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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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Fritoflay
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)
Chipcut
Created by: Abraxised
Pronunciation: chip-kut
Sentence: OWW! I just got a chipcut!
Etymology: chip (a crunchy slice of cooked potato) cut (a small wound)
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: artr
Pronunciation: chipəngkchər
Sentence: Sam loves his tortilla snacks. What he doesn*t love is when he chipunctures the roof of his mouth with these insidious little shards of corn. Not only do they chipuncture the flesh, they immediately inject salt into the wound.
Etymology: chip (a thin slice of food made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and typically eaten as a snack) + puncture (a small hole in something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object)
Snacknick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: snaknik
Sentence: The snacknick caused grazing while grazing
Etymology: snack, nick
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COMMENTS:
snacktastic word - Nosila, 2010-03-22: 16:19:00
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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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Mouthslaughter
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: mouth slaughter
Sentence: Everytime I eat cap'n crunch, the cereal commits 3rd degree mouthslaughter.
Etymology: mouth + slaughter
Injuritos
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: injərdərētōs
Sentence: If I didn't know better i would think Matt was something of a masochist. Every time I see him he is munching on a bag of Injuritos. The full-size chips are bad enough but the shards in the bottom of the bag might as well be chunks of glass. The insidious part is that the company that makes these "shivs in a sack" has added an ingredient called nacho that numbs the palate so that the damage is hardly noticed.
Etymology: injured (harmed, damaged, or impaired) + Doritos (a popular brand of chips)
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COMMENTS:
nice one! - galwaywegian, 2008-10-23: 10:04:00
fantastic - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:51:00
Damned clever! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:14:00
Splendido! - Nosila, 2008-10-23: 20:35:00
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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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James