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'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.

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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

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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

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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)

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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)

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Hintism

Created by: Evilshadow

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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