Verboticism: Archilactotect

DEFINITION: n. The creative, yet blatantly illegal use of plastic milk crates, and the latent fear of prosecution associated with this alleged crime. v. To create and build home furnishings using stolen milk crates.
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Lactoshui
Created by: toy4769
Pronunciation: Lack-toe-schway
Sentence: I really like what you've done with the place Margaret as the room has a real lactoshui feel to it that balances everything out.
Etymology: From Latin lac = milk and from Chinese for 'wind water' and popular design techniques = Feng Shui
Lactoseintollerance
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: lack-tos-in-tol-er-anse
Sentence: Vicky was apalled at Jims lactoseintollerance, when he used a milk crate as a substitute for a port-o-potty.
Etymology: Lactose (like milk) + intollerance (to not put up with)
Larcendairy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lärsəndərē
Sentence: When Jill went off to college she didn\'t go through the trauma that some of her friends did buying furniture and everything else that students need. She concentrated on her wardrobe and left the furniture to the larcendairy method. Bookshelves, computer desk & chair, even her bedframe was courtesy of the local convenience store.
Etymology: larceny (theft of personal property) + dairy (containing or made from milk)
Kleptocrappycratecreation
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: klep-tow-crap-pee-crate-cree-ay-shun
Sentence: Leon was always going behind the local stores and sneaking away with anything he thought would be useful to help him craft into or repair broken household items. However, his wife Alison wasn't at all impressed with Leon's "Kleptocrappycratecreation" of the broken plastic crap-pee crate toilet seat Leon created, because it was not only tacky...it pinched her behind and her feet couldn't touch the floor!
Etymology: Klepto;(Slang) A person who has a compulsion to steal; a kleptomaniac. Crappy;Inferior; worthless. Also a play on the word crappy as "crap-pee"
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:34:00
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Grandlarcendairy
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: grand + larsen + dary
Sentence: Ruben got put in the slammer for 2 years for grandlarcendairy when he was finally caught stealing 100 milk crates from the Dean's Dairy Company.
Etymology: Grand Larceny and Dairy
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COMMENTS:
fantastic - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:33:00
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Dairycycling
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: day reee siy kling
Sentence: His dairycycling was proof that there was no use crying over spilt milk
Etymology: dairy recycling
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COMMENTS:
very witty - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:31:00
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Cratefuldread
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: krayt full dred
Sentence: They lived on the creative edge. Milkmen and Dairies feared them and none were safe from their criminal activities. Although we now call it recycling, in those days they lived in cratefuldread of prosecution. They were the Dread Heads...
Etymology: Crateful (the quantity contained in a crate) & Dread (fearful expectation or anticipation; be afraid or scared of; be frightened of) & WordPLay on Grateful Dead (American Rock band fronted by Jerry Garcia in the 60's & 70's)
Ilemilkrate
Created by: Bughunt
Pronunciation: ill-em-ilk-rate
Sentence: Oh my lord! That guy's is blatantly misusing milk crates! A serious case of ilemilkrate, this is the big scoop!
Etymology: ILlEgal, MILK, cRATE.
Lactocartanoia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: laktōkärtōnoiə
Sentence: Emily's boyfriend has a wonderful wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling bookcase made entirely of milk cartons. Emily had lactocartonoia. She is convinced that, at any moment, the dairy police are going to break down her door and drag her off to jail. She is also terrified that she might accidentally remove a tag from a pillow or mattress.
Etymology: lacto (of or relating to milk) + carton (a light box or container, typically one made of waxed cardboard or plastic ) + paranoia (a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution)
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COMMENTS:
I think the pillow tags are the worse. I know they scare me. - wayoffcenter, 2009-04-03: 07:33:00
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Decorcrating
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: de-core-crate-ing
Sentence: Everyone who stopped by my studio apartment felt the need to comment on my decorcrating. And you could always tell the recent visitors by the telltale grid imprints on their behinds after spending some time on my milk crate bar stools. These beauties were milk crates turned upside down and mounted on heavy duty orange construction cones. Very classy.
Etymology: Decor and decorating modified to include crate.
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COMMENTS:
Good word and you should be on HGTV! - Nosila, 2009-04-03: 23:30:00
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