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'May I ask, what are you doing?'

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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Upgrub

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: UHP-gruhb

Sentence: Fastidiousness wasn't one of Bob's stronger points. And from the time when he was a drover on the Barcoo, and nearly had to eat a barcoo sandwich to survive, his philosophy was that if it was food, it was edible. So when any yumflot hit the floor, Bob quickly upgrubbed it.

Etymology: Blend of YUM & FLOT(sam): By analogy -when tasty food falls "overboard. Yum: yummy, tasty, scrumptious. UPGRUB: grub: "food" & vb: to forage.

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COMMENTS:

good one - Mustang, 2008-09-30: 14:16:00

metrohumanx Yumflot upgrub never ever foodsnub. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:27:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:08:00

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Floordoeuvre

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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Snatcho

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Snatch-oh

Sentence: Martin looked on in horror as the martini olive pinged from his cocktail stick and disappeared under the fridge. He made a dash for the fridge door, bending over and swiping his hand underneath it. The manoeuvre managed to snatcho two pieces of Go-Kat biscuit, a crusty malteser and the hairy olive. "Choice!", he thought.

Etymology: Snatch - To take quickly. Nacho - small pieces of fried tortilla

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Dromb

Created by: deadrat

Pronunciation: dr-ah-m

Sentence: Everyone stared as Joe drombed up the cupcake Mary had dropped on the floor.

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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'

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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

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Tenseconder

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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.

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Threesecondfool

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:

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

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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

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Prodigalnosh

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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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-11: 01:35:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-12: 00:30:00
Yes lots of floordoeuvres for thought. Tasty too! Even if they are all full of antipastogens. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-08: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James