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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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Taytohs
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: Tay-toes
Sentence: In her lust for salty favour she gave herself tayohs.
Etymology: Tayto- the most beloved brand of crispsin my native land. oh -expression of surprise/ pain
Barthead
Created by: jeremy21
Pronunciation: /beart-head/
Sentence: That razor point of a chip leads to a barthead.
Etymology: bart head came from blackhead in acne but in your mouth its called a barthead. it is called bart head because it leaves an indenture of bart simpson's head on your toungue .
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)
Spudnik
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: spud/nik
Sentence: I had to give up eating potato chips because of the spudniks - either that or get a whole new red wardrobe.
Etymology: sputnik + spud + nick
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COMMENTS:
Nice one. Thinking of giving them up myself! - TJayzz, 2008-10-23: 13:04:00
Welcome to the Spice Age, comrade! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:13:00
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Gashmandize
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gash/man/dize
Sentence: She gashmandizes the roof of her mouth every time she pigs out on potato chips.
Etymology: gash + gormandize (gorge, binge,devour)
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COMMENTS:
Big congrats on getting your word published! You must be so proud of your proginese! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-27: 20:17:00
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Shreddedeats
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: sh-red-ed-eets
Sentence: Allison loved Cap'n Crunch, but couldn't help compulsively running her tongue over the shreddedeats the cereal inevitably left behind.
Etymology: shredded wheat altered to emphasize "eat"
Pretzelpuncture
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Pret + zel + punct + sure
Sentence: Absentmindedly gobbling his pretzel snack, the sharp pain in the roof of his mouth told Delbert that he'd just given himself a pretzelpuncture.
Etymology: Pretzel + puncture
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COMMENTS:
I know from experience that this can and does happen. - Mustang, 2007-11-27: 03:58:00
Watch out that it doesn't develop into a chewma (chew + trauma + tumour) - petaj, 2007-11-27: 07:05:00
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Spudnik
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: spud/nik
Sentence: I had to give up eating potato chips because of the spudniks - either that or get a whole new red wardrobe.
Etymology: sputnik + spud + nick
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COMMENTS:
Hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-27: 06:39:00
hehehe! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-27: 06:44:00
Tremendous word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-27: 23:56:00
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Cruncture
Created by: wagabond
Pronunciation: crun(ch)/ k /(na)ture
Sentence: I got a cruncture from those nasty crips, and it really hurts.
Etymology: Crunch; puncture
Palateisaur
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pal-at-iz-ore
Sentence: Whilst snacking on his favourite potato crisps, Bob was suddenly afflicted with a painful case of palateisaur, he had accidentally caught the roof of his mouth with one of the sharp edges. His eyes would not stop watering for half an hour and he was only able to eat ice-cream for the rest of the week!
Etymology: Palate(the roof of the mouth) + Sore(a raw and painful place on the body) = Palateisaur
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COMMENTS:
funny - sounds like a new species of dinosaur - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:52:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James