#21 Confectionery User Interface (CUI)

The user interface on the inside of a chocolate box that helps users navigate confections in a sampler.

Gordon was not partial to the pixel and he found no joy in electronic candygrams. He looked back fondly on the golden age of CUI design when he would spend hours at his easel hand drawing navigation menus with graphite pencils for big brands like Whitman's and boutique chocolatiers that have long since vanished. 

Not only were Gordon's CUIs aesthetically pleasing but they also took the user's needs into account—if you loved cherry cordials, Gordon’s well-organized menus would lead you directly to them; if you had dentures, Gordon’s readable typography would steer you clear of caramel and toffee confections; and, if you had nut allergies, almond- and cashew-filled nougats would not send you running for your EpiPen because Gordon's CUIs met universally-recognized accessibility standards.

#20 Wonkabe

A "wannabe" policy wonk.

It was the consensus among critics that the Congressman was a wonkabe, not a wonk.

#19 Samplotage

To sabotage a sampler by nibbling on some or all of the samples on selection.

Detective Vivian slipped into her latex gloves and ducked under the yellow crime tape to examine the scene of the crime. It was clear to her as she opened the lid of the defiled Whitman's Sampler box that the crime was premeditated, as the perpetrator had nibbled his or her way through every single confection, row by row, with one mysterious exception—the Messenger Boy had been left intact. As she placed the Whitman's Sampler into the evidence bag a tingling sensation went up her spine. This was not an ordinary act of samplotage. No, this was the work of a psychopath. 

Root = Sampler + sabotage

#18 Utopioca pudding

A Platonic form of tapioca pudding irresistible to mortals.

Milton conceded to his interlocutor that, yes, one who did not find gustatory pleasure in the consumption of tapioca pudding in the world as we know it could conceivably, in Utopia, find it impossible to resist the gustatory pleasures of an idealized form of tapioca pudding known as "utopioca pudding."

#17 Accoladle

To excessively ladle on accolades.

“Under your roof you can accoladle this young women all you want—when she ties her shoes, combs her hair, folds her clothes—but, in my classroom, she’s a dimbo socket until she correctly demonstrates 10 proofs of the Pythagorean theorem,” said Sister Josephine to the flabbergasted mother.

Root = Accolade + ladle

#16 Fridgementation

The process whereby leftovers that have been in the refrigerator for too long begin to ferment.

Ronald was not certain what he had ordered from P.F. Chang’s several weeks ago during his lunch trip to the mall, but he was certain after peeking under the Styrofoam lid that it was undergoing fridgementation. 

#15 Frosting the batter

The attempt to save time by completing steps in a linear process out of order.

The kindergartner scooped up a hunk of chocolate butter cream frosting with her hand and began layering it onto the cake batter. Just as she was about to pop it in the Easy Bake Oven, the teacher intercepted the prematurely frosted cake and said, "Honey, you can't save time by frosting the batter."