Verboticism: Finigast
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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Analutensive
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: AY-nuhl-yoo-TEHN-siv
Sentence: He was so analutensive, he brought out his own sterile pack of silverware at the Ethiopian restaurant, where he was meeting his fiance's parents for the first time. Soon thereafter, his embarrassed fiance ripped him a new one, and the next day he underwent cutlerectal surgery. (cutlery + colorectal)
Etymology: anal-retentive + utensil
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COMMENTS:
You got to the BOTTOM of things Scrab! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-09: 09:54:00
very clarsey - rikboyee, 2007-10-09: 19:13:00
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Cutlerylitism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kut ler eel eet izm
Sentence: Reginald Sheffield 111 was a snob and a devotee of cutlerylitism. He believed very strongly that humans must continue to prove their superiority to other creatures by continuing to show off their use of utensils while consuming nutrition. Ice cream cones, chocolate bars, sandwiches, hot dogs, even hamburgers were always eaten using knives, spoons and forks. The only advantage was that your hands never got sticky but the main disadvantages of such a belief were that it took ten times longer to eat anything (picture a big bunch of grapes or cherries) and one looked like a real twit!
Etymology: Cutlery (silverware; utensils used to prepare and eat food) & Elitism (1.The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources;a.The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class).
Implementill
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: im plem ent ill
Sentence: George's insistance on eating all his foods with a knife, spoon and/or fork was considered instrumentill by his friends. His phobia about not touching his food was especially painful to watch when he ate popcorn, chocolate bars and mixed nuts.
Etymology: Implement (utensil,piece of equipment used as a means to an effect)&Ill (sick;not well;unfavourable;with disapproval) - WordPlay on instrumental (serving or acting as a means or aid)
Utensilitis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-ten-sil-EYE-tis
Sentence: Webster has an odd fixation his friends have labled utensilitis, wherein he feels compelled to use utensils to eat all manner of food to avoid eating anything touched by human hands, even his own.
Etymology: Blend of 'utensil' and the suffix 'itis' (humorous - Used to form the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases)
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)
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.)
Paralytidigitation
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: para-lit-a-dij-eh-TAY-shun
Sentence: Peter's paralytidigitation was nearly debilitating. Were it not for his utensilization he would not be able to feed himself. Now all he had to do was to get over his creeping fear of the machines that prepared his food. utensilization = using utensils to eat
Etymology: Paralyize + digit + -ation. I first encountered this watching people eat from the buffet on cruise ships.
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.
Fingcutler
Created by: Roosje
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As the fingcutler enjoyed his large portion of Bejing duck, the family marched along half of the whole Chinese wall.
Etymology: fingers + cutlery