Verboticism: Dentalcraps
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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Dentritus
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: den-try-tus
Sentence: Poor George found it hard making friends. Not only was he shy, but he was tragically oblivious to his offputting dentritus.
Etymology: dental (of the teeth) & detritus (small particles, disintegrated matter)
Nutritus
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: noo-TRYE-tuhs
Sentence: Nutritus cost Alex yet another date--why did he have to love spinach-battered onion rings so?
Etymology: nutrient + detritus
Floradation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: flora/day/shun
Sentence: Spinach salad is a good thing to avoid at a staff party if you want to avoid floradation.
Etymology: fluoridation (dental procedure to make teeth stronger) + flora (plant life)
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COMMENTS:
Great blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:34:00
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Molarcule
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: mo/lar/cue/ell
Sentence: The soggy green molarcules stuck in Brian's teeth were hardly an attractive feature. Perhaps I shouldn't have given him a salad for lunch.
Etymology: molar + molecule
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COMMENTS:
At least he won't put on much molarcular weight from salad. - petaj, 2007-05-24: 06:15:00
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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. :)
Sticktle
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: STICK-ul
Sentence: Broccoli is basically just hundreds of sticktles that grow together on a stalk.
Etymology: stick + little. Incidentally, it also kind of sounds like skittle.
Gumdenta
Created by: paxrock
Pronunciation: gum-dent-a
Sentence: His teeth were filled with celery gumdenta.
Etymology: gum+dental
Crudities
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: crud-i-tees
Sentence: Thank goodness costco sells dentalfloss by the foot, I would hate to go out in public with my crudities.
Etymology:
Lunchicles
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: lunch + ih + kulls
Sentence: The trouble with eating salad is that it always leaves lunchicles in your teeth, and then people start making surreptitious motions at you, but it's too late.
Etymology: lunch particles
Grinkle
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: grin-kle
Sentence: Look over there - that guy has some nasty brown grinkle in his teeth. What did he eat?
Etymology: grin, as in a smile 'nk' from 'junk'
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COMMENTS:
Grinkle: One of those words like yimble and jubiosity - not in any English dictionary,but should be. Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:32:00
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