketchup bottle she realised that her dear husband, aka 'The Joker' had rigged the bottle so that it turned into a flyingsauceugh, sending the whole contents flying through the air landing straight in her face. She vowed to get her own back one day when he was least expecting it, if only she could think of a plan mean enough.
Etymology: Flying(to travel through the air) + Sauce(a thick liquid to add to food to improve the flavour) + Ugh(Used to express something unpleasant) = Flyingsauceugh
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:26:00
Gets my vote for sure! I could NOT think of anything on this one! - lumina, 2008-09-19: 18:04:00
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Gotchup
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gächəp
Sentence: Rudy fell for a whole bottle of gotchup. He was a great fan of practical jokes. He was constantly pulling stunts on his roommate. Finally it was Billy's turn. After observing Rudy's habit of turning the catsup bottle over and giving it a good thunk before opening the cap, Billy knew what to do. He loosened the cap and sat back to see the results. Sure enough, Rudy proceeded to empty about half the bottle on his pants and new shoes with one good whack. The whole thing was made that much sweeter by the fact that Rudy insisted on buying the cheap runny catsup instead of the brand that Billy liked. His only regret was that PitterPat, his cat, was well within the spatter zone as the prank ensued.
Etymology: gotcha (an instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule) + catsup (a spicy sauce made chiefly from tomatoes and vinegar, used as a condiment)
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COMMENTS:
great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:33:00
Excellent word! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:12:00
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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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Connedement
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: condiment
Sentence: Doris's mother-in-law loved to poke around in the fridge whenever she came to visit. She would pull out all the sauce and dressings bottles, giving them a firm shake and peering at the use by dates before exclaiming loudly to embarrass Doris, when she found an old one. This time, Doris had a cunning plan to thwart the old biddy. Her fridge was now full of connedements - at the first shake, her mother-in-law was sure to get a face full of thousand island dressing, fish sauce or aioli.
Etymology: conned (subject to a confidence trick) + dement (to cause someone to lose their faculties) + condiment (accompaniments for your food)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Petaj - welcome back!! Great word today - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:25:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:13:00
Welcome back...my connedeplements on your word! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:08:00
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Saladmessing
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sal-ad-mes-sing
Sentence: Jim, a perpetual five year old, played one too many practical jokes on his wife when he fixed the lid on the salad dressing, what he called saladmessing, so that it would completely ruin her new sweater. She packed her bags, and handed him a letter from her lawyer. "How's that for closure," she asked before slamming the door.
Etymology: wordplay on salad dressing -- salad + messing: to mess around with or make a mess
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-02-18: 07:12:00
like it...don't mess with the dressing! - Nosila, 2010-02-18: 17:22:00
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Shakenfake
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: shake-en-fake
Sentence: That Bob, such a wisecapper! He would shake-n-fake every bottle in the house, right after replacing the sugar with salt.
Etymology: Shake 'n' Bake, fake
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COMMENTS:
Nice word, who do those wisecappers think they are anyway!!! - pungineer, 2007-10-23: 08:02:00
They're all screwed loose. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-23: 11:54:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 12:11:00
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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)
Saucerpise
Created by: sallybeth
Pronunciation: saw-ser-pie-se
Sentence: Damn! He saucerpised me again
Etymology: sauce + surprise
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