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DEFINITION: v., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.
Verboticisms
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Chickenanery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: chik/en/an/ury
Sentence: A devious friend played some serious chickenanery when she gave me a foolproof recipe for chicken divan. It turned out to be just divan.
Etymology: chicanery (deception) + chicken
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COMMENTS:
Very good! Wish I'd thought of it first. - Mustang, 2007-11-22: 07:40:00
Tremendous! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-22: 16:09:00
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Hoaxture
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: HOKS/tur
Sentence: It was clear, as we all passed the jello mold and drank, that Jim had fallen for a hoaxture.
Etymology: hoax + mixture
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COMMENTS:
BEWARE the Jell-o shots. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:32:00
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Leftouters
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: left/ow/turs
Sentence: I agreed to host a Thanksgiving leftovers party but the recipes I found on line were more like leftouters
Etymology: left out + leftovers
Degrediate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Dee-greed-ee-ate
Sentence: Whenever he was asked to pass on one of his original recipes Clarence always made sure to degrediate the recipe of one of the most important ingredients.
Etymology: de = to remove or undo + ingredient
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COMMENTS:
how degrediating! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-22: 09:47:00
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Outgredient
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: owt-grē'dē-ənt
Sentence: Teresa smiled to herself after writing out, and handing the recipe for her famous 'pumpkin-apple tarts,' to Janice -- when Janice had begged her to write it down from memory, Teresa had warned her that she was somtimes forgetful -- and now, she realized she had forgotten to include the sugar; an 'outgredient' if you will. 'They certainly will be tart,' Teresa thought to herself, with a chuckle.
Etymology: out (Middle English, outen "to put out") + [in]gredient (Latin, ingrediēns - present participle of ingredī, to enter)
Poultrygeist
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: pole - tree - guy - st
Sentence: Amanda was disappointed. It looked like she had created a poultrygeist this Thanksgiving. She couldn't understand why her roast duck, BBQ chicken and most of all, her beloved deep fried Turkey did not look or taste the way that they should. She thought this would be a true poultry smorgasbord, extravaganza....especially since she had obtained all of Aunt Martha's secret receipes.
Etymology: The word "Poultry" starts off this word. We know that poultry is not usually foul but is really "fowl". The word "Geist" is German and is difficult to translate but is often used to mean mind, spirit or ghost.
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COMMENTS:
very fitting this week - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:17:00
clever word - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 12:45:00
EXCELLENT word,Rombus! Nice segue from Halloween, too. got a vote from me. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:09:00
Amanda is clearly a victim of Fowl Play! Great word. - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:40:00
great contribution - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:10:00
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Culensconce
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: c-uh-en-sk-uhn-se
Sentence: Debbie knew she'd been culensconced, because she followed Dave's receipe and it still didn't taste like his.
Etymology: Combination of the beginning of "culinary" and the word "esconce"
Ingreedyent
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ihn-GREED-ee-uhnt
Sentence: Alex thought he was leaving out an ingreedyent of his PBJs by not mentioning the peanut butter.
Etymology: ingredient + greedy possession of a recipe
Bluffanowings
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bluff - a - no - wings
Sentence: Marcy was ecstatic. She had finally talked John into giving her his secret recipe for Buffalo wings. It had taken months of wrangling and cajoling but, here it was...neatly written on a 3x5 index card. John made the best Buffalo Wings she had ever had. They were just the right amount of zip, crunch, meat and bones. Every morsel was a bite to be savored. What she was not aware of was that she really had his receipe for Bluffanowings. As she read through the recipe, and imagined herself making them for the first time, she wondered to herself "how does he make them look like wings?"
Etymology: The word Bluff (to mislead or deceive) is combined with Buffalo (as in Buffalo Wings) to start the word. After Bluff, the last part of Buffalo is replaced with ano which is a combination of the word And and No. Finally, the last part of BuffaloWings is added with "Wings". The whole thing is just a play on the popular appetizer....but with no Wings.
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COMMENTS:
very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:18:00
That sentence literally made my mouth water. Thanks, mysterious Mweinmann. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:12:00
Will have to settle for a bouffle (souffle) instead. - petaj, 2008-11-26: 19:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James