Verboticism: Grazegraze

'Omigod! One just bit me!'

DEFINITION: n., A cut, or puncture wound on the roof of the mouth inflicted while consuming dangerously crunchy-sharp foods, like potato chips. v., To cut the roof your mouth while eating extra crispy snack foods.

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Snackgash

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: SNACK-gash

Sentence: Maxine couldn'r resist eating just one more potato chip- the kind with the specially designed abrasive ridges whose corrugated strength was allegedly able to withstand the heaviest loads of tangy dip. With a cold shriek Maxine bolted from the picnic area, clutching her wounded palate and pride, She had experienced the bane of hasty snackers...the SNACKGASH ! SNACKGASHING is believed to account for the statistically large increase in emergency room admissions each barbecue season, although, like cell-phone car crashes, few would actually admit it. The recommended treatment for SNACKGASHES is to avoid tailgate parties, convenience stores and company picnics for at least a month.

Etymology: SNACK:a light meal : food eaten between regular meals, usually salty but often hazardous;Middle English snak bite, from snaken to bite, perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken to snap at.....GASH:a deep long cut in flesh,a deep narrow depression or cut often self-inflicted through the careless use of snack foods.

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Mundopuncture

Created by: rdococ

Pronunciation: mun-doh-puncture

Sentence: Alice had a severe case of mundopuncture after the chips she was eating turned out to be live sleeping lobsters painted yellow, that she just woke.

Etymology: German "mundo" for mouth + "puncture"

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Fritoflay

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: frētōflā

Sentence: The public speaking teacher has heard almost every excuse possible, from family deaths to computer disasters. The latest is known as the Fritoflay syndrome, characterized by a lacerated tongue, cheeks and palate. The teacher does not allow this as a legitimate reason to delay a student’s speech unless they can prove it was not self-inflicted.

Etymology: Frito-Lay (Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) is a division of PepsiCo, Inc. which manufactures, markets and sells a variety of corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods) + flay (peel the skin off)

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Bitefight

Created by: jkernen1

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Those pringles looked good, but my mouth couldn't afford another bitefight.

Etymology: bite + fight

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Shrillked

Created by: glamgal23

Pronunciation: Shrillk-ed

Sentence: Sharp foods will shrillk your tounge.

Etymology: Shrill high pitched tone and shreik a utter cry. The things that happens when you get shrillked.

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Gashmandize

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gash/man/dize

Sentence: She gashmandizes the roof of her mouth every time she pigs out on potato chips.

Etymology: gash + gormandize (gorge, binge,devour)

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COMMENTS:

Big congrats on getting your word published! You must be so proud of your proginese! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-27: 20:17:00

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Chiprip

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: chip/rip

Sentence: The tasty pleasure of eating sour cream and onion potato chips goes out the window when you painfully chiprip the roof of your mouth.

Etymology: CHIPRIP - verb - from CHIPS as in potato chips) + RIP (to cut, or tear apart in a rough, or vigorous manner)

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-10-23: 07:10:00

Been there, done that...good word! - Nosila, 2008-10-23: 20:34:00

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Couchyouchy

Created by: lobelia

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Pretzelaceration

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: pretzl-lass-er-AY-shun

Sentence: As was so often the case, Winifred suffered a serious pretzelaceration in the roof of her mouth from carelessly eating pretzel sticks too fast.

Etymology: Blend of pretzel and laceration

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:51:00

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Shreddedeats

Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: sh-red-ed-eets

Sentence: Allison loved Cap'n Crunch, but couldn't help compulsively running her tongue over the shreddedeats the cereal inevitably left behind.

Etymology: shredded wheat altered to emphasize "eat"

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