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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.
Verboticisms
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Halflip
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: haf lip
Sentence: It drives me crazy when my son halflips the milk container.
Etymology:
Lidlizard
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: ok who's the lidlizard? This stuff is going to stain my favorite table cloth.
Etymology:
Gotchup
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gächəp
Sentence: Rudy fell for a whole bottle of gotchup. He was a great fan of practical jokes. He was constantly pulling stunts on his roommate. Finally it was Billy's turn. After observing Rudy's habit of turning the catsup bottle over and giving it a good thunk before opening the cap, Billy knew what to do. He loosened the cap and sat back to see the results. Sure enough, Rudy proceeded to empty about half the bottle on his pants and new shoes with one good whack. The whole thing was made that much sweeter by the fact that Rudy insisted on buying the cheap runny catsup instead of the brand that Billy liked. His only regret was that PitterPat, his cat, was well within the spatter zone as the prank ensued.
Etymology: gotcha (an instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule) + catsup (a spicy sauce made chiefly from tomatoes and vinegar, used as a condiment)
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COMMENTS:
great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:33:00
Excellent word! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:12:00
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Flyingsauceugh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Fly-ing-sors-ur
Sentence: When Susan shook the ketchup bottle she realised that her dear husband, aka 'The Joker' had rigged the bottle so that it turned into a flyingsauceugh, sending the whole contents flying through the air landing straight in her face. She vowed to get her own back one day when he was least expecting it, if only she could think of a plan mean enough.
Etymology: Flying(to travel through the air) + Sauce(a thick liquid to add to food to improve the flavour) + Ugh(Used to express something unpleasant) = Flyingsauceugh
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:26:00
Gets my vote for sure! I could NOT think of anything on this one! - lumina, 2008-09-19: 18:04:00
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Boobycap
Created by: codyjohnle
Pronunciation: boo-bee-kap
Sentence: The bastard boobycapped the thousand island.
Etymology: from boobytrap; past tense: boobycapped; person who boobycaps; boobycapper
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant!! - short, sweet and to the point. - crmow, 2007-10-23: 10:53:00
good job, honey. I couldn't beat that, but i tried - maggiejohnle, 2007-10-23: 11:29:00
Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-10-23: 17:22:00
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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
Connedement
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: condiment
Sentence: Doris's mother-in-law loved to poke around in the fridge whenever she came to visit. She would pull out all the sauce and dressings bottles, giving them a firm shake and peering at the use by dates before exclaiming loudly to embarrass Doris, when she found an old one. This time, Doris had a cunning plan to thwart the old biddy. Her fridge was now full of connedements - at the first shake, her mother-in-law was sure to get a face full of thousand island dressing, fish sauce or aioli.
Etymology: conned (subject to a confidence trick) + dement (to cause someone to lose their faculties) + condiment (accompaniments for your food)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Petaj - welcome back!! Great word today - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-19: 09:25:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-09-19: 17:13:00
Welcome back...my connedeplements on your word! - Nosila, 2008-09-19: 20:08:00
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Sausprize
Created by: tdhall56
Pronunciation: saw sprize
Sentence: She got a sausprize when she tried to put ketchup on her fries.
Etymology: sauce surprise or prize (something extra)
Drettle
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /dretl/
Sentence: He has drettled this bottle again! How many times will I have to deal with this drettle?!?!
Etymology: DRETTLE. v. tr/ n From Dressing + Throttle
Condimark
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: CON-de-mark / tom-FOOD-er-ee
Sentence: Kevin was often the condimark of such tomfoodery as the loose salt shaker or the mustard in the ketchup bottle.
Etymology: condiment+mark (the target of malice) / tomfoolery + food.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Definitely Krafty behaviour!
remistram - 2007-10-23: 09:52:00
I had to marry the loose lidder...I'm a shake first, tight lidder thus the birth of this definition.
Time to throttle the bottler? ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:29:00
galwaywegian - 2008-09-19: 06:30:00
very high standard so far today!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James