Verboticism: Chickenanery

'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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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

Points: 440

Comments: Chickenanery

Mustang - 2007-11-22: 07:40:00
Very good! Wish I'd thought of it first.

OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-22: 16:09:00
Tremendous!