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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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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
Warnify
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I see my dad with all this food on his face so I had to warnify him.
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:
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
Signalood
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: cigna-lude
Sentence: she used every imaginable signalood to show him how sloppy he was.
Etymology: Signal+food
Muguendo
Created by: cmseth
Pronunciation: mug-you-endo
Sentence: When Bob drooled frosting on his face while gazing at Carol, Ted used subtle muguendo to clue him in before his wife Alice noticed.
Etymology: mug = face and uendo = innuendo, or hint
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COMMENTS:
Can also be used in verb form, as in "Alice muguendoed, but Bob was oblivious to her facial contortions." - cmseth, 2007-11-01: 21:27:00
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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
Gestrickle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Jes-trik-ul
Sentence: Hoping to silently alert Phil to the jelly around his mouth from the doughnut Mildred gave him a quick gestrickle.
Etymology: Gesture + trickle
Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James