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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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Graviteat
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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Fook
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: before anyone looks lets fook the food.
Etymology:
Linoleyumyum
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: lin-OLE-ee-yum-yum
Sentence: Bart didn't subscribe to the '5 second rule', he considered anything that had been dropped on the floor by himself or others to be a delectable linoleyumyum however long it may have been laying there.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'linoleum' and 'yum yum'
Appathetic
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ap pathetik
Sentence: Jenny slapped James wuth her Manolo Blanik's exclaiming, 'you're so appathetic, you choose to eat food off the floor than drink champagne from my shoe!"
Etymology: appetizer (a small first course; food) + pathetic (ridiculous, embarrassing )
Linoleyum
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lin ol ee yum
Sentence: When Frasier accidentally dropped something tasty on the floor, the floor automatically became a linoleyum. He dove to lick up the treat before the five second rule applied and could win gold medals for his efforts.
Etymology: Linoleum (a floor covering) & Yum (an interjection that means delicious)
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 )
Lineoleyum
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lin o lee yum
Sentence: Barry hated to waste food. He did not know why, but if it fell on the floor, it tasted a bit better. It was embarrassing to go anywhere with him, as he devoured this lineoleyum no matter who was watching...it was even more embarrassing when he did it at his wife's boss's parties!
Etymology: Linoleum (floor covering) & Yum (exclamation when something looks/tastes delicious)
Plibble
Created by: micvice
Pronunciation: PLIH-bul
Sentence: Marcel was very clumsy and a bit of a glutton, so naturally quite the plibbler.
Etymology: plop, nibble
Putrilapiglop
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
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