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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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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)
Pretzelaceration
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pretzl-lass-er-AY-shun
Sentence: As was so often the case, Winifred suffered a serious pretzelaceration in the roof of her mouth from carelessly eating pretzel sticks too fast.
Etymology: Blend of pretzel and laceration
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:51:00
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Mouthslaughter
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: mouth slaughter
Sentence: Everytime I eat cap'n crunch, the cereal commits 3rd degree mouthslaughter.
Etymology: mouth + slaughter
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)
Bitefight
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Those pringles looked good, but my mouth couldn't afford another bitefight.
Etymology: bite + fight
Chiprip
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: chip/rip
Sentence: The tasty pleasure of eating sour cream and onion potato chips goes out the window when you painfully chiprip the roof of your mouth.
Etymology: CHIPRIP - verb - from CHIPS as in potato chips) + RIP (to cut, or tear apart in a rough, or vigorous manner)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-10-23: 07:10:00
Been there, done that...good word! - Nosila, 2008-10-23: 20:34:00
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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:
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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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.
Junkcutter
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: junk/cut/tur
Sentence: He had to have plastic surgery to replce the roof of his mouth thanks to junkcutters.
Etymology: junk + cut + junketter
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James