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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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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
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
Pizzapointment
Created by: babypee
Pronunciation: peet-za-poynt-ment
Sentence: I felt huge pizzapointment when I opened the box and there was nothing there
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Slicelack
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation:
Sentence: he got home from work and his nose sensed the cheerful smell of warm fresh pizza. but when he finally reached the box, he felt the worst slicelack ever, finding out there was none left for him.
Etymology: slice + lack, meaning lack of slices.
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)
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:
Dominomore
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dämə nō môr
Sentence: Alvin was having a bout of remorsel. One moment he felt like the king of pies. The next he was Dominomore. He was so busy watching the game that he didn't pay attention to the fact that he was scarfing down the final slice. He usually took a moment savor the last bite but now it was gone. He tried to make himself feel better by picking off a mushroom that was stuck on the lid but it didn't help. All that he was left with was a cold, heartless slab of cardboard.
Etymology: Domino (Pizza brand) + no more (nothing further)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-09: 05:17:00
sad that he was so dominomoribund - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:49:00
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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
Crustfallen
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: crust-fall-en
Sentence: Jeremy came in hungry after canvassing in nearby neighborhoods all morning. He was crustfallen when he went through not one, not two, not 17, but all 23 pizza boxes at the campaign volunteer center only to find some picked-off olives and crumpled-up napkins. So crustfallen was he that he stripped off his candidate flair and defected to the other candidate, who did not have as many volunteers but had way more pizza.
Etymology: Crestfallen: "Sad because of a recent disappointment" altered to incorporate crust, as in pizza crust.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:41:00
Love it...you got my vote. - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:32:00
Super special! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-11: 16:59:00
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Comments:
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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.