Verboticism: Tinga

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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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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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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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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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)
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)
Foodjam
Created by: pandalhu
Pronunciation: food/jam
Sentence: I hate all the foodjam after eating popcorn.
Etymology: food coming from what we eat and jam coming from all those things stuck
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COMMENTS:
FOODJAM....good name for a band. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 13:56:00
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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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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
Sticktle
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: STICK-ul
Sentence: Broccoli is basically just hundreds of sticktles that grow together on a stalk.
Etymology: stick + little. Incidentally, it also kind of sounds like skittle.
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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