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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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Appeslicer
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Ap - pe - sly - cer
Sentence: Pablo's intensity with the jalepeno popper had turned it into an appeslicer. The problem was now figuring out if he was consuming cheese or blood.
Etymology: Appetiser - Slice
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)
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.
Alivatar
Created by: simralotomy
Pronunciation: Aliv-va-tar
Sentence: I usually have an alivatar in summer holidays. Eating too many chips can be really painful sometimes
Etymology:
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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Munchure
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)
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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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)
Pretzelesion
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James