lumpvigil
/ˈlʌmpˌvɪdʒɪl/nounVerified NewAlso in: Klümpchenwache (Deutsch) · grumovigilia (Español) · grumovigie (Français)
The attentive stirring of gravy while watching for lumps like a sailor watches weather.
The lumpvigil is held at the hob with one hand stirring and one eye scanning. A lump spotted early can be dissolved; a lump declared late is permanent. Success is silent and forgotten, failure is remembered annually, and the vigil is manned every Sunday by whoever lost the draw.
Etym. — lump + vigil — the watch kept over gravy's darkest impulses.
Rel. — gravysalvage · roastdiplomacy
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