Verboticism: Fliddle

'Oh no! I hate it when my husband tries to dress me!'

DEFINITION: v., To carefully place a lid on a bottle, especially a salad dressing bottle, so that it appears closed and will not spill unless the bottle is moved or shaken. n., A bottle which has been prepared in such a manner.

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Ketchuprank

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kech-uh-prangk

Sentence: Jill's boyfriend thinks he is a real jokester. He is famous for his ketchuprank where he leaves the cap lightly so that the next user gets a lapful of stains.

Etymology: ketchup (a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc) + prank (a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature)

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Paratorque

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (tr. v.) pěr'-rə-tôrk (n.) pěr'-rə-tôrk'-ər

Sentence: "Don't paratorque the ketchup before you put it in the fridge," shouted Mom. "Next time you do it you'll have to clean the entire kitchen!"

Etymology: Para- (false) + torque (to twist)

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Decaplidated

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: de-CAP-lid-aytd

Sentence: When the lid flew off the salad dressing bottle when she shook it, Audrey realized with great chagrin that once again, her husband, Elrod, had played his lame decaplidated trick on her again.

Etymology: Blend of 'decapitated' and 'lid'

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COMMENTS:

Off with his head! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:06:00

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Splattermine

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈsplædɚˌmaɪn/ /splatter-mine/

Sentence: He hated April Fool's Day as his girlfriend would always booby-trap the entire house, filling it with splattermines, powdersnares, gluetrops, tapewires, squirtbombs, featherfalls, boobie traps, stinkpits, and pie cannons.

Etymology: From splatter + mine (as in the explosive device)

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COMMENTS:

No, I did not misspell "booby trap". A "boobie trap" is something else entirely. I'll leave it up to you to decide what it actually is. - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 12:12:00

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Stainerism

Created by: svnfsvn

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: stain +terrorism

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Sabotage

Created by: hanana

Pronunciation: /ˈsabəˌtäZH/

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Caesarprise

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: see-sar-prize

Sentence: Looking at the thousand island covered walls, Dean knew that Marie had left him a Caesarprise with his salad for lunch today.

Etymology: Caesar + surprise

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Shakenfake

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: shake-en-fake

Sentence: That Bob, such a wisecapper! He would shake-n-fake every bottle in the house, right after replacing the sugar with salt.

Etymology: Shake 'n' Bake, fake

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Nice word, who do those wisecappers think they are anyway!!! - pungineer, 2007-10-23: 08:02:00

They're all screwed loose. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-23: 11:54:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-23: 12:11:00

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Kapsplatter

Created by: Chickp

Pronunciation: Cap/splatter

Sentence: The lid was just loose enough that I was kapsplattered with Thousand Island Dressing when I shoke the bottle

Etymology: Cap+splatter

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Sliptolid

lawvol

Created by: lawvol

Pronunciation: Slippt-ôh-lidd

Sentence: Jake was careful to sliptolid the bottle such that his roommate was unaware that something was afoot with the "Ken's Steak House Ranch Dressing".

Etymology: Slipped Lid

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