Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: grav it eet

Sentence: It got to be too much for Julie. Taking her partner Matt out to trendy cocktail parties and other social outings were too embarrassing for her. You see, Matt would graviteat anything that he "accidentally" dropped on the ground. The first ten or twenty times it happened one could put down to clumsiness. But it now became apparent to Julie that he was doing it on purpose. He finally admitted to her that he loved to floorage for food...it somehow tasted better to him. She would have to find him a support group, like Parqueteaters Anonymous or ThirsaTiles or LinoleYum or Carpet Consumers and their Underlaying Causes. If she didn't, there would be no Welcome, Matt.

Etymology: Gravity (The force of attraction between the Earth's mass for bodies near its surface) & Gravitate (be attracted to;move toward) & Eat (consume food)

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COMMENTS:

Welcome Matt ! Love it. VERY satisfying microstory, Nosila. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:21:00

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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)

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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.

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: tar-uh-gruhb

Sentence: Ken was enjoying his terragrub of spilled pudding until he scooped up somebodies old gum. He then experienced terregurgitation.

Etymology: terra (earth) + grub

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COMMENTS:

also a help around the house as a terragrubscrub - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-11: 12:36:00

Real earthy stuff. Hilarious too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 18:00:00

PS: A bit more earthy stuff: I trying to come up with this verboticism, found an earthy, gritty Kentish dialect word, "sculch" referring to the unwholesome things children like to eat. I guess after teragrubbing and sculching some not so yumgum, it's terregurgitation that follows. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 18:26:00

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Sk-off-dr-op

Sentence: Tim was skilled in the art of scoffdrop, he would spend hours trying to persuade his friends that any food that had accidentally fallen to the floor was perfectly safe to eat, as long as you follow the golden rule. The food must be eaten within five seconds so that any germs do not have a chance to move in on it.

Etymology: Scoff(to eat quickly or greedily) ORIGIN Dutch from Schoft 'meal' + Drop(to fall or cause to fall to the floor) = Scoffdrop

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COMMENTS:

Nice sentence, Tjayzz. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:18:00

I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:33:00

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Created by: astorey

Pronunciation: three-seck-und-fool

Sentence: Jeremy was a threesecondfool who would pounce on dropped food, which somehow gained in attractivenss on its way to the floor. He was also known to try to threesecondfool other people by pretending to just happen upon a recently discarded morsel: "Oh, look! I must have dropped one of my shrimp. Ho ho..it's the three-second rule, you know!"

Etymology: Three-second rule combined with fool, both as a noun (he's a threesecondfool) and a verb (don't try to threesecondfool me!).

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COMMENTS:

Hahahaa. Good one,Astorey. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:32:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: flor-derv

Sentence: since the advent of the 5 second rule, i have been able to enjoy many floordoeuvres with a clear conscience

Etymology: floor, hors doeuvre

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COMMENTS:

Fabulous! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-11: 04:42:00

Another great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-11: 05:04:00

perfect - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-11: 06:00:00

excellent rik! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-11: 07:24:00

Says it all. Excellent! - fourgirls, 2007-10-11: 08:52:00

Outstanding selection. - systemax57, 2007-10-13: 20:35:00

wow!!!good one - aigle101, 2007-10-17: 10:18:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: spil-lənch-ng

Sentence: Harry was so clumsy that if he didn't believe in spillunching, he would have to almost double his food budget. He loved to cite the 5-second rule as he did his best to extract any dog hair or other foreign matter that may have come along for the ride. What he couldn't understand was why people always wanted to ask him if he had ever been caving.

Etymology: spill (cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container) lunching (a meal eaten in the middle of the day) derivative of the word spelunking (the exploration of caves, esp. as a hobby)

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COMMENTS:

The spelunker's motto: Take only pictures Leave only footprints Kill only time :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:25:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:07:00

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Created by: wjames

Pronunciation: oops-o-sal-i-vate

Sentence: mothers, tired of their children dropping food on the floor, soon encourage their children to oopsosalivate... thus bolstering their anti-immune system.

Etymology: oops = accidentally dropped something, salivate = to produce saliva and/or To be full of desire or eagerness for something:

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Created by: tehbeks

Pronunciation: pyoo treh lah peh glawp

Sentence: MMMMM... Putrilapiglop! I better dive fast before anyone else sees it! That's disgusting. Why does Ted always putrilapiglap everything that spills?

Etymology: putrid lap (i.e. in how dogs drink water) glop

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