Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gess tron om mee

Sentence: Rose and Herb always hated being invited to her sister, Saffron's, for dinner. They enjoyed her company, but hated her cooking. Saffron had a knack for combining inedible and unpalatable concoctions. She did not believe in throwing out food and so she "used" up whatever had withered/expired/gone bad in her fridge, freezer or cupboards to make her ghastly meals. She often added critters and noxious plants she found around the neighbourhood to the mix. To make matters worse, guests had to guess what was in these creations. Saffron joked that this was her Guesstronomy skills at work. Any one who survived their hospital visits after her cooking refused to return. Wishing to spare her feelings, Rose & Herb pretended to eat, but never did actually partake of these horrible repasts. They thought Saffron should become an Army cook, in an enemy's army! Sam & Ella, Toe Maine, Steph Infection, Mr. E. Coli and Bott Chewlism were the only other guests that attended these feasts and they always came back for more!

Etymology: Guess (an estimate based on little or no information; a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence) & Gastronomy (the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating food)

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COMMENTS:

Like it! - TJayzz, 2008-11-11: 23:31:00

clever! - libertybelle, 2008-11-12: 10:26:00

I'm just mad about Saffron....Saffron's mad about me.... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:40:00

They call you Mellow Yellow....Hah! - Nosila, 2008-11-14: 23:53:00

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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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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:

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

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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: pebblekicker

Pronunciation: coo-kac-el

Sentence: Meg invited us over for dinner. We should never have accepted the invitation knowing that she is such a bad cook. The dinner was such a cookacle.

Etymology: cook+debacle

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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: 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)

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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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Created by: courty3303

Pronunciation: Mah-pit

Sentence: Did I mopit that dish?

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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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