Verboticism: Grinkle
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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Krud
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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Gluefoo
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: g-loo-foo
Sentence: Johnny's teeth were black with black licorice gluefoo.
Etymology: glue+food
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
Dentritus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: den try tus
Sentence: Andrew's eating habits were so disgusting, that he usually had to dine alone. He ate messily and loudly and you could guess what menu he had by all the dentritus left behind. His friends nicknamed him "Leader of the Plaque".
Etymology: Dental (of the teeth) & Detritus (the remains of something, refuse)
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COMMENTS:
So good I might as well vote for it now. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-20: 04:24:00
Ooo, I should have read today's words before making mine. Interestingly, they are all very similar. - Rhyme79, 2012-09-20: 10:53:00
Cheers...like both your words, too! - Nosila, 2012-09-21: 01:19:00
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Dentadebris
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: DENT - uh - dih - bree
Sentence: When engaged in conversation with Bradley one always finds oneself caught up in gruesome fascination at the excessive dentatdrebris that was always present in Bradley's teeth.
Etymology: Blend of 'dental' and 'debris'
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COMMENTS:
This is pretty much exactly what I would have written - although I would have called it 'dentabris.' Winner - evan, 2008-07-22: 11:54:00
Spot on. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:35:00
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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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Morselcode
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: mor-sell-cohd
Sentence: she claimed she was dieting but her morselcode said chocolate
Etymology: morsel- small scrap of food code- a mesage that can be interpreted by the few afficinados
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-24: 04:21:00
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-24: 12:23:00
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Partickles
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: part-ick-kles
Sentence: Even though Inspector 34 enjoyed his date with the Metermaid, the partickles in her teeth made her disturbingly imperfect.
Etymology: food particles + ick
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COMMENTS:
I'd find all that giggling from the tickles on her gums disturbing too. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 06:21:00
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Rebit
Created by: thephil
Pronunciation: r:ebits
Sentence: I especialy don't like the pressure that rebits put on the adjacent teeth.
Etymology: REmaining BITS of food
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.
