Verboticisms

Created by: flyingheadlice

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: dee - meel - eor - ate

Sentence: Sandra had a cooking jinx on her. She could demealiorate a frozen pizza. When she boiled water, the air began to smell foul. So, you can imagine the Thanksgiving feast her family was soon to be in for. Everyone was gladly offering to help cook or bring dishes. Funny thing was that Sandra actually considered herself to be a cooking genius. "Let's see, I think I'll start out with turkey beast, stuffed with makerel-raisen cornbread. Hmmmm potatoes mashed with curry/anchovie paste would be good but I'll leave the rolls alone this year.

Etymology: The base of this word is ameliorate (to make better or more tolerable, improve or grow better). The word meal is inserted and the prefix "de" is added which changes words to mean less smaller or decreasing.

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: goht kwi zeen

Sentence: Jen totally goatcuisined that marbled steak. It looks like burnt rubber. A ram might be interested, but really, what sensible being would want to eat her goatcuisine?

Etymology: goat, haute cuisine

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: a/la/come/ode

Sentence: A local eatery serves their dinner alacommode. The chairs which are really toilet seats come in very handy to cleanse the palate between courses.

Etymology: a la mode + commode (toilet)

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COMMENTS:

Grossed me out! Sure got the point across! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:24:00

Very interesting word and sentence. Sure give the occupational health and safety experts food for thought! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:05:00

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Created by: G1GGSY11

Pronunciation: mar-be-cue

Sentence: the dinner was marbecued,totally under done and raw.

Etymology: mar- to spoil barbecue- a way of preparing food

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Created by: nsoodik

Pronunciation: dee-guss-ti-fie

Sentence: My wife makes a mean poached salmon, but when it comes to jambalaya, she can degustify the freshest ingredients into an unappetizing slop.

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: swill-if-eye

Sentence: Joan swillified her bouillabaisse to such a degree that she won an award from the James 'soup-in-Beard' Foundation. When she proudly placed the award next to her Gold Medal Horrible Haggis trophy, her husband simply sighed and put another frozen dinner in the microwave.

Etymology: swill + petrify

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COMMENTS:

I love SWILLIFY! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:45:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: a/la/come/ode

Sentence: A local eatery serves their dinner alacommode. The chairs which are really toilet seats come in very handy to cleanse the palate between courses.

Etymology: a la mode + commode (toilet)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: paləterəbəl

Sentence: Joan hates to waste anything. This includes food that she has kept a bit too long. Just last week she tried to pass off on her boy friend a palaterrible sandwich, made with sticky coldcuts that were making their own mayonnaise. He thought better of it and went out for lunch.

Etymology: palatable (pleasant to taste) + terrible (extremely and shockingly or distressingly bad or serious)

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Created by: treehous

Pronunciation: \kən-ˈjēl-ō-'mēl\ (kon-jeel-oh-meel)

Sentence: Nick warned Lucy not to add her own ingredients when they had guests for dinner, but she still managed to congealomeal the Shepherd's Pie

Etymology: congeal- from Old French congeler "freeze, thicken," from Latin congelare "to freeze together" meal- "food, time for eating," Old English mæl "fixed time, a measure, meal"

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