Verboticism: Ecolossus

'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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Ecolossus

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: e/coal/los/us

Sentence: The eighteen month old chicken at the back of the fridge had transformed itself into an ecolossus, ready to attack and destroy my digestive system on contact.

Etymology: ECOLOSSUS - noun - from ECOLI (a species of bacterium; capable of causing disease; can be a threat to food safety) + COLOSSUS (beast of gigantic size)

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Comments: Ecolossus

silveryaspen - 2008-12-01: 11:37:00
excellent word and etymology

Jabberwocky - 2008-12-01: 13:02:00
great word

metrohumanx - 2008-12-01: 13:08:00
The attack of the 50 foot pullet?

OZZIEBOB - 2008-12-03: 03:19:00
Fantastic