Verboticism: Chubbyhole
DEFINITION: n. A hiding place which is used to store emergency supplies like donuts, booze and candies. v. To hide special treats in secret locations around your home or office, so you can access them when needed.
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Chocolocker
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chok + oh + lock + ur
Sentence: Crissy craved chocolate. She was always chewing on a chunk, chip, bar, nugget, kiss or cookie....anything with chocolate. She decided to collocate everything she craved in a huge chocolocker. It became her chewy, crispy chocolate containing cabinet, secured with a combination lock.
Etymology: Chocolate and Locker >> We all know what Chocolate means. This chocolate is contained in a locked cabinet so it can be hidden away....
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COMMENTS:
Sweet alliteration! Sweet creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:40:00
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Chubbyhole
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tch ub eeee ho llll
Sentence: what was concealed in the chubbyhole eventaully became obvious in all the wrong places
Etymology: cubby hole chubby
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Stashpile
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: stash-pyle
Sentence: Mona's stashpile of several President's Choice massive milk chocolate bars were strategically hidden inside the photocopier to make them slightly softer and creamy.
Etymology: stash + pile (like stockpile)
Chocalotdrop
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chocolate drop
Sentence: Theo surreptitiously withdrew a Mars Bar from the chocalotdrop. Unfortunately he was spotted by the cleaner who yelled out "Mr. Bromine! so you are the culprit inviting all the ants into the office".
Etymology: chocolate drop (a sweet treat) + a lot (large quantity) + drop (a location for depositing things eg. book drop at the library)
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 13:05:00
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Laysaway
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: leys-uh-wey
Sentence: Josh has more hiding places for snacks around the office than he can remember. He definitely believes in the Laysaway plan.
Etymology: Lays (a snack brand) layaway (an article or item put away for annuitized payments)
Stache
Created by: catlover59
Pronunciation: Stash
Sentence: Surrounded by technology and greedy people, he stached his goodies in the storage compartment of his equipment.
Etymology: stash-to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place and cache-(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics (i.e. human and equipment)
Orphicnutricache
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: oar-phick-NOO-trih-CASH (orphinnutricached, orphicnutricacher)
Sentence: Shirly was mad-she cut her own hair- Putting on pounds though her cupboard was bare- Authorities came and seized her computers- She was a foodlum but they were like looters- Unearthing her privately secluded stash- But not her ORPHICNUTRICACHE
Etymology: ORPHIC+NUTRItion+CACHE=ORPHICNUTRICACHE_____ ORPHIC: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence, beyond ordinary understanding......NUTRITOUS: the act or process of nourishing or being nourished, the sum of the processes by which an animal takes in and utilizes food substances; Middle English nutricioun, from Late Latin nutrition-, nutritio, from Latin nutrire.....CACHE: a secure place of storage, a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements; French, from cacher to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together, from Latin coactare to compel, frequentative of cogere to compel.
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COMMENTS:
That's a long word there Metrohumanx,Way to go! I can always count on your clever wit and humor and you're nice too :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-18: 03:10:00
Thanks! I've been trying to shorten my words, but no luck. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:23:00
Part of the fun is seeing how long your word is! Look forward to your intricate etymologies! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:48:00
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Cachedrawer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kash draw er
Sentence: Simon had a place to hide goodies for a rainy day, or a day when his Mom decided he had not earned any treats. His cachedrawer was a hollowed out section on his old computer. Eventually though his mom caught on...when the ants kept crawling in and out of his hard drive. They were his original computer bugs.
Etymology: Cache (a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons);(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics;a secret store of valuables or money) & Cash Drawer (a till or place to lock valuables)
Omnichecient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ohm-NISH-shynt
Sentence: Having several cleverly disguised hiding places around his home and garage for goodies he wanted to keep only for his own uses, Willie smugly considered himself to be omnichecient and quite clever.
Etymology: Blend of the prefix 'omni' (A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent) 'niche' (A recess in a wall) play on the word omniscient (all knowing)