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Retrograze
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: REHT-troh-grayz
Sentence: Alex's attempt at retrograzing cow's brains proved unsuccessful--he was no smarter.
Etymology: retrograde (backwards) + graze
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COMMENTS:
no wonder he's cowed by his girlfriends - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:25:00
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Vegetabeing
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: vej ah tah bee ing
Sentence:
Etymology:
Revengtable
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: revenge-table
Sentence:
Etymology: revenge + vegetable
Foodsess
Created by: annieb
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'm foodsessing again.
Etymology: from food and obsess, as in, you are so obsessed with your food, it consumes you
Supprising
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: sup-rie-zing
Sentence: according to the carrots, today was going to be the day of their glorious supprising
Etymology: supper, uprising, suprise
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COMMENTS:
Curious that it is the carrots. Everyone knows that brussel sprouts are revolting. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 04:48:00
the pulses usually opt fpr appeasment - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:58:00
I didn't really hate brussel sprouts until I drank brussel-sprout-flavored soda, which was the nastiest thing I've ever tasted. And I've tasted cigarette ash. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:38:00
But are sprouts revolting in Brussels? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 17:49:00
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Engrocered
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: engrossed
Sentence: "Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden.
Etymology: engross + grocery
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COMMENTS:
"Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
Sigh - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
"herd" you the first time - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:56:00
Can you rephrase that in grosser terms? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 06:46:00
Why, I artichoke you, but I'm too busy munching on my freshly picked lettuce. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 07:23:00
At least lettuce isn't as cucumbersome to manipulate grammatically. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:37:00
I love a gramma pie. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 02:18:00
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Supeter
Created by: cassandra1315
Pronunciation: sup-et-er
Sentence: He is too supeter.
Etymology:
Mcmorphicate
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: mac-morf-ee-kayt
Sentence: Because of their shared passion for fast food, Joan and Russ were mcmorphicated into two all-beef fatties.
Etymology: Mc(Donalds) + morph + masticate
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:23:00
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Metamorphigest
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: Me-ta-mor-phi-gest
Sentence: With the new Hollywood diet, Sally eventually metamorphigested into air.
Etymology: Metamorphosis + digest
Figsation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: figg say shun
Sentence: She found it difficult to put words to her figsation. "Figs move me" she would state simply. And they did, regularly.
Etymology: fixation, figs.
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COMMENTS:
It made her meloncholy - petaj, 2007-07-05: 04:49:00
but not meloncolic - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:57:00
and I bet her best friend was Prunella - they probably moved in the same circle - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 06:06:00
Did you know that diarrhea is a genetic condition? It runs in your jeans. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:48:00
I mean "genes." Damn you, puns that only really work spoken out loud! Hm...I wonder if there are any good puns based on homonyms instead of homophones, so that they only work when written, and not when spoken. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:49:00
jeans is much funnier - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:20:00
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Comments:
- 2008-04-20: 02:43:00
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