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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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Pretzelesion
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pret-zyl-LEE-zhun
Sentence: As was all too often the case, Mabel suffered a serious pretzelesion in the roof of her mouth from eating pretzel sticks carelessly.
Etymology: Blend of 'pretzel' and 'lesion' (wound or injury)
Snackgash
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.
Fritoslays
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: free to slays
Sentence: When she watches tv, Penenlope has to have salt and fat to intensify her programs. She loves murder mysteries and often fritoslays herself with sharp and salty foods. This is especially true while watching CS AyeAye and Hawaii Five Oh-Oh.
Etymology: Frito-Lays (large corporation who produce many types of snack foods) & Slays (kills intentionally, premeditated)
Spudnik
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: spud/nik
Sentence: I had to give up eating potato chips because of the spudniks - either that or get a whole new red wardrobe.
Etymology: sputnik + spud + nick
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COMMENTS:
Nice one. Thinking of giving them up myself! - TJayzz, 2008-10-23: 13:04:00
Welcome to the Spice Age, comrade! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:13:00
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Appeslicer
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Ap - pe - sly - cer
Sentence: Pablo's intensity with the jalepeno popper had turned it into an appeslicer. The problem was now figuring out if he was consuming cheese or blood.
Etymology: Appetiser - Slice
Potatoclip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: poh-tay-toh-clip
Sentence: My mouth had just recovered from a Fritolesion when I suffered a potatoclip. If I didn't stop being an ouchpotato, I'd continue to get these painful foodboos.
Etymology: potato chip, clip (gash)
Fritolaceration
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: frē-tō-lās'ə-rā'shən
Sentence: When Joe suddenly felt a sharp pain and tasted blood in his mouth, he realized he had suffered a fritolaceration while pigging out on tortilla chips, and, needless to say, it ruined his appetite. It wasn't nearly as bad as the time he had pretzelgored himself though.
Etymology: Frito-Lay (formed by the merger of The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company, [North American snack food companies] 1961) + laceration - A jagged wound or cut (from Latin, lacerāre - "to tear up")
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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Bitefight
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Those pringles looked good, but my mouth couldn't afford another bitefight.
Etymology: bite + fight
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James