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DEFINITION: n. A cell phone which is used to keep grocery lists, find recipes, photograph food, set timers, convert measurements, and play the Macarena while you cook. v. To use your cell phone as a kitchen appliance.
Verboticisms
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Cellinary
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: CELL in AIR ee
Sentence: Wow this new item is the latest in cellinary art and science, providing a wide range of culinary and cell phone technology in one device.
Etymology: CULINARY: to do with kitchen and cooking and CELL PHONE:
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-26: 08:32:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-01-26: 08:35:00
A nice crunchy word...no strings attached. Yummy with peanut butter. - readerwriter, 2009-01-26: 11:28:00
Well done!!! - mweinmann, 2009-01-27: 08:18:00
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Kitchenberry
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kit - shen - bare - eee
Sentence: While the rest of us use Blackberrys, Matilda has a Kitchenberry. I do not think she answers incoming calls because her phone is too busy working in her kitchen. Matilda uses it to plan meals, illustrate her new cookbook and provide background music while she cooks.
Etymology: Kitchen + Blackberry >>> Kitchen (A room of the house used to plan and prepare meals) Blackberry (A common, popular model of phone with multiple capabilities)...
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COMMENTS:
Berry well done! Great create - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 08:52:00
Like it; beats toast and marmalade ?Toast and marmalade for tea Sailing ships upon the sea Aren't lovlier than you Or the games I see you play You more lovely than the day When the sun is in your eyes I see through your disguise Or the games I see you play (Repeat 2nd verse) (Repeat 1st verse) (Repeat 2nd verse) - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-26: 17:05:00
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Vesscell
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vess sell
Sentence: Juan's new cellular phone had all kinds of apps he could use in his chef business. Why it was a vesscell to help him shop, record recipes and photos and hold lots of information he really needed. He found it ironic to look up blackberry jam recipes on his Blackberry!
Etymology: Vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids)) & Cell (a cellular phone)
Appliancell
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əˈplīənsel
Sentence: If Shawn could have his cell phone grafted into his body he would. In the kitchen it's not just a phone, it's an appliancell. More than just recipes he finds instructional videos on YouTube. If it could dispense butter he would be all the happier.
Etymology: appliance (a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one) + Cell[phone] (a telephone with access to a cellular radio network)
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence and word. Many, like Shawn, would graft their cell phone to them if they could. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 08:57:00
i think I know Shawn! - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-26: 10:00:00
Can it stop a snack attack? - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-26: 17:12:00
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Panacellea
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pan-uh-SEL-ee-uh
Sentence: Although bistromathics was Douglas Adams’ term for the crazy difficulty of dividing up l’addition at a restaurant properly, Bob thought that he had gone one step further by inventing the panacellea, a cell phone that reads the menu, orders a meal for each diner, cooks it and calculates each diner's tab etc. However, his troubles soon began when a hors d' trojan entered his gourmetic gizmo and he was billed for more than a million dollars.
Etymology: Mixture of PANACEA: an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties; PAN: all whole, entire 2. PAN: bread; food or sustenance; & CELL: as in cellphone.
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COMMENTS:
Pantastic - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 08:55:00
terrific sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:41:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-01-27: 02:33:00
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Cellularder
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sell-u-lar-der
Sentence: Mike always kept a spare cellphone in his kitchen to use as a cellularder which came in handy for all sorts of things. He could time boiled eggs with it, store his favourite recipes in the memory and he had even been known to to attempt to fry an egg on it.
Etymology: Cell(from cellphone) + Larder(a large cupboard in the kitchen for storing food) = Cellularder
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COMMENTS:
has a very nice ring of originality - silveryaspen, 2009-01-26: 09:03:00
I've heard you can pop corn using cell phones so frying eggs might also be possible - handy tool - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:46:00
Great word. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-27: 21:52:00
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Utilicell
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-TIL-eh-sell
Sentence: Being a master multitasker Milton had programmed his cell phone to do many different tasks including storing reicpes and remotely controlling his stove, microwave and even his bread machine.
Etymology: Blend of 'Utility' (having or made for a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one) and 'cell' (for cell phone)
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COMMENTS:
This is awesome! Before I read your description, I imagined you'd mention utensil in your etymology. Utility's even better! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-01-26: 10:46:00
clever - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-26: 11:45:00
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Quank
Created by: JamesDonovan
Pronunciation: Qu-ank
Sentence: A coughing sound made by a duck with Ebola.
Etymology: Onomatopoeia, spelled as best as I could
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COMMENTS:
Eat it - Ducks, 2014-10-28: 16:26:00
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Phonewave
Created by: Walter7
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
It is Awesome - Walter7, 2014-10-28: 16:29:00
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Ippliance
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īplīəns
Sentence: Tim has one of the most expensive kitchen ippliances available. He bought the new iPhone but just couldn’t figure out how to use it so it now functions as a spoon rest, trivet and mini cutting board.
Etymology: i (iphone) + appliance (a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one)
Comments:
silveryaspen - 2009-01-26: 09:30:00
Thought this T. S. Elliot quote was worth sharing: "For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning."
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James