Cheedle, Burgacide, and Other Fake Food Words
Wordsmith William Safire could have enough columns for the rest of the year if he focused just on food "sniglets," or food words that don't appear in the dictionary, but should. For example, at Tommy's barbecue, did you commit burgacide (bürg-ə-sīd)? (A hamburger's desperate act to leap to its death through grill holes.) Or, after that vending machine trip, are your fingers covered in cheedle (chee' dul)? (Residue on fingertips after consuming Cheetos.)
Bert Christensen's Truth & Humour Collection is chock full of made-up words that you really should try using in a sentence today. [via Epi-Log]
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2 Comments:
I prefer "cheet."
enhF94 at 8:56PM on 08/23/08
Perhaps the most stupid fake food word is "foodie". I am not a foodie because I like food, any more than I am a pantie because I like pants, or a salumie because I like cured meats.
Don Luis at 5:21AM on 08/24/08