crottled greep

crottled greep noun: a fictional foodstuff.

Noun

crottled greep (plural crottled greeps)

(humorous, nonce-word, plural-normally, slang) A fictional foodstuff.
- But if you don't like crottled greeps, what did you order them for?1953, Dean Grennell, Filler, Filler #378
- Lee Hoffman wrote a story for GRUE 27 portraying Crottled Greeps as a seductive but lethal viand and imagination took over from there.1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Crottled Greeps

In this book, Crottled Greeps is the name of a wide range of completely unrelated foods from different cultures.1990, Greg Costikyan, Cups and Sorcery, →ISBN, page ?:
Why is it everyone who's seen a crottled greep wants to watch someone else coping?1994, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Gripping Hand, →ISBN, page 27:
Though many have whined about blog, and indeed about crottled greeps, this won't quite do.1995 October 6, David E Romm, “Re: parking ghods (was Re: NYC Fandom)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID...
They actually had crottled greeps on the menu here.1996, James Doohan, S. M. Stirling, The Rising, →ISBN, page 281:

plural	crottled greeps

Coined as nonce words by Dean Grennell in 1953 in a one-shot fanzine called Filler.

What does crottled greep mean?: Crottled greep means a fictional foodstuff.
How do you use crottled greep in a sentence?: In this book, Crottled Greeps is the name of a wide range of completely unrelated foods from different cultures.
What part of speech is crottled greep?: Crottled greep is a noun.
What is the plural of crottled greep?: The plural of crottled greep is crottled greeps.

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