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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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Elimaphore
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n., v. intr.) ĭ-lĭm''ə-fōr'
Sentence: Megan used elimapore to indicate the cheesecake blot on her boss's lips, but he only thought she was coming on to him.
Etymology: elim[inate] + semaphore
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.
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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Facefoodgesting
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation:
Sentence: sarah tried facefoodgesting tom, but he had no clue.
Etymology:
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:
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.
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
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)
Dribblelert
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: drib-ble-lert
Sentence: Claire sent a well executed dribblelert to Tony about the sauce on his face.
Etymology: dribble& lert (alert)
Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James