Verboticism: Dentalcraps

'How did you know what I had for lunch?'

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.

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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.

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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

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Tonguepick

Created by: junetic

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Tinga

patambrosio

Created by: patambrosio

Pronunciation:

Sentence: you have some tinga in your mouth

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Dentafriends

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: dint a frends

Sentence: A huge smile reveals the detafriends of a healthy lunch.

Etymology: dental - having to do with teeth friends - something/someone you like

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Molarcule

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: mo/lar/cue/ell

Sentence: The soggy green molarcules stuck in Brian's teeth were hardly an attractive feature. Perhaps I shouldn't have given him a salad for lunch.

Etymology: molar + molecule

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COMMENTS:

petaj At least he won't put on much molarcular weight from salad. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 06:15:00

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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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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

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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.

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Krud

giveaphuk

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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