Vote for the best verboticism.

'Why do you keep making those stupid faces?'

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.

Create | Read

Verboticisms

Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...

You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.

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 and Points

Clandesdine

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: homonym for clandestine

Sentence: Marcel thought Mary was having some sort of seizure, but when he finally realized his chin was covered with sauce he appreciated her clandesdine efforts.

Etymology: blending of clandestine and dine

| Comments and Points

Cuisign

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: kwi-sahyn

Sentence: Bill tactfully tried using cuisign language to signal to his date that she had a bit of green beans stuck between her front teeth.

Etymology: Cuisine: Latin; coquīna + Sign: Latin; signum

| Comments and Points

Digesticulate

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: die jest ick ewe late

Sentence: He mistook her digesticulations for a desire to lick his face. Why he should have acted on instinct at this point, when he had never had a trustworthy hunch in his life was extraordinary, but not nearly as extraordinary as the ensuing violence.

Etymology: digest, gesticulate, as in gesticulate to someone that they should digest the food they're wearing.

| Comments and Points

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)

| Comments and Points

Particlepantomime

Created by: svnfsvn

Pronunciation: particle pant imime

Sentence: particlepantimime did the trick,no one else noticed his face at the wine tastingparty.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Hintism

Created by: Evilshadow

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Chewclue

Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: tch-ew-k-lou

Sentence: Why didn't you tell me i had food on my face?... Sweety, I tried to give you a "Chewclue" but you thought i was saying "Love you" :)

Etymology: Chew(act of crushing food) + clue(hint)

| Comments and Points

Agelick

Created by: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: ag-eh-lick

Sentence: she was agelicking in my birthday party

Etymology: lick

| Comments and Points

Signalood

Created by: KenM2

Pronunciation: cigna-lude

Sentence: she used every imaginable signalood to show him how sloppy he was.

Etymology: Signal+food

| Comments and Points

Show All or More...

 

Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:30:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:49:00
Don't forget to add your thoughts to the Verbotomy Birthday Blog. Go to http://www.verbotomy.com/blog. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2014-04-22: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James