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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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Ood

Created by: earljw

Pronunciation: Just like it reads: ood

Sentence: Me: What's for supper? She: My usual, ood.

Etymology: Food - f = ood

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COMMENTS:

Cute word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 18:21:00

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Ersatcipe

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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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Recipionage

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ress-er-pee-a-narzh

Sentence: as i tasted the chocolate cake i had just made, the flavour of the anchovies was overwhelming...it was then i realised i had been a victim of recipionage

Etymology: recipe, espionage

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COMMENTS:

ha, funny! - remistram, 2007-11-22: 09:41:00

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Delessious

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: diˈlesh əs

Sentence: Millie made the best pies in the county. She had the blue ribbons to prove it. She never wrote down her recipes so when asked she would write them from memory. Somehow they never turned out the same. Hers were delicious, theirs delessious. Maybe the fact that she would "forget" some key ingredient, by accident of course, had something to do with it.

Etymology: delicious (highly pleasant to the taste) + less (a smaller amount of; not as much)

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:21:00

metrohumanx Mmmm Pies are the zenith of dessert making. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:38:00

Good word...less is more! - Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:38:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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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Recipeionage

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: res-ih-pee-on-aje

Sentence: Jack was always more than happy to share his "secret formula" for his fried catfish blend of 11 herbs ans spices. It was just too bad that everytime he shared it was a clear case of recipeionage as all eleven herbs and spices listed were "all spice", leaving the recipient of the ingrediuent list bemused and disappointed.

Etymology: recipe + espionage

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COMMENTS:

This is good one....sounds like a mission. - mweinmann, 2008-11-26: 09:32:00

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:20:00

has a great sense of mystery - silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 13:02:00

metrohumanx Javk sent me his recipe for Stuffed Babbage...but it didn't quite make it. I LOVE spy formulas. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:29:00

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Nongrediant

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: non - greed- ee- ant

Sentence: Marybeth went to her grave knowing her nongredient would result in others producing a less satisfying stuffing.

Etymology: non - greed (it really is greed,isn't it?) ee - ant(the most democratic beast of the animal kingdom)

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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

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-22: 09:38:00

Semi-delicious word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-22: 18:25:00

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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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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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Comments:

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