Verboticisms

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)

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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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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: pee-u-tri-fix

Sentence: Ugh! I can tell by the smell, that Clalamity is in the kitchen putrifixing!

Etymology: A combo of pee-yew, putrid, and fix.

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COMMENTS:

perhaps this is the putrifix for a junk food addict - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:34:00

Nice word and verbotomy-provoking. Are the words: rot, grot, scat, crap and odi putrifixes? Sorry, I better stop this rotolatry! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:35:00

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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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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: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Cat-ass-tro-nom-ik

Sentence: No matter what meal Amelia prepared it always ended up a complete catastronomic affair. Her husband Joe was even thinking of divorce to save him from going bankrupt by having to order takeaways every evening.

Etymology: Catastrophic(a complete disaster) + Gastonomic(the art of cooking) ORIGIN Greek gastronomia from gaster 'stomach'

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:06:00

as appealing a meal as the ass of a cat. Like it. - rombus, 2008-11-11: 10:55:00

I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 21:29:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: di/kokt/se/crate

Sentence: Jenny managed to decocsecrate whatever she cooked no matter how fine the cut of meat was, or how closely she followed the recipe.

Etymology: DECOCSECRATE - verb - from DECOCT (to cook, or boil food to extract the flavour) + DESECRATE (to destroy, or violate the sacredness of)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: kwi-ZEEN-e-or-ayt

Sentence: Lorraine's most notable skill in cooking was a remarkable ability to cuisineriorate most everything she cooked....she could make a dish like duck l'orange taste like canned cat food.

Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (a style or quality of cooking; cookery) and 'deteriorate' (to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc)

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Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: duh-li-naree

Sentence: A crock pot would have served us better dulinaree than this!

Etymology: dull + culinary

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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)

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