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DEFINITION: v. To prepare or process food in a manner that renders it unpalatable, indigestible and completely inedible. n., Food which has been prepared in such a way that it is unfit for human, or even non-human, consumption.
Verboticisms
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Cookacle
Created by: pebblekicker
Pronunciation: coo-kac-el
Sentence: Meg invited us over for dinner. We should never have accepted the invitation knowing that she is such a bad cook. The dinner was such a cookacle.
Etymology: cook+debacle
Malodorouseate
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: mal.o.dor.ous.se.ate mal-ō'dur-us-zē-āt"
Sentence: I enjoyed a scene in the movie 'Wrong Turn' where the captured lady was forced to eat malodorouseating stew. Or was it spew?
Etymology: Malodorous - bad stinking smell Nauseate - cause to feel sick or disgusted
Putrifix
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: pee-u-tri-fix
Sentence: Ugh! I can tell by the smell, that Clalamity is in the kitchen putrifixing!
Etymology: A combo of pee-yew, putrid, and fix.
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COMMENTS:
perhaps this is the putrifix for a junk food addict - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:34:00
Nice word and verbotomy-provoking. Are the words: rot, grot, scat, crap and odi putrifixes? Sorry, I better stop this rotolatry! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:35:00
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Cuisinedegrade
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kweh-ZEEN-de-grayd
Sentence: Caroline's one specialty was in the area of cuisinedegrade....she could make even beef wellington taste and look like pet food.
Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (a style or quality of cooking; cookery) and 'degrade' (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
Cordonblew
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kor don bluu
Sentence: it was another of her special cordonblew lunches. It was better than the last one at least, he actually got to the bathroom before he blew this one!
Etymology: cordon blue, blew his lunch.
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COMMENTS:
Kudos and Chuckles! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:21:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:32:00
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Deadibles
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: DED-i-bulls
Sentence: Rob was stumped. Lizzy couldn't stand the fact that his parents disliked her, so she insisted on hosting his parents for dinner in an attempt to make them like her more. Considering the last time she'd hosted a meal, 3 people ended up in the hospital he tried to convince her they should take his parents out. But she would not budge. "Well", Rob thought, "If we give them some of her deadibles, they probably won't be around to complain about her any more."
Etymology: Dead (no longer living) + Edibles (Food) Food that makes you dead = Deadibles
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COMMENTS:
A deaducational word! - Nosila, 2008-11-11: 20:48:00
Funny! - TJayzz, 2008-11-11: 23:33:00
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Alacommode
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/la/come/ode
Sentence: A local eatery serves their dinner alacommode. The chairs which are really toilet seats come in very handy to cleanse the palate between courses.
Etymology: a la mode + commode (toilet)
Stewage
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /styoo-ij/
Sentence: From the smell, Ron thought that the kitchen sink had backed up again, and he was making toward the closet with the plunger, when Bridget ran into him in the hall and said, "You do remember that my mother's coming over today, right? Oh, and I'm making lutefisk — it's a Swedish delicacy." We'd be having stewage for dinner tonight.
Etymology: Blend of 'stew' - to cook by simmering or slow boiling (Middle English, stewen "to bathe in a steam bath") & 'sewage' - liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains (from Anglo-Fr. sewere "to drain off water")
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:48:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 11:51:00
Think I prefer a smorgasbord - but lets not get in a stew! Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:18:00
Served by a steward of course! - bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:29:00
good word! - bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:32:00
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Nastecoli
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: nast-ee-kol-eye
Sentence: Congolia's culinary experiments began to wear on her friends and family after her brother was rushed to the hospital with a bout of nastecoli from her latest mysterious concoction.
Etymology: nasty (yucky) + e. coli (bacteria causing extreme intestinal discomfort)
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COMMENTS:
Very good word - TJayzz, 2008-11-11: 23:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-14: 18:53:00
Great gross in your cartoon today ... from the critter's butt sticking up ... to the facial expressions ... to the hair on the bite on the fork ... even the colors were putrid combinations!
I'm glad to hear you find my color sense is putrid. ~ James
bananabender - 2008-01-14: 20:49:00
What a regurgitreat of a day in Verbotomyland! The creative juices have been flowing freely today. Now, what am I gonna cook for dinner???
We could always eat our words... ~ James
zebrahdh - 2008-01-17: 18:50:00
That's great illustration! Thanks for using my suggestion!
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:36:00
Love it. Just like the joke about MPE's - Meals Pre-Excreted.
yellowbird - 2008-11-11: 13:41:00
that's what i get for using a new laptop - my comment ends up in the wrong place. I hope i didn't accidentally vote for myself too.
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 16:59:00
vote n disgustisive and demealiorize
jack189 - 2008-11-11: 17:00:00
whoops
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James