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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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Warnify
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I see my dad with all this food on his face so I had to warnify him.
Etymology:
Gagticulation
Created by: heartnsoul
Pronunciation: gag-tik-u-la-shun
Sentence: On their one month anniversary, Tidy Tina ran away in horror when her cake-faced boyfriend, Big Bob, thought her facial gagticulations were romantic invitations.
Etymology: gag (the response)+ gesticulation (the signals)
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
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
Semafood
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SEHM-a-food
Sentence: Martin sat at the table across from his blind date Harriet trying to decide if her facial tics were the result of allergic reaction or just semafood.
Etymology: sema(fore) + food
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excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-01: 08:46:00
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Souperpoke
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: super-poke
Sentence: Despite her expansive souperpokes Manny persisted conversing with the dribble of pumpkin soup glistening in his beard.
Etymology: soup + poke + superpoke (Facebook users know about this)
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
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
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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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James