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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.
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Sliceanothingnis
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (slice-a-noth-ing-nis)
Sentence: When he opened the box of pizza he found there to be sliceanothingnis.
Etymology: Slice: regarding to a piece "slice" of pizza. A: a Nothingnis: nothing is there.
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)
Pizzappointment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: pēt'sə-point'mənt
Sentence: Even though Sean had forked out four dollars for his share of the pizza he and the guys had ordered to eat during halftime, he'd chosen a bad time to visit the bathroom, and when he returned, the only thing he found was a box full of pizzapointment. He just sat there staring at the grease stains on the cardboard, utterly crustfallen.
Etymology: pizza (Italian, var. pitta - a flatbread) + disappointment - to fail to fulfill expectations (fr. late Middle English/French, desappointer)
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
Lamentaroni
Created by: comborracha
Pronunciation: la-ment-ah-roh-nee
Sentence: Jim had nothing but lamentaroni for dinner last night; his roomates swooped on the pizza as quickly as it arrived.
Etymology: lament+pepperoni (originator of the grease)
Sicilyearn
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: si-CIL-yern
Sentence: Discovering the box empty, Jason was overcome with a heavy sense of Sicilyearn.
Etymology: Sicilian, yearn
Digiornomore
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Deh-JORE-no-more
Sentence: When Artemis opened the pizza box and found his friends had eaten the leftovers he sighed to himself....DiGiornomore.
Etymology: DiGiorno pizza + no more
Depressizza
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: duh-press-eet-zah
Sentence: To quell his depressizza he settled for a take out calzone instead.
Etymology: depress (sad) + pizza
Neftpizza
Created by: Juny1
Pronunciation: nef-t-pizza
Sentence: I looked at the box and i was neftpizza.
Etymology:
Tenebrificatiouspizzomission
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: ten-i(t)-bri(t)-fi(t)-cae-shus-pee-zo-mish-shun
Sentence: Uncle George: 235 pounds, 5,7', pot-bellied, overweight 40-something dad who eats only delivery pizza, finds himself today with an empty box, his own face depressed, and a taciturn emotion towards the devoid pizza slice(s).
Etymology: tenebrific (cheerless/depressing) + pizza + omission
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.