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DEFINITION: n., That sad feeling you get when you open the pizza box, and there's nothing left but grease stains. v. intr., To sit in front of an empty pizza box and sulk.
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Pizzaster
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: pizz-ass-ter
Sentence: After a night of frivolity and debauchery, Congolia was looking forward to a breakfast of leftover party food, but found only pizzaster when she opened the Domino's box.
Etymology: pizza (ubiquitous food of teenagers and harried moms everywhere) +disaster (a catastrophe or really, really bad thing)
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:51:00
Poor Congolia she should volunteer for the Pizzaster Relief Fund! - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:27:00
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Chagricciosa
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Shah-GREE-Khee-OH-sa
Sentence: Upon opening the fridge door and finding the pizza box empty Bob, hating himself for having slept till noon, accepted that all things come to those who wait, especially disapizzament and chagricciosa.
Etymology: Bland of Chagrin: a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment, melancholiness or humiliation. & capricciosa: a popular type of pizza.
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - Mustang, 2008-10-09: 05:17:00
nice - best said with an Italian accent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:41:00
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Deepdishpression
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: deep-dysh-pre-shun
Sentence: Mark sat in from of the empty Domino's box with a look of deepdispression on his face as he licked the last remaining crumbs from the empty box. Next time he won't be late for dinner.
Etymology: deep dish (popular pizza style, particularly in Chicago) + depression
Pizzapiening
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: pee-tsuh-PYE-nihng
Sentence: Alex's pizzapiening echoed his sorrow over the date who had walked out on him after having eaten the last piece of pizza eight days ago.
Etymology: pizza pie + pining
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COMMENTS:
Edited to make it clearer and less regional. - mplsbohemian, 2007-11-12: 12:41:00
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Boxahnot
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After sweeping the floor and taking out the trash washing the car,I sit down to a boxahnot- you people are sick.
Etymology:
Pizzadoh
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pee-tza-dow
Sentence: Simon opened the pizza box from the night before, only to find he had already eaten the whole lot. 'Oh pizzadoh' he exclaimed 'I just fancied some of that for my breakfast, now I'll just have to have boring toast instead.
Etymology: Pizza(an Italian dish consisting of a flat,round dough base,baked with a topping of tomato. + Doh(an expression used originally by Homer Simpson when things are not going his way) + Dough(Base of a pizza) = Pizzadoh
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COMMENTS:
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:50:00
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Exaspizzerated
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: x-as-pizza-rated
Sentence: Malcolm sat, exaspizzerated, staring at the empty box. In an act of despizzeration, he began tearing off pieces of greasy cardboard, stuffing them in his mouth and sucking out the flavour. He sighed at his sad pizzadicament and wondered if he would ever find pizza mind.
Etymology: exasperated + pizza
Fulfizzallusion
Created by: retoricaljoe
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I´ll kill my sister if she left me hungry in that fulfizzallusion again!
Etymology: Fulfill + pizza + illusion
Crustfallen
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: crust-fall-en
Sentence: Jeremy came in hungry after canvassing in nearby neighborhoods all morning. He was crustfallen when he went through not one, not two, not 17, but all 23 pizza boxes at the campaign volunteer center only to find some picked-off olives and crumpled-up napkins. So crustfallen was he that he stripped off his candidate flair and defected to the other candidate, who did not have as many volunteers but had way more pizza.
Etymology: Crestfallen: "Sad because of a recent disappointment" altered to incorporate crust, as in pizza crust.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-09: 13:41:00
Love it...you got my vote. - Nosila, 2008-10-09: 21:32:00
Super special! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-11: 16:59:00
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Pizzappointment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: pēt'sə-point'mənt
Sentence: Even though Sean had forked out four dollars for his share of the pizza he and the guys had ordered to eat during halftime, he'd chosen a bad time to visit the bathroom, and when he returned, the only thing he found was a box full of pizzapointment. He just sat there staring at the grease stains on the cardboard, utterly crustfallen.
Etymology: pizza (Italian, var. pitta - a flatbread) + disappointment - to fail to fulfill expectations (fr. late Middle English/French, desappointer)
Comments:
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wordmeister - 2007-11-13: 09:47:00
Sounds like a pizza box full of dashed dreams...
Dadgummit! This would've gotten my vote. Good one.