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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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Fliddle
Created by: lawlore
Pronunciation: flid-l
Sentence: I loved my girlfriend, but she had so many annoying habits. I got so sick of her fliddling every time we went out to dinner- she thought it was sooooo funny, but I think she just had shares in my dry cleaners.
Etymology: Portmanteau of fiddle (v., in the sense of "to interfere or play with") and lid (n., the top of a container)
Pneumanzone
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: New-mans-own
Sentence: "Who was that guy in the 'Butch and Sundance' film who donates all the profits to charity?", asked Alyssa as she brusquely reached for the bottle, squeezed, and fell victim to yet another heartless pneumanzoning from her grinning boyfriend.
Etymology: Pneuma: prefix meaning "full of air", man: as in "manual", zone: referring to the splatter area as a ratio of the release of air in direct proportion to valuable family heirlooms and furniture.
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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Gullicap
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: gul-li-cap
Sentence: Susan's husband pulled a gullicap; he loved to dress her at the most surprising moments. Susan was gullicapped by her husband, at the amusement of her children. Gullicapping is an art form practiced by professional pranksters around the world. Gullicapturing denotes a prankster's success.
Etymology: Gullible (easily deceived or cheated) & Cap (covering)
Decaplidated
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: de-CAP-lid-aytd
Sentence: When the lid flew off the salad dressing bottle when she shook it, Audrey realized with great chagrin that once again, her husband, Elrod, had played his lame decaplidated trick on her again.
Etymology: Blend of 'decapitated' and 'lid'
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COMMENTS:
Off with his head! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:06:00
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Screwictim
Created by: Osmosis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the Wishbone salad dressing exploding on her, Mary became enraged at being the latest screwictim of her husband's pranks.
Etymology: Screw + victim
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COMMENTS:
Typo: should be "exploded" instead of "exploding" - Osmosis, 2007-10-23: 22:06:00
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Saucerpise
Created by: sallybeth
Pronunciation: saw-ser-pie-se
Sentence: Damn! He saucerpised me again
Etymology: sauce + surprise
Halflip
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: haf lip
Sentence: It drives me crazy when my son halflips the milk container.
Etymology:
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.
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