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DEFINITION: n. The bits of food, and other debris, that get stuck between your teeth. v. To smile brightly and proudly unaware that you have a big piece of food stuck in your teeth.
Verboticisms
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Sticktle
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: STICK-ul
Sentence: Broccoli is basically just hundreds of sticktles that grow together on a stalk.
Etymology: stick + little. Incidentally, it also kind of sounds like skittle.
Partickles
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: part-ick-kles
Sentence: Even though Inspector 34 enjoyed his date with the Metermaid, the partickles in her teeth made her disturbingly imperfect.
Etymology: food particles + ick
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COMMENTS:
I'd find all that giggling from the tickles on her gums disturbing too. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 06:21:00
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Rebit
Created by: thephil
Pronunciation: r:ebits
Sentence: I especialy don't like the pressure that rebits put on the adjacent teeth.
Etymology: REmaining BITS of food
Teethbits
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: teeth - bits
Sentence: The teethbits I saw on Anna seemed especially yummy. Anchovies and pepperoni, I had a hunch she had pizza for lunch. In order to prove my point, I just had to kiss her and using my tongue, taste those teethbits for myself. Right now, I'm in custody for sexual assault... all for the sake of "Teethbit Investigation: The Anchovy Murder".
Etymology: tidbits [morsels, can either be gossip or food] + teeth; the etymology is simple actually
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COMMENTS:
Ewwwwww! That sentence is a great diet aid! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-24: 06:50:00
Good to hear that, purpleartichokes. Now I can openly compete with Atkins. XD - ohwtepph, 2007-05-24: 10:05:00
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Dentriment
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: den truh men tal
Sentence: I ate the roast beef sandwich, to much dentriment.
Etymology: (Dent)al + det(ri)ment + sed(iment)
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-24: 18:20:00
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Oralgunk
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: orr-ul-gunk
Sentence: Gary liked to pick out his oralgunk at work, put it in a plastic container for safe keeping and when he gets home, feed it to his pet fish.
Etymology: oral + gunk
Detribulous
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: dee-trib-yoo-luhss
Sentence: Clive's smile at the attractive, young lady was, unfortunately, a completely detribulous one.
Etymology: Detritus + Oblivious = Detribulous
Lunchicles
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: lunch + ih + kulls
Sentence: The trouble with eating salad is that it always leaves lunchicles in your teeth, and then people start making surreptitious motions at you, but it's too late.
Etymology: lunch particles
Dentricanyonitis
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: den-tri-can-yon-i-tis
Sentence: Frank was too young, of course, for dentricanyonitis, but he had failed to take proper care of his teeth during college when all he ate, or rather drank, were smoothies from Whreezer Whred's (Whred was of Maori decent and in that Polynesian language the F sound is signified by Wh.) As a consequence Frank's gums had receeded and left canyons between his teeth where the food he now ate for free as Manager of Whred's sister's business Whanny's Whried Whoods. Fortunately Whanny offered her employees dental care. Frank is so grateful, he is thinking of changing the official spelling of his name to Whrank.
Etymology: From dentric, related to teeth + canyon, a deep gorge between two natural structures
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COMMENTS:
Whoops! It was about the food... - readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 18:15:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Scattercat. Thank you Scattercat! ~ James
Verbotomy Cup spotted in the wild with herbal tea.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54511827@N00/511989912/ - I did try to embed the link in the previous comment.
Hey Petaj, Nice snap of the cup! CoinciDENTALly, JediJawa has just received his book from Dan Pink.
GRINKLE is good! inspired, original and fun to say!
reverb - 2008-07-22: 22:56:00
I like grinkle too. It's kind of funny...
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James