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DEFINITION: v. intr., To silently signal the position of a piece of food on a person's face using hand gestures, facial expressions and tonguing motions. n., A nonverbal communication system used to alert and assist diners with food on their faces.
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Telemorsenate
Created by: Cheeser
Pronunciation: tele-morse-en-ate
Sentence: I tried to telemorsenate him prior to him entering the interview, but alas, the directors were to be treated to a visual remnant of his cornflakes.
Etymology: tele - from afar morse - morsel
Indicrumbcate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-di-kruhm-keyt
Sentence: Since she thought Herb was a dweeb, she refused to indicrumbcate to him that he had parsley and basil entangled in his braces.
Etymology: indicate + crumb
Crumaphore
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌməˌfɔɹ/
Sentence: My crumaphore skills were rusty, and I wasn't quite sure if my girlfriend was signaling that I had a bit of sauce just below and to the left of my left nostril or if I had a pickle wedged in my ear.
Etymology: from crumb + semaphore
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COMMENTS:
Man, I hate when I get ear pickles. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-01: 16:23:00
What?! Speak up! I can't hear you because there's a pickle in my ear! - ErWenn, 2007-11-01: 22:56:00
Classic! - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 17:13:00
I think having a pickle wedged in your ear should be a verbotomy definition.... - yellowbird, 2007-11-08: 14:48:00
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Chowrade
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Chow+rade
Sentence: When Bob started to grubspeckulate, Roxie thought that he had a fishbone stuck in his throat. But Bob's gesticulation was just a chowrade to tell her she had some anchovy on her face.
Etymology: Chowrade (chow (food) & charade
Caratitas
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: car-ra-tee-tas
Sentence: Susan mad caratitas to Sam when she noticed the blue icing hanging from his nostrils.
Etymology: Cara=(spanish for face) titas =(no idea, but if your mexican, you'll understand)
Clingo
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: klin-go
Sentence: He obviously couldn't feel the icing solidifying and cracking on his face, so Sue tried using clingo and tidbidioms to alert him to his plight.
Etymology: cling, lingo
Lickityspat
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Li-Kuh-Tee-Spa-AT
Sentence: Through her ingenious lickityspat, James was now aware of the egg on his face.
Etymology: Spittle, Spat upon, reviled. Lickimous Androdgenous.
Foodscopism
Created by: Garry
Pronunciation: "Food" "Scope" "Izz-um"
Sentence: "My wife used foodscopism as we sat in Mcdonalds eating fries with lots of ketchup on them."
Etymology:
Forcelshint
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation: FOR-sell-shint
Sentence: Marjory always found social occasions with Gerry to be stressful. His table manners were terrible and his enduring habit of troughing his food ensured that Marjory felt compelled to forcelshint at him for the rest of the evening. Gerry however always seemed blind to Marjory's panic, and was happy to remain at the bottom of the social ladder. Perhaps if he understood the delicate nature of the forcelshint, they would be accepted into the social circles Marjory dreamed of.
Etymology: this is derived from when a person with a morsel on the face, needs a silent hint to remove it. forcel - Morsel, face. shint - silent, hint.
Orthocue
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: aor-tho-ku
Sentence: "She opened her lips and I thought she was going to kiss me! Instead she was moving her toung side-to-side in a delibarate act of orthocuation because I had food on my cheeks. Perhaps after my face was clean, she would kiss me."
Etymology: ortho (mouth) + cue (gesture)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James