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DEFINITION: v. To prepare or process food in a manner that renders it unpalatable, indigestible and completely inedible. n., Food which has been prepared in such a way that it is unfit for human, or even non-human, consumption.
Verboticisms
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Sheeshkebab
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sheesh ke bab
Sentence: When Stephanie got creative in the kitchen, it was frightening. Her lamb kebabs became sheeshkebabs when she'd experiment with various rodents as a main course. What's next, Green eggs & Hamsters? Yuck!
Etymology: Shish kebab (cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables)& Sheesh (interjection used to describe disgust or distaste)
Cordonblew
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kor don bluu
Sentence: it was another of her special cordonblew lunches. It was better than the last one at least, he actually got to the bathroom before he blew this one!
Etymology: cordon blue, blew his lunch.
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COMMENTS:
Kudos and Chuckles! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:21:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:32:00
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Stewage
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /styoo-ij/
Sentence: From the smell, Ron thought that the kitchen sink had backed up again, and he was making toward the closet with the plunger, when Bridget ran into him in the hall and said, "You do remember that my mother's coming over today, right? Oh, and I'm making lutefisk — it's a Swedish delicacy." We'd be having stewage for dinner tonight.
Etymology: Blend of 'stew' - to cook by simmering or slow boiling (Middle English, stewen "to bathe in a steam bath") & 'sewage' - liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains (from Anglo-Fr. sewere "to drain off water")
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:48:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 11:51:00
Think I prefer a smorgasbord - but lets not get in a stew! Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:18:00
Served by a steward of course! - bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:29:00
good word! - bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:32:00
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Yuckotash
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yuhk-uh-tash
Sentence: People are reluctant to ask Joyce to a pot luck dinner. She insists on bring her infamous yuckotash. A few of the uninitiated will try it only to be forced to find a creative way to get rid of it without offending. Nobody has ever been brave enough to ask for her recipe to discover what ingredient triggers the gag reflex so effectively. They just know a second bite is not going to happen.
Etymology: yuck (used as an expression of disgust or repugnance) + succotash (a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans)
Cuisinedegrade
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kweh-ZEEN-de-grayd
Sentence: Caroline's one specialty was in the area of cuisinedegrade....she could make even beef wellington taste and look like pet food.
Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (a style or quality of cooking; cookery) and 'degrade' (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
Ewwchef
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: eoooo- sheph
Sentence: Mark the ewwchef that he is, made us a cassarole made of chocolate bars and smoked oysters. Sure, i suppose both are aphrodisiacs, but the combination together is deplorable. At least it was a little better, though, than his kidney bean, pickle and horseradish salad. (the worst part is that i didn't make any of theose combinations up... they are real recipes that people in my family have tried to pass off...)
Etymology: sous chef - a culinary role of assistant to the executive chef + Eww - an exclaimation said when something is gross
Maggotgagger
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: magətgagər
Sentence: Lucy was known for her wild forays into gastronomic adventure. This time she had created a real maggotgagger. Friends had been subjected to any number of her experiments before but this time it was just too much. Even her dog, Downchuck turned up his nose at Beef Melba. Calling it a sweet meat didn't help.
Etymology: maggot (a soft-bodied legless larva, esp. that of a fly found in decaying matter) + gagger (someone who chokes or retchs)
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COMMENTS:
makes me gag just reading the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:05:00
Disgusting; bot good - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 21:28:00
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Palaterrible
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)
Alacommode
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-14: 18:53:00
Great gross in your cartoon today ... from the critter's butt sticking up ... to the facial expressions ... to the hair on the bite on the fork ... even the colors were putrid combinations!
I'm glad to hear you find my color sense is putrid. ~ James
bananabender - 2008-01-14: 20:49:00
What a regurgitreat of a day in Verbotomyland! The creative juices have been flowing freely today. Now, what am I gonna cook for dinner???
We could always eat our words... ~ James
zebrahdh - 2008-01-17: 18:50:00
That's great illustration! Thanks for using my suggestion!
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:36:00
Love it. Just like the joke about MPE's - Meals Pre-Excreted.
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:41:00
that's what i get for using a new laptop - my comment ends up in the wrong place. I hope i didn't accidentally vote for myself too.
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 16:59:00
vote n disgustisive and demealiorize
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 17:00:00
whoops
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James