Oxtailed

When someone shamelessly eats food that wasn’t theirs, especially when it’s something special, delicious, or that you were saving.

Origin: From a legendary incident in one household where a freshly cooked, mouth-watering oxtail meal was stolen by another family member. The betrayal was so iconic that the term stuck.

I was saving that cheesecake for later, but my brother oxtailed me.

by Jack Omari August 12, 2025

Oxtailed

Getting Oxtailed (verb)

When someone shamelessly eats food that wasn’t theirs, especially when it’s something special, delicious, or that you were saving.

Origin: From a legendary incident in one household where a freshly cooked, mouth-watering oxtail meal was stolen by another family member. The betrayal was so iconic that the term stuck.

Synonyms: food jacked, fridge raided, meal snatched.

“I was saving that cheesecake for later, but my brother oxtailed me.”

by Jack Omari August 12, 2025