Verboticism: Paralytidigitation
DEFINITION: v., To use a knife and fork to eat foods like hamburgers, pizza, or pigeon wings, which are customarily consumed using one's hands. n., A person who is afraid to eat food touched by human hands.
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Utensilizer
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: Ū-tĕn-sĭl-īzĕr
Sentence: Look at Craig. After graduating from finishing school, he can't seem to stop himself from utensilizing his potato wedges.
Etymology:
Steriliphobe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Steri-luh-fobe
Sentence: Overly concerned about germs on his food, Jerome became a steriliphobe
Etymology: Sterile - phobia
Iltactillian
Created by: dogran
Pronunciation: IL-TACT-Il-IAN
Sentence: See Fred over there, He's Iltactillian, very unfortunate for his wife.
Etymology: tactile-touch + negative prefix + suffix
Inessentialutensilization
Created by: maryamwebster
Pronunciation: in-e-ssen-shul-u-TEN-sil-i-zay-shun
Sentence: "Mark exhibited inessentialutensilization when he used his cavir fork to consume the gummy bears."
Etymology: Inessential, meaning not necessary, utensil meaning eating implements and the -ization meaning to utilize.
Fiddledfoodphobia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fid/dled/food/pho/bia
Sentence: Amy's two afflictions, repulskin and fiddledfoodphobia drove her boyfirend crazy. She couldn't eat at a restaurant unless she visited the kitchen to ensure all the cooks were wearing rubber gloves. Fiddledfoodphobia is a strange, but very common ailment of wash-my-hands-every-three-minutes people.
Etymology: fiddled with + food + phobia
Utensify
Created by: Daneslarue
Pronunciation: Yoo-Ten-Siff-Aye
Sentence: I find it quite irritating when people utensify pieces of candy.
Etymology: From Utensil
Digitrepidation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dijittrepidāshən
Sentence: Rob has a bad case of digitrepidation. He fears the sight of fingers. If he had his way everybody would be required to wear mittens like he does. Even the mention of finger food gives him the heebie-jeebies.
Etymology: digit (a finger (including the thumb) or toe) + trepidation (a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen)
Spoonosh
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Spoo-nosh
Sentence: Timothy cast his eye across the back of the packet and down past the ingredients. "Boil-in-the-bag Pizza. Suitable for Spoonoshers"
Etymology: Spoon - Cutlery used to scoop food. Nosh - food (sl.)
Silverwaristocrat
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sil ver wayr ISS toe crat
Sentence: He was a silverwaristocrat like his father before him. Not only was he born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he insisted on being fed with it as soon as he was offered solid food. His first sentence was, "Eww, no touch my food!"
Etymology: silverware + aristocrat
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COMMENTS:
Unforkettable! - Nosila, 2010-02-04: 23:54:00
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Toolfool
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: tool fool
Sentence: Ray Rachael was always peeved when Gordon toolfooled everything he ate, even when it was a liquid that should just be sipped
Etymology: tool: utensil + fool (stupid, ignorant)
