Verboticism: Molarcule
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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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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Flouradentachitis
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: floor/a/dent/ach/itis
Sentence: Girlfriend, you need to go to the ladies room and check your flouradentachitis and like NOW!
Etymology: flour/flouride, a/word attachment, dent/dental, ach/attack, itis/inflamation of(as in gingivitis)
Toothstick
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: tooth/stik
Sentence: For some reason all the ladies in Josh's "Be a Vegan, Save a Cow" cooking class were not finding him as charming as they usually did. Not only were they no longer laughing at his jokes tonight, but some were giving him nasty looks from across the room. Unbeknownst to him he had a few toothsticks from the scarf-fest earlier at McDonald's. Yes, it was obvious to the women that he had been charming for weeks that he was NOT the vegetarian he claimed to be!
Etymology: Derived from toothpick: A small stick of wood, plastic, metal or other substance used to remove food from the teeth, usually after a meal. A toothSTICK is when a meal hangs around for an encore. :)
Comandible
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Cuh-Man-duh-bul
Sentence: We were horrified to see the comandibles of goat stomach and monkey intestines trickle off his teeth every few minutes.
Etymology: Comestible (item of food) + mandible (bone used primarily for eating)
Retainder
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ri-TEYN-der
Sentence: Chris smiled for the photographers, unwittingly revealing a corned beef and broccoli retainder.
Etymology: retainer + remainder
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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Veggiegrille
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vejēgril
Sentence: Denise loves her salad but all too often ends up with a veggiegrille.
Etymology: veggie (vegetable) + grille (decorative appliance for teeth)
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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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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