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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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Toothstick
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: tooth/stik
Sentence: For some reason all the ladies in Josh's "Be a Vegan, Save a Cow" cooking class were not finding him as charming as they usually did. Not only were they no longer laughing at his jokes tonight, but some were giving him nasty looks from across the room. Unbeknownst to him he had a few toothsticks from the scarf-fest earlier at McDonald's. Yes, it was obvious to the women that he had been charming for weeks that he was NOT the vegetarian he claimed to be!
Etymology: Derived from toothpick: A small stick of wood, plastic, metal or other substance used to remove food from the teeth, usually after a meal. A toothSTICK is when a meal hangs around for an encore. :)
Dentalcraps
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: den/tal/kraps
Sentence: He went in to have dental caps put on his teeth but ended up with dentalcraps
Etymology: dental caps + crap
Dentritis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: det/tree/eye/tus
Sentence: His none use of dental floss lead to dentritis, random food debris trapped between his teeth.
Etymology: dental + debris + itis
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COMMENTS:
Fantastic! - ErWenn, 2007-05-24: 20:12:00
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Dentbris
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DENT-bree
Sentence: When Roxie told Bob that he should read "Mildew on the Floss," it was a desperate, last ditch attempt to tell him that he should do something about his dentbris.
Etymology: Blend of DENT:pertaining to tooth,teeth & DEBRIS: Accumulation of anything broken, ruined , in pieces.
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COMMENTS:
love "Mildew on the Floss" - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-22: 12:41:00
Hahahaah....good one OZZIEBOB! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 14:22:00
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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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Foodbetray
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: f-oo-d-be-tray
Sentence: I thought no one would figure out that I stole a poppyseed bagel from outside the conference room - but the foodbetray I didn't spot outed me!
Etymology: food + betray
Grilljam
Created by: newworldview
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: grill (teeth), toe jam
Dentritus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: den try tus
Sentence: Andrew's eating habits were so disgusting, that he usually had to dine alone. He ate messily and loudly and you could guess what menu he had by all the dentritus left behind. His friends nicknamed him "Leader of the Plaque".
Etymology: Dental (of the teeth) & Detritus (the remains of something, refuse)
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COMMENTS:
So good I might as well vote for it now. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-20: 04:24:00
Ooo, I should have read today's words before making mine. Interestingly, they are all very similar. - Rhyme79, 2012-09-20: 10:53:00
Cheers...like both your words, too! - Nosila, 2012-09-21: 01:19:00
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Toothjam
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈtuθˌdʒæm/
Sentence: Some of my teeth are so so close together that even the act of flossing itself leaves bits of dental floss as toothjam.
Etymology: Like "toe jam," but between teeth.
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COMMENTS:
My sentence is actually true. If I floss, sometimes it gets stuck between the teeth, and I have to wait a few days for my saliva to eat it away. In other news, it only takes a few days for saliva to significantly dissolve a piece of dental floss. - ErWenn, 2007-05-24: 14:01:00
Thanks for sharing. I thought people like you were just using the string to remind them of something. :-) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-24: 15:52:00
It's there to remind us not to floss anymore. Or to get our wisdom teeth removed. - ErWenn, 2007-05-24: 20:13:00
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Detrotus
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: debt-rot-us
Sentence: Phil McCavity's dentistry had a client list a mile long. It was located in a part of town that had never heard of dental floss and whose citizens' mouths were full of detrotus.
Etymology: detritus (crap, debris, dregs, dross, bits) + rot (decay) + us (that's his teeth talking)
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - Clayton, 2007-05-24: 07:17:00
Phil McCavity - very funny!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:31:00
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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