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DEFINITION: v., To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty". n., A tasty treat which has been accidentally dropped, then quickly salvaged and savored.
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Streetmeat
Created by: younger
Pronunciation: Street-Meet
Sentence: I picked my hot dog up off the ground so quickly, there were only a few crunchies when I ate it. Another successful Streetmeat lunch!
Etymology: Meat that hits the Street
Carpetdiet
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: Car-pay-di-et
Sentence: It was a matter of carpetdiet when Doug, upon dropping a piece of prosciutto on the floor, suddenly dropped to his knees to recover the morsel.
Etymology: carpe diem, carpet, diet
Lamineat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lamənēt
Sentence: A true believer in the 5-second rule, Bob is likely to lamineat anything that hits the floor. His mother would fuss at him until she dropped one of her favorite cookies. She practically knocked him into the next room retrieving it.
Etymology: laminate (manufactured by placing layer on layer) + eat (put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it)
Tenseconder
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: ten-sek-on-dur
Sentence: John eats food off the floor all the time. He is a total tenseconder
Etymology: a person who takes the "ten second" rule a little to much to heart.
Smorgasfloorboard
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: smȯr-gəs-flohr-bȯrd
Sentence: As a salesman, Ted practically lives in his car. Breakfast, lunch and often dinner are consumed behind the wheel. Ted is a strong believer in the 5-second (plus) rule. He looks at his car as a smorgasfloorboard.
Etymology: smorgasbord (buffet-style food ) + floorboard (the floor of an automobile )
Prodigalnosh
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Prod i gal nosh
Sentence: Josh was known for prodigalnoshing at the most inopportune moments such as in a crowded cafeteria. Sometimes the prodigalnoshed food he picked up didn't even belong to him! Josh knew to prodialnosh was to court many risks to his immune system and social standing, but he just couldn't resist himself. He would be a prodigalnosher for life, until his body gave out, and even then, he probably would have his nursery home attendant attend to that for him.
Etymology: Prodigal (as in the prodigal son who comes back to the fold after wandering to find his own) & nosh (to eat)
Pizzaramics
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Peetz-uh-RAM-micks
Sentence: Sylvester loved all sorts of gooey things made out of lots of stuff like casseroles, pastas, and stews, so it came as no surprise to anyone that his most favorite thing in the world was to drop five things on the tiled kitchen floor and have a feast of pizzaramic proportions.
Etymology: Pizza: italian pie filled with lots of meaty and cheesy goodies + Ceramics: what tiled floors are often made of.
Gravitidbits
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: grav-eh-tid-bits
Sentence: To Murray, just watching snacks drop inside a vending machine made his mouth water. But when food precipitasted to the floor, he could not resist the gravitidbit. Something about falling always improved the flavor. Precipitaste: To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say "it's too dirty"
Etymology: Gravity + tidbit
Antipastogen
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/ti/pah/stoh/jen
Sentence: Antipasto off the plate, or antipastogen off the floor, it didn't bother Tommy. It was FOOD!
Etymology: antipasto + pathogen (bacteria)
Disgustatory
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: dis GUST a tor ee
Sentence: Gordie never met a snack he didn't like, even those that had been dropped on the floor. By other people. At some unknown time in the past. His love of disgustatory pleasures knew no bounds. Sometimes his friends called him "Grody" (for obvious reasons) or "Goaty" (due to his apparent ability to eat just about anything).
Etymology: disgust + gustatory (of or relating to eating or the sense of taste)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! ~ James
mplsbohemian - 2007-10-11: 22:57:00
There are a LOT of good words today!
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James