Verboticism: Grilljam
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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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)
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)
Tinga
Created by: patambrosio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have some tinga in your mouth
Etymology:
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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Munch grins
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: munch-grins
Sentence: After watching the movie, and eating two boxes of popcorn, Robby tried to kiss his girlfriend. But his munchgrins horrified her! Especially since she was supposed to be on a diet. And so she declined.
Etymology: munch+grin
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COMMENTS:
Too cute. - texmom, 2007-05-24: 14:55:00
much to his chagrin, i'm sure. - jadenguy, 2007-05-24: 16:03:00
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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.
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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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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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
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. :)
