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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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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
Uncouthishment
Created by: rexcausey
Pronunciation: un-cooth-ish-ment
Sentence: Brad dove to the floor for his daily dose of uncouthishment after he tore open the bag of chips and they spilled all over the kitchen floor.
Etymology: Uncouthishment is a noun derived from the words 1.)uncouth(Crude; unrefined) and 2.) nourishment(food, nutriment, or sustenance).
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
Germunch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jərmənch
Sentence: Billy*s mom is a germ-a-phobe. Her house is cleaner than a surgeon*s hands. When he went away to college Billy became the antithesis of of her. He would eat anything on a dare; worms, cockroaches, food off the bathroom floor. He extended the 5-second rule to the 5-minute rule. He would germunch just about anything just to get a reaction. Because of his reduced stature his friends often referred to him as the germunchkin.
Etymology: germ (a microorganism, esp. one that causes disease) + munch (eat (something) with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws)
Dedirt
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: duh-DURT
Sentence: Alex was not about to let the doughnut his clumsy date dropped go to waste, and he gobbled up the dedirt.
Etymology: dessert + dirt
Recovereats
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-cov-er-eats
Sentence: When his bowl of cheeseballs were knocked onto the floor, Mel sprung into action and quickly began rescue and recovereats maneuvers so that he could continue to watch the game with his favorite snacks at his side.
Etymology: recovery: the act of regaining or restoring something lost + eats: articles of food; snacks
Whoopsidining
Created by: Anthporter
Pronunciation: hwoop-see-die-ning
Sentence: Todd went whoopsidining after Rachel spilled her chocolate mousse. It was disgusting!
Etymology: Whoops + ups-a-daisy + Dining
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)
Fulkingly
Created by: ambercriss
Pronunciation: Fool-king-le
Sentence: He was fulkingly the floor.
Etymology:
Fook
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: before anyone looks lets fook the food.
Etymology:
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