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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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Thingredient
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: thin greed e ent
Sentence: When Maria gave in to requests for her recipes, she was always careful to thingredient them, so repro's never were as devine as her originals. This was fine until they hired a lab manager at work. Her contat fear was that he might get wise...
Etymology: Thin (having little substance or significance;lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)& Ingredient (a component of a mixture or compound)
Recippease
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: RES i peez
Sentence: Every time I make that apricot pie, my neighbor bugs me for how it's done - I finally caved, but in the recippease I gave her, I left out the cardamon and lemon zest, which is what really makes it special.
Etymology: recipe + appease
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COMMENTS:
Damn it, now you all know!!! - kabloozie, 2007-11-22: 00:54:00
Ha! And all this time I've been adding cardoon. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 06:44:00
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Omitstery
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: oh-mit-stir-ee
Sentence: The cassarole that Teddy served was fantastic. Too bad he decided to keep the recipe as an omitstery and not tell me what the filling was made of. This really shows the level of his ingreedience.
Etymology: Omit+ mystery
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COMMENTS:
Maybe Teddy left out 'soylent green' ("Soylent Green is people!"). Ingreedience is a good one too. - Tigger, 2007-11-25: 18:59:00
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Alamodeification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/la/mode/i/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: Sally's piece de resistance at the end of a meal was her famous homemade ice cream. When guests begged for her recipe she always gave then the one with the alamodeification.
Etymology: a la mode + modification
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COMMENTS:
Perhaps you left 'Alamo' out of your etymology deliberately??? What a clever way to convey the failure of the alamodeification! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 13:00:00
A tip of the hat to a MASTER verbotomist. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:11:00
Great word...I'dlike some vanilla right now myself! - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:43:00
Great word. Also brings to mind of events at SAN ANTONIO, Texas in 1836. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:16:00
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Lessipe
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: less-uh-pee
Sentence: I used my mom's lessipe for spinach and artichoke dip, but it seemed to be missing something - perhaps spinach?
Etymology: less, recipe
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COMMENTS:
Then there's Mom's guessipes... add such-and-such "til it looks right". - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 05:26:00
Sounds somewhat similar to my own 'messipes'. - Mustang, 2007-11-22: 07:43:00
Funny!...got my vote! - remistram, 2007-11-22: 09:42:00
I cook like your Mom - drives everyone crazy but means I usually do the cooking - hmm might have scuppered myself there - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-22: 09:42:00
You and my mom ought to write a lookbook. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 10:22:00
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-22: 16:12:00
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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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Recipiece
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: res/uh/pees
Sentence: Karen: "This chocolate cake doesn't taste the same as yours. Did you give me the right recipe?" Barb: "Yes, I gave you my special chocolate cake recipiece." Karen: "Did you say recipe, or recipiece?" Barb: "Would I hold back on you? I definitely gave you my recipiece!" Karen: "I think you're saying recipiece...."
Etymology: RECIPIECE - noun from RECIPE (a set of directions with a list of ingredients for making, or preparing food) + PIECE (a part of the whole thing)
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COMMENTS:
So appropriate and easy to remember, I know this is one great create I'll use! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 12:47:00
Good one, O-Bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:15:00
...sorry. i meant Steve-O ! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:16:00
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Disaportionment
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: disəpôrshənmənt
Sentence: When Jill tried Jason’s recipe for baked beans the disaportionment was palpable. Perhaps the omission of beans from the instructions is an issue.
Etymology: disapointment (the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations) + portion (a part of a whole)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James