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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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Morselaze
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mor sell ayz
Sentence: Pierre was a handsome boy, except for one really bad personal habit. He was too lazy to check his front teeth during the day to see the food items lodged there after each meal. This morselaze gave him a new title (behind his back)...he was called Leader of the Plaque!
Etymology: Morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthfu) & Laze (be idle; exist in a changeless situation) & sounds like La Marseillaise (French National Anthem)
Floradation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: flora/day/shun
Sentence: Spinach salad is a good thing to avoid at a staff party if you want to avoid floradation.
Etymology: fluoridation (dental procedure to make teeth stronger) + flora (plant life)
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COMMENTS:
Great blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:34:00
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Munch grins
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: munch-grins
Sentence: After watching the movie, and eating two boxes of popcorn, Robby tried to kiss his girlfriend. But his munchgrins horrified her! Especially since she was supposed to be on a diet. And so she declined.
Etymology: munch+grin
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COMMENTS:
Too cute. - texmom, 2007-05-24: 14:55:00
much to his chagrin, i'm sure. - jadenguy, 2007-05-24: 16:03:00
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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
Pearlyblights
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: purr/lee/blahyts
Sentence: It is extremely difficult to concentrate on a conversation with someone when they have pearlyblights lodged in between their teeth and you can not take your eyes off the bits of egg, or spinach, or poppy seeds.
Etymology: PEARLYBLIGHTS - noun - from PEARLYWHITES (slang for teeth) + BLIGHT (an extremely adverse condition; to have a deleterious effect on; ruin)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-22: 12:33:00
PEARLYBLIGHTS is very melodic and artsy. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 13:59:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-07-22: 15:30:00
Thoroughly enjoyable - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:34:00
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Gumgrease
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: gum + grease
Sentence: Brushing is one thing but without the floss you just can't get rid of the gumgrease.
Etymology: gum from gums, and grease from fatty food.
Comandible
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Cuh-Man-duh-bul
Sentence: We were horrified to see the comandibles of goat stomach and monkey intestines trickle off his teeth every few minutes.
Etymology: Comestible (item of food) + mandible (bone used primarily for eating)
Veggiegrille
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vejēgril
Sentence: Denise loves her salad but all too often ends up with a veggiegrille.
Etymology: veggie (vegetable) + grille (decorative appliance for teeth)
Flouradentachitis
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: floor/a/dent/ach/itis
Sentence: Girlfriend, you need to go to the ladies room and check your flouradentachitis and like NOW!
Etymology: flour/flouride, a/word attachment, dent/dental, ach/attack, itis/inflamation of(as in gingivitis)
Krud
Created by: giveaphuk
Pronunciation: KRUD
Sentence: he chewed on his krud and reminisced at how tasty breakfast was this morning.
Etymology: like how cows 'chew their cud', we humans savour our krud.
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COMMENTS:
Ha! Good analogy! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-24: 10:58:00
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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