I don't know if the venerable editors of the venerated OED are taking submissions for new entries, but I've got a choice one for them:
enplumpen \in- 'pləmp, en-\ vt (2009) 1 : to make dried fruits soft and moist before baking or cooking by soaking them in liquid : RECONSTITUTE 2 : to feast to the point of developing a temporarily protruding belly : STUFF
And I've even used it in a sentence. From my Picturing Toffee Figgy Pudding Cookies post:
“Chop the dried figs and then soak them in warm water to enplumpen 'em.”
And for the second usage:
“Last Thanksgiving I had so many Cranberry Crunch Cookies that I enplumpened myself and needed to put on my eating pants.”
Yup...I'm putting that English degree to work, I tell ya.
Looks like Dad's hard earned money for your college education was put to good use!!! Maybe your next venture should be developing a new dictionary for oatmeal cookie baking terms!
Posted by: Mumma | January 07, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Sounds good to me!!
Posted by: April | January 07, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Hi, Mumma. I think it would be a pamphlet, not a book! :-)
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | January 08, 2009 at 09:53 AM
Hey, April. Thanks! :-)
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | January 08, 2009 at 09:53 AM
Emplumpen is a perfect word (along the lines of "enliven"). Anyone know if there's a way to write to the OED and offer up suggestions?
Posted by: Jonazz | January 08, 2009 at 06:38 PM
It's just like "embiggens." They're both perfectly "cromulent" words :)
Posted by: Brownie | January 09, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Hi, Jonazz. You'd think I'd have an inside line on that, right? :-)
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | January 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Hey, Brownie. No wonder you got a 100% on that quiz about The Simpsons. :-)
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | January 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM