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DEFINITION: n., A cut, or puncture wound on the roof of the mouth inflicted while consuming dangerously crunchy-sharp foods, like potato chips. v., To cut the roof your mouth while eating extra crispy snack foods.
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Bitefight
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Those pringles looked good, but my mouth couldn't afford another bitefight.
Etymology: bite + fight
Salivouch
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: Sal-iv-ouch'
Sentence: She was sorry she ate so many tacos when she noticed the salivouches the next morning.
Etymology: Saliva + Ouch
Chipuncture
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: chipəngkchər
Sentence: Sam loves his tortilla snacks. What he doesn*t love is when he chipunctures the roof of his mouth with these insidious little shards of corn. Not only do they chipuncture the flesh, they immediately inject salt into the wound.
Etymology: chip (a thin slice of food made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and typically eaten as a snack) + puncture (a small hole in something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object)
Pointidbit
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: poin-tid-bit
Sentence: Kimberly never bought rock candy without buying orajel or anbesol. She knew the sugary pointidbits would scrape their way across the roof of her mouth while she scarfed them down, but the sweet thorsels were too much to resist, so she tried only to alleviate the symptoms rather than prevent them. About the side effect: "Oh, it's the greatest tongue scrapper around" she explained to Zinnia while drooling blood, "it's done wonders for my breath."
Etymology: pointed (has a sharp point) + tidbit (small piece of a food)
Chipuncture
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: ˈchip-ˈpəŋk-chər
Sentence: Jane had a rather embarrassing visit to the emergency room, for a rather nasty chipunture wound in her pallet.
Etymology: Chip: a small thin slice of food. Puncture: a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing.
Snacklash
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈsnæk.læʃ/
Sentence: Snacklash is the humble potato chip's last line of defense.
Etymology: From snack + backlash.
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COMMENTS:
very funny ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-27: 11:30:00
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Potatoclip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: poh-tay-toh-clip
Sentence: My mouth had just recovered from a Fritolesion when I suffered a potatoclip. If I didn't stop being an ouchpotato, I'd continue to get these painful foodboos.
Etymology: potato chip, clip (gash)
Pringletingle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pring ill ting ill
Sentence: Bessie should have known that some foods are just plain dangerous to eat. She always got ice cream headaches and burned tongue from hot liquids and canker sores from excessive candies. Now she could add Pringletingle to her list. Eating the sharp pieces cut through her palate and the abundant salt on them was like,well, rubbing salt on a wound. And since she could not eat just one, the entire tube of them really, really hurt her mouth. "These packages really ought to have health warnings on them like cigarette cartons", she thought to herself. "Mind you", she thought as she lit a menthol cigarette to cool off her sore mouth, "who reads those anyway"??
Etymology: Pringle (Popular Brand of potato chips sold in tall round containers) & Tingle (a prickling somatic sensation; cause a stinging or tingling sensation)
Suppercut
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-27: 08:04:00
I get suppercuts sometimes from hard bread or pizza crust. Good one! - Tigger, 2007-11-28: 13:58:00
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Fritoslay
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: free-toe-slay
Sentence: It wasn't bad enough that Josh got a severe fritoslay on the side of his lip, but then the salt from the chips he was eating just made matters worse.
Etymology: frito lay - popular chip brand + slay
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James