Verboticism: Chewlinger
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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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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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.
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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Detriticle
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: DEE-TRIT-IH-CULL
Sentence: Dorothy said she went to the restroom, but when she returned to the circulation desk and flashed her toothy smile, one could see the DETRITICLE all over her teeth. Clearly, nature's call was pre-empted by the irresistable lure of the muffin shoppe. dee-TRIT-icle
Etymology: DETRITus+partICLE DETRITUS is non-living particulate organic material ... PARTICLE-small granular object, sometimes gross or revolting, that exhibits no newtonian motion.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 14:21:00
I've been up in the hills too long. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 14:23:00
great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-22: 15:54:00
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Dentaldross
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Dent-all-dross
Sentence: No matter how carefully Jay cleaned his teeth, he was always left with bits of dentaldross between the gaps. Things had got so bad he was thinking about using an electrical sander in future!!
Etymology: Dental (relating to teeth or dentistry) ORIGIN Latin dentalis, from dens 'tooth' + Dross (rubbish, scum) = Dentaldross
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COMMENTS:
and it sounds like dental floss - nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-22: 12:38:00
Good word- self explanatory. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-22: 13:54:00
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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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Bicuspuds
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bi-cuss-puds
Sentence: It was quite obvious that Mark had French fries for lunch; he had a rather large crop of bicuspuds clinging on to his teeth.
Etymology: bicuspids, spuds (short for potatoes)
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COMMENTS:
exceddent! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-24: 05:05:00
very good purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:10:00
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Evidents
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: evv i dense
Sentence: I could tell from the evidents that ribs were on the canteen lunch menu again this week.
Etymology: evidence. dents as in dental.
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COMMENTS:
Hopefully no one was wearing evidentures, because that would be even messier. - wordmeister, 2007-05-24: 10:30:00
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Embarrasites
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-ba-riss-ights
Sentence: i turned up to the job interview unaware that my mouth was full of embarrasites
Etymology: embarrasing, parasites
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COMMENTS:
Also embarrassing sights. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 06:42:00
probably from eating your words yesterday - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:20:00
hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-24: 15:44:00
i really like this one. - jadenguy, 2007-05-24: 15:52:00
you get my vote. this is more creative than dentritis, "itis" has a meaning, it means inflamation, can see no inflamation here. - patambrosio, 2007-05-24: 23:45:00
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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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