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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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Snackgash

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: SNACK-gash

Sentence: Maxine couldn'r resist eating just one more potato chip- the kind with the specially designed abrasive ridges whose corrugated strength was allegedly able to withstand the heaviest loads of tangy dip. With a cold shriek Maxine bolted from the picnic area, clutching her wounded palate and pride, She had experienced the bane of hasty snackers...the SNACKGASH ! SNACKGASHING is believed to account for the statistically large increase in emergency room admissions each barbecue season, although, like cell-phone car crashes, few would actually admit it. The recommended treatment for SNACKGASHES is to avoid tailgate parties, convenience stores and company picnics for at least a month.

Etymology: SNACK:a light meal : food eaten between regular meals, usually salty but often hazardous;Middle English snak bite, from snaken to bite, perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken to snap at.....GASH:a deep long cut in flesh,a deep narrow depression or cut often self-inflicted through the careless use of snack foods.

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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

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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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petaj piercedprandial perforations punish painfully - petaj, 2007-11-27: 07:04:00

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Dolorito

Created by: bbawden

Pronunciation: Dough-Low-ree-Toe

Sentence: I was so hungry this morning, I ate 3 bowls of cap'n Crunch, resulting in a plethora of doloritos all day.

Etymology: Dorito- chip Dolor- Spanish for PAIN

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Mouthslaughter

youmustvotenato

Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: mouth slaughter

Sentence: Everytime I eat cap'n crunch, the cereal commits 3rd degree mouthslaughter.

Etymology: mouth + slaughter

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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"

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Exsanguineats

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ex san goo in eets

Sentence: Although the exsanguineats had 640 calories per serving, she actually lost weight while eating them.

Etymology: exsanguinate (bleeding out) eats

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COMMENTS:

never heard of exsanguinate before but it works like a charm in your definition - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:54:00

Exsanguinate and desanguinate are terms used on cop shows for people who bleed to death...Hill Street Blues used them all the time. I would rather deSANGRIAnate! - Nosila, 2008-10-25: 00:26:00

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Fritolaceration

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: frē-tō-lās'ə-rā'shən

Sentence: When Joe suddenly felt a sharp pain and tasted blood in his mouth, he realized he had suffered a fritolaceration while pigging out on tortilla chips, and, needless to say, it ruined his appetite. It wasn't nearly as bad as the time he had pretzelgored himself though.

Etymology: Frito-Lay (formed by the merger of The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company, [North American snack food companies] 1961) + laceration - A jagged wound or cut (from Latin, lacerāre - "to tear up")

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Injureat

Created by: micheles

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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

petaj Watch out that it doesn't develop into a chewma (chew + trauma + tumour) - petaj, 2007-11-27: 07:05:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-22: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James