Vote for the best verboticism.
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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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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Goatcuisine
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
Swillify
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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Congealomeal
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"
Cuisinedefile
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Kwuh - ZEEN - de - fyl
Sentence: Serving up her snail, peanut butter, mushroom and okra stew, Althea had taken cuisinedefile to new dimensions.
Etymology: Cuisine + defile
Breedersdigest
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bree ders dijest
Sentence: When her guests fail to rave at her new recipes from her Breedersdigest Cookbook, Maisy figured she should stop cooking rodents and move further up the food chain.
Etymology: breeders (ie:guinea pigs, bacteria,) & digest (to consume a meal)
Demealiorate
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.
Retchipe
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: RECH - i - pee
Sentence: After Marla mixed and drank her healthy earth worm shake, Ron inquired which retchipe book she got her inspiration from.
Etymology: retch - to make an effort to vomit + recipe - list of ingredients and instructions for preparing a concoction of food or drink
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COMMENTS:
I like it!! - Mustang, 2008-01-14: 07:00:00
Retchipes for the wretched wreck of a cook gone bad! Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:20:00
very appropriate - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:29:00
Some recipes are so bad, they sound almost ready to retch for! Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:13:00
Its a retchtipe for disaster. Great word! - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 00:04:00
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Nastecoli
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: nast-ee-kol-eye
Sentence: Congolia's culinary experiments began to wear on her friends and family after her brother was rushed to the hospital with a bout of nastecoli from her latest mysterious concoction.
Etymology: nasty (yucky) + e. coli (bacteria causing extreme intestinal discomfort)
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COMMENTS:
Very good word - TJayzz, 2008-11-11: 23:30:00
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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)
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