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'Who wants to test my guinea pig stew?'

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.

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Grunch

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: grah-nch

Sentence: Mindy made a disgusting grunch of guinea pig stew.

Etymology: Gross: as in disgusting. Lunch: as in a meal.

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Cuisineriorate

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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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)

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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.

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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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Recipust

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: res-i-pust

Sentence: n. There weren't enough napkins at the table to hide the recipust when Jenine wasn't looking. v. To my complete and utter shock, my new neighbor recipusted something that was once food (or at least certain parts of it were food to certain species in the food chain) and brought it over to my house. I had her try my cobbler last week..so I had to oblige and try her recipust. Actually, I lied and said I tried it that night with my husband, when in fact we couldn't even feed it to the dogs. We flushed it down the toilet.

Etymology: recipe + pus + disgust

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Fudbar

Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: Food-bar

Sentence: Rebecca was known far and wide for her ability to FUBAR just about any recipe. Which is why her friends always raved about her potlucks.

Etymology: The military acronym FUBAR (F'd up beyond all recognition), altered to be F'd up dinner beyond all recognition).

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Great word! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:41:00

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Palaterrible

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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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Yuckotash

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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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Dulinaree

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-14: 00:01:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-14: 19:49:00
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???

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-15: 00:03:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-08: 00:13:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James