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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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Dentdebris
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: DENT-deh-bree
Sentence: Winston's dental care is sloppy at best and barely existent at worst and when engaging him in converstation it is alomst impossible not to zero in on all the dentdebris that is always lodged in and around his teeth.
Etymology: Blend of words 'dental' (of or relating to teeth) and 'debris' (rubble or wreckage)
Retainder
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ri-TEYN-der
Sentence: Chris smiled for the photographers, unwittingly revealing a corned beef and broccoli retainder.
Etymology: retainer + remainder
Chewlinger
Created by: BuenoCabra
Pronunciation: (CHOO-ling-er)
Sentence: Ron's got some nasty chewlinger left over from the birthday cake.
Etymology: From "chew," meaning to grind with the teeth and "linger," meaning to remain.
Gumdenta
Created by: paxrock
Pronunciation: gum-dent-a
Sentence: His teeth were filled with celery gumdenta.
Etymology: gum+dental
Crudities
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: crud-i-tees
Sentence: Thank goodness costco sells dentalfloss by the foot, I would hate to go out in public with my crudities.
Etymology:
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)
Grilljam
Created by: newworldview
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: grill (teeth), toe jam
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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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)
Smilesmackers
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Smile - smack - ers
Sentence: Before a job interview check yourself for smilesmackers!
Etymology: Smile (to grin) + Smack (trash) + ers
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