Verboticism: Devittles

'Help! There's something in the fridge!'

DEFINITION: n., Mutated leftovers which, unattended inside an evil-minded fridge, have transformed themselves into an extremely odorous, alternate life form. v., To save food past it's freshness date and watch it grow into something new.

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Devittles

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: Deh-viht-tills

Sentence: Off turned the light, and the nightly terror began for the as-yet-unexpired food. The nosferatuna slid stealthily into door hopper, where the condiments rested. A silent shadow, it sunk its celery fangs into the neck of the mayonnaise jar, gorging upon its salty fatty humors. Having turned, the zomayo lurched itself over its retaining wall and began to feast on the cauliflower, which it had mistaken in its saturated stupor for brains. A large sasquash ripped its way through the forest of broccoli and emerged upon a family of tomatoes, huddling in the corner of the produce crisper. A gout of seeded ichor sprayed across the front of the clear plastic drawer. Then, a hush fell through the refrigerator as the elder god of the cooler, Cthulhummus rose, an amorphous evil clad in finest shimmering Saran. Muffled screams issued from the magnetic seal around the door, but fell upon sleeping ears. Tonight the devittles reigned, and no food would go untainted.

Etymology: devil (or possibly deviant) + vittles

Points: 719

Comments: Devittles

yellowbird - 2008-02-01: 14:27:00
You get my vote for using Cthulhummus. Dagon and Nyarlothotep beware! :)

Jabberwocky - 2008-02-01: 14:41:00
Wow - so many great stories today - I love nosferatuna - could also be nosfuratuna (furry mould)

silveryaspen - 2008-02-01: 15:42:00
Great style - reads like a mystery ... as well as a spoiled food history! Kudos for the novel-ty of the day!

purpleman - 2008-02-02: 12:49:00
its good but the sentence is a little long

bananabender - 2008-02-03: 06:50:00
clever word, clever story, entertaining, funny! What more could we want?