Verboticism: Crumaphore

'Why do you keep making those stupid faces?'

DEFINITION: v. intr., To silently signal the position of a piece of food on a person's face using hand gestures, facial expressions and tonguing motions. n., A nonverbal communication system used to alert and assist diners with food on their faces.

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Crumaphore

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌməˌfɔɹ/

Sentence: My crumaphore skills were rusty, and I wasn't quite sure if my girlfriend was signaling that I had a bit of sauce just below and to the left of my left nostril or if I had a pickle wedged in my ear.

Etymology: from crumb + semaphore

Points: 629

Comments: Crumaphore

purpleartichokes - 2007-11-01: 16:23:00
Man, I hate when I get ear pickles.

ErWenn - 2007-11-01: 22:56:00
What?! Speak up! I can't hear you because there's a pickle in my ear!

Tigger - 2007-11-06: 17:13:00
Classic!

yellowbird - 2007-11-08: 14:48:00
I think having a pickle wedged in your ear should be a verbotomy definition....