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DEFINITION: n., That sad feeling you get when you open the pizza box, and there's nothing left but grease stains. v. intr., To sit in front of an empty pizza box and sulk.
Verboticisms
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Boxsulk
Created by: roguedood
Pronunciation: Bachs-Sulk
Sentence: I walked into the kitchen and opened the pizza box... i must have Boxsulked for about a hour.
Etymology: box- meaning crate or cubular vessel of holding Sulk- meaning to cry or be sad
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COMMENTS:
first attempt!!! - roguedood, 2008-10-09: 09:26:00
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Oilofoyvey
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oyl/of/oy/vey
Sentence: He suffered pangs of oilofoyvey when he discovered nothing but a slick of grease in the empty pizza box.
Etymology: oil + oy vey (an exclamation of dismay or exasperation)+ oil of olay
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COMMENTS:
Took me a minute -followed by a big goofy laugh on my part! - libertybelle, 2007-11-12: 13:53:00
Took me a little longer:100/100 for inventiveness! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-12: 15:55:00
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Hawhine
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Hawaiian
Sentence: Lottie fell into hawhine when all she could see in the box was a few pineapply fibres stuck together with coagulated cheese. After months of Gourmandgo, she had ordered this Hawaiian pizza to eat in a normal fashion, only to find that it had been snaffled. The only consolation was to crumplunder around the carton.
Etymology: Haiwaiian (pizza characterised by chunks of pineapple and ham) + whine (a whingy noise made by someone suffering)
Pizzadoh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pee-tza-dow
Sentence: Simon opened the pizza box from the night before, only to find he had already eaten the whole lot. 'Oh pizzadoh' he exclaimed 'I just fancied some of that for my breakfast, now I'll just have to have boring toast instead.
Etymology: Pizza(an Italian dish consisting of a flat,round dough base,baked with a topping of tomato. + Doh(an expression used originally by Homer Simpson when things are not going his way) + Dough(Base of a pizza) = Pizzadoh
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COMMENTS:
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Boxahnot
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After sweeping the floor and taking out the trash washing the car,I sit down to a boxahnot- you people are sick.
Etymology:
Deepdishfunk
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Deep-dish-funk
Sentence: Megan rolled over, hit the snooze button, and began to roll into the cool part of the pillow when she noticed the pizza box still behind the clock from last night's "discussion" with Andy, and she thought about how great a greasy cold slice of triple Italian sausage would be right now, so she flipped the lid up on the box, only to discover the orange drainage amalgam of sausage grease and pizza sauce, but nary a remaining slice, and decided that she would have to start the day in a deepdishfunk.
Etymology: Deep dish: a common reference to Sicilian or Chicago-style pizza that is cooked in a deep pizza pan + Funk: an emotional frame of mind a few steps further than the common malaise.
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:42:00
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Donwan
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: don - wan
Sentence: Jake sat beside the empty pizza box, hungover and now feling donwan as well.
Etymology: donwan a play on don (head of Mafia family) and Don Juan.
Pizzive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: PEETZ-ive
Sentence: Chuck felt the papajones begin deep in his gut and he reached for the obsequious box to slam a slice when he felt the cold, sinking PIZZIVE feeling drop in his gut. His dominoyance at seeing the empty cardboard conveyance was matched only by the pizzahuffiness he felt at having to go out and purchase another full one.
Etymology: So many to choose from. I went with Pizza with pensive (dreamily or wistfully thoughtful) and anchovies.
Greasegrief
Created by: gazissax
Pronunciation: grees-greef
Sentence: His disappointment at her not arriving for the date recollected to him the greasegrief he'd felt at breakfast.
Etymology: grease - slimy stuff exuded by cooking meat; grief - a feeling of loss
Deepdishpression
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: deep-dysh-pre-shun
Sentence: Mark sat in from of the empty Domino's box with a look of deepdispression on his face as he licked the last remaining crumbs from the empty box. Next time he won't be late for dinner.
Etymology: deep dish (popular pizza style, particularly in Chicago) + depression
Comments:
On the menu today: Digiornomore Hawhine Sicilyearn Pepperawwni
wordmeister - 2007-11-13: 09:47:00
Sounds like a pizza box full of dashed dreams...
Dadgummit! This would've gotten my vote. Good one.