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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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Tinga
Created by: patambrosio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have some tinga in your mouth
Etymology:
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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Morselcode
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: mor-sell-cohd
Sentence: she claimed she was dieting but her morselcode said chocolate
Etymology: morsel- small scrap of food code- a mesage that can be interpreted by the few afficinados
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-24: 04:21:00
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:23:00
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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
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)
Chowgma
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: /choug/muh
Sentence: It was hard not to stare at the chowgma between Larry's flapping mouth as he recited all the reasons why he was so irresistable to the women at work. Hmmm. Dont think so!
Etymology: Blend of CHOW + SMEGMA = HURL
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COMMENTS:
appropriately revolting! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 13:52:00
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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
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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Dentritus
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: den-try-tus
Sentence: Poor George found it hard making friends. Not only was he shy, but he was tragically oblivious to his offputting dentritus.
Etymology: dental (of the teeth) & detritus (small particles, disintegrated matter)
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