Verboticism: Alamodeification
DEFINITION: v., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.
Alamodeification
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/la/mode/i/fi/cay/shun
Sentence: Sally's piece de resistance at the end of a meal was her famous homemade ice cream. When guests begged for her recipe she always gave then the one with the alamodeification.
Etymology: a la mode + modification
Points: 725
Comments: Alamodeification
silveryaspen - 2008-11-26: 13:00:00
Perhaps you left 'Alamo' out of your etymology deliberately??? What a clever way to convey the failure of the alamodeification!
metrohumanx - 2008-11-26: 14:11:00
A tip of the hat to a MASTER verbotomist.
Nosila - 2008-11-26: 20:43:00
Great word...I'dlike some vanilla right now myself!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-11-27: 02:16:00
Great word. Also brings to mind of events at SAN ANTONIO, Texas in 1836.