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'You made that without using a real turkey?'

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.

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Unnecessipe

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: un-ness-i-pea

Sentence: Uncle Uttering was known for giving an unnecessipe to people that asked for his recipes to assure himself that his recipes remained secret.

Etymology: Unnecessary-Not required. Recipe-is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.

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Bettycrockup

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: betty-CROCK-up

Sentence: My sister hates it when her cooking is outdone by anyone else. She has given out a few bettycrockups to ensure her cuisine reigns supreme.

Etymology: Betty Crocker (famous for her recipes) + cock up (disaster)

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petaj Yes i've seen a few episodes of iron chef in my time. - petaj, 2007-11-23: 02:29:00

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Ersatcipe

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: ur-SATZ-uh-pee

Sentence: Leonardo was considered a master chef, but a trifle overprotective of his concoctshuns. His ERSATCIPE for renaissance rarebit was written in a strange mirrored code in the margins of his greasy diary, a sort of rosettascone of cookery. Leo was less than forthcrumbing about the ratios and quantities involved. Some said he was a Crunchausen who defectoformulated his dishes to conceal certain outgredients. When scholars deciphered and prepared them, they all agreed there was a certain flavoid in them all. Was the legendary Leonardo pseudosharing on purpose? His Plum pudding had no plums, his mincemeat pie contained no mincemeat, and his chowders were no better than a bowl of steam. Clearly, his ERSATCIPES lacked a certain...something. Even in this age of turkey byproducts and chicken pellets, brilliant minds still struggle to reproduce his most famous ERSATCIPE......the CORN DOGE.

Etymology: ERSATz+reCIPE=ERSATCIPE.........ERSATZ:being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation;German ersatz-, from Ersatz, noun, substitute.....RECIPE: a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients;Latin, take, imperative of recipere to take, receive.

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metrohumanx DOGE:the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa;Italian dialect, from Latin duc-, dux leader. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:25:00

metrohumanx I used to collect recipes until I discovered this website: www.blackstump.com.au/recipes.html - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:29:00

metrohumanx I used to collect recipes until I discovered this website: www.blackstump.com.au/recipes.htm www.blackstump.com.au/recipes.html - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:29:00

metrohumanx Awww....just go here: http://www.blackstump.com.au/ - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:31:00

fabulous story - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:23:00

great puns ... my favorite is outgredients! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 12:51:00

metrohumanx Thanks all. You can blame that darned NOSILA for making me PUN-ch drunk. Her prolific PUNDAZZLEMENT is beginning to influence me. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:02:00

metrohumanx Reading today's words made me famished. A new place called "The Dog House" just opened near me. I hope it's not a clip joint. later. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:45:00

Great story!Glad my puns ignite your inner punster! When you go to the Dog House, have a toast for the rrest of us... Muzzle Tov! - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:47:00

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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: recipe + piece (part of something)

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good one - Nosila, 2009-12-16: 01:10:00

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Ingredomit

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: in-greed-oh-mit

Sentence: Getting a real turkey was one important imgredomit that the diners at the party did not appreciate.

Etymology: ingredient + omit

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Deficipe

Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: dih-fI-sih-pi

Sentence: Cheng is tired of people asking for his mouth-watering roast duck recipe, so he created a deficipe instead to be given out to anyone, anytime without have to worry if it would affect his restaurant business.

Etymology: 1) Deficient: falling short of some prescribed norm. 2) Recipe: directions for making something.

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Cheng is tired of people asking for his mouth-watering roast duck recipe, so he created a deficipe instead to be given out to anyone, anytime without have to worry about his restaurant business. - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 01:34:00

Sheet I accidentally wrote the sentence in the comment box again! :-P - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 01:35:00

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Sabotiramisu

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: SAB-uh-TIR-ah-M'-soo

Sentence: Roxie planned to impress Bob's new boss by cooking for him a meal fit for a god. But the evening quickly turned into a noshmare, when Roxie, following the recipe given to her by her best friend, added spam rather than ham to the dish. The anticipated ambrosia became in a minute a shambrosia, but worse was yet to come when she added freshly made toffee rather than strongly brewed coffee to the italian dessert, leaving Roxie to wonder whether she had been the victim of sabotiramisu or simply a case of her own shortsighted "cordon blur".

Etymology: SABOTIRAMISU: Blend of SABOTAGE: any undermining of a cause. & TIRAMISU : The name Tiramisu is Italian and means "pull-me-up" (Tirami su), a reference to the effects of the sugar and espresso, and can be translated figuratively as "pick-me-up" or in this case: "put-me-down". ShAMBROSIA n. blend of sham: trick, hoax, fraud & ambrosia: used of various foods for mortals since 1685. Cognate: shambrosiate vb.

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petaj Love the sentence - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:39:00

All so good ... but cordon blur ... is my favorite for today! (wink/grin) - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:28:00

wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:22:00

metrohumanx Hahaha...NOSHMARE!....I initially thought the key was "sabot"...(a thrust-transmitting carrier that positions a missile in a gun barrel or launching tube and that prevents the escape of gas ahead of the missile) Eiter way, it's a great word, O-Bob. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:24:00

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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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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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Dishingenuous

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dish-in-gen-u-ous

Sentence: Mrs. Spaghettini was totally dishingenuous when it came to her pizzelle recipe. She would proudly bring them to church suppers and card parties and listen to the accolades of all the church ladies. However, it was a mystery that no one could duplicate her recipe, even though she wrote it down for everyone. It wasn't until after her death that her daughter revealed the missing ingredient - homemade wine. Perhaps that's why the church suppers turned ugly when the ladies started arguing about football, religion and politics.

Etymology: dish: a particular variety or preparation of food + disingenuous: not straightforward or candid; calculating or insincere (Pizzelles - Italian anise cookies that look like little church windows and taste divine even without the wine)

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Recipaucity

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ress-uh-PAW-city

Sentence: Horace jealously guarded the recipes he'd crafted over the years and when asked for any of them he would always leave out two or three crucial ingredients, thereby creating something of a recipaucity rather than a complete recipe.

Etymology: Blend of 'recipe', and 'paucity' ( an insufficiency; dearth) A play on the word 'reciprocity' (A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges)

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COMMENTS:

Like it...clever - mweinmann, 2008-11-26: 09:31:00

metrohumanx Brilliant! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:38:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-15: 00:34:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James