Verboticism: Condimentalist
DEFINITION: v. To leave a minute quantity of something in a bottle or container. n. A person who never finishes off the last bit of milk, mustard or whatever, because they want to leave the job of replacing it to someone else.
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Unfinfoodish
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: un-finn-food-ish
Sentence: She got a false sense of security when she looked in the fridge. Tons of bottles, boxes of juice, cartons of milk - she had never seen so much food in there. But wait she lives with a unfinfoodisher, there is a mere ounce left in each container. Why won't he just commit and completely empty some?
Etymology: unfinish + food
Finishish
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: Fin-ish-ish
Sentence: She always finishishes the milk, just so somebody else has to deal with recycling the carton.
Etymology: finish-ish
Scintillagate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sin-TIL-eh-gayt
Sentence: Over the years Brenda had become very aggravated with her husband Barry's practice of putting containers back in the fridge with just a trace of content remaining and she had come to regard it as scandalous and even branded the practice scintillagate in hopes of embarrassing Barry into action.
Etymology: Blend of 'scintilla' (A minute amount; an iota or trace) and the suffix '-gate' (suffix attached to anything to indicate "scandal involving,")
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:42:00
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Smidgentoad
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: smi jen tode
Sentence: Tony was a smidgentoad. He left bottles, cans and other food containers with just a smidgen of the goods in them. He was lazy and figured if he did that, he would never be responsible for cleaning out or buying replacements. His actions however had left just a smidgen of love left in his girlfriend Maria and she decided to throw him out with all those empty containers.
Etymology: Smidgen (a tiny or scarcely detectable amount)& Toad (ugly amphibian;derogatory term for a person) & WordPlay on Pigeon-Toed
Slothsicle
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: slawth'/sik/el
Sentence: As he laid there frozen like a slothsicle, Jeanie wished this time she could take Ben out with the recyclables, but opted not put the environment in any more danger.
Etymology: sloth (lazy, slack) + "popsicle"/recycle
Specktraitor
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: spek - tray - tor
Sentence: When it comes to cleaning out the fridge and replacing old containers and bottles, Jerry is merely a specktraitor. He watches Betsy do this job herself because he is lazy and sometimes purposely leaves just a speck of something just so he won't have to replace it.
Etymology: speck (the tiniest amount, just barely noticeable; smaller than a pinch) spectator (One who observes), traitor (double-crosser)
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COMMENTS:
All specktraitors will be shot! - Nosila, 2009-05-14: 18:45:00
they just love sitting back and watching someone else clean out the fridge - petaj, 2009-05-15: 05:38:00
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Leftovert
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: left-o-vert
Sentence: Harry was a habitual leftovert. He flagrantly and knowingly left bits and scraps of his voracious appetite in his refrigerator with no intention of dealing with them, nor any remorse for their abandonment. As difficult as it is to cure leftoversion, Jenna made it more so by being his enabler. She made excuses for him and tried to conceal his lazyfare attitude by blaming herself for not being more like her hero, Martha Stewart.
Etymology: Leftover: a vestige of a meal that is usually saved in the refrigerator with the intention of being reused before it petrifies or turns multicolored + overt: open, implicit or flagrant
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COMMENTS:
very good! - Mustang, 2009-05-14: 23:41:00
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Emptier
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: emp tee r
Sentence: "Why is there always an almost empty bottle of something in the fridge, Doug? Ugh, you are such an emptier!"
Etymology: Empty
Judgedregg
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: juj drehg
Sentence: Judgedregg could be found by following the nearly-empties across the park.
Etymology: judge dread, dregs
Refillaphobe
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: re-fill-a-fobe
Sentence: Both of my sons are refillaphobes....every time I go to get a sip of milk out of the carton, two drops triclke down my frustrated throat.
Etymology: refill......self explanatory "phobe" from the word "phobia" which is associated with fears of certain actions, or circumstances.