Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: frētōflā

Sentence: The public speaking teacher has heard almost every excuse possible, from family deaths to computer disasters. The latest is known as the Fritoflay syndrome, characterized by a lacerated tongue, cheeks and palate. The teacher does not allow this as a legitimate reason to delay a student’s speech unless they can prove it was not self-inflicted.

Etymology: Frito-Lay (Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) is a division of PepsiCo, Inc. which manufactures, markets and sells a variety of corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods) + flay (peel the skin off)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: pret-zyl-LEE-zhun

Sentence: As was all too often the case, Mabel suffered a serious pretzelesion in the roof of her mouth from eating pretzel sticks carelessly.

Etymology: Blend of 'pretzel' and 'lesion' (wound or injury)

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Created by: contiki

Pronunciation: chip-splinter

Sentence: Ow! I just got a damn chipsplinter!

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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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pring ell ayte

Sentence: As an ER Resident, Dr. Pepper saw it all too often. Another patient who scoffed one too many salty sharp potato chip...someone who could pringleate herself in the blink of an eye. Sure, it started off innocently enough, entranced in a movie on the tv, jamming them into her mouth until she had Idahoed the roof of her mouth. Wine, beer and pop only caused greater burning and no relief. Only when the pain was unbearable had she headed for St. Dorito's Hospital to get first aid. Dr. Pepper swabbed her mouth with salve and sent her home. But he knew she would be back again sometime soon because they never learned. No, when the chips were down, she'd be back!

Etymology: Pringle (potato chip brand sold in cardboard tubes) & Lacerate (cut or tear irregularly;irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn)

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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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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: doh-reet-ow

Sentence: Bill suffered a major doritow when one corner of his nacho-cheese flavored torilla chip got wedged under his toung and another corner jammed into the roof of his mouth as he bit down on it.

Etymology: Doritos: A brand of flavored tortilla chips. + ow: an interjection that denotes pain.

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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)

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Created by: glamgal23

Pronunciation: Shrillk-ed

Sentence: Sharp foods will shrillk your tounge.

Etymology: Shrill high pitched tone and shreik a utter cry. The things that happens when you get shrillked.

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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

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