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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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Junkture
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: junk - chur
Sentence: My enjoyment of the tortillas was compromised at this junkture by the extreme pain in the roof of my mouth.
Etymology: junk + puncture
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COMMENTS:
like it - porsche, 2007-11-28: 15:57:00
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Carnoral
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: karn-awr-uhl
Sentence: His carnoral was so severe that he made an appointment to see his dentist hoping for a shot of novocaine.
Etymology: carnage + oral
Piercemeal
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PEERS-meel
Sentence: Bob's craving for kranskies in crusty rolls proved to be his 'pierce de resistance'. And, although, friends have told him that he's a bit prickadilly, he continues to piercemeal on this painful, panary prictual.
Etymology: Piercemeal: based on "piecemeal" & pierce. 2. Prickadilly: silly (slang) 3. Prictual (victual & prick).
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COMMENTS:
piercedprandial perforations punish painfully - petaj, 2007-11-27: 07:04:00
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Grazegraze
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: graysgrays
Sentence: Her grazegraze didn't bleed much, but it did stingle
Etymology: graze as in wound, graze as in eat all day
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
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)
Shardpalate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SHAHRD-pal-luht
Sentence: Alex had to decline a kiss from his date, as he suffered a severe case of shardpalate from a bag of Fritos.
Etymology: shard + hard palate
Perforateit
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: per-for-ate-it
Sentence: Even though it hurt, Sue perforateit anyway. Just as with the tatoos and piercings she had, Sue found a sensual pleasure from the pain it inflicted. She loved the crunciness of the assalted glass chips and the sweetness of the Iscream with masochistic cherries. Her dentist, though, warned her to stay away from the attack food because it wasn't good for her teeth.
Etymology: perforated: to pierce or bore a hole in something + ate + it
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COMMENTS:
Cute! Sometimes it\'s really a challenge when a word comes around for a second time. - artr, 2010-03-22: 07:16:00
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Munchure
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: munk-chur
Sentence: I was munching on a tortilla chip. It was so sharp that it created a munchure wound.
Etymology: A combination of the word Munch (as in snack foods) and Puncture (as in a deep wound or cut)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James