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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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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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Munchure
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: munk-chur
Sentence: I was munching on a tortilla chip. It was so sharp that it created a munchure wound.
Etymology: A combination of the word Munch (as in snack foods) and Puncture (as in a deep wound or cut)
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
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")
Palateisaur
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pal-at-iz-ore
Sentence: Whilst snacking on his favourite potato crisps, Bob was suddenly afflicted with a painful case of palateisaur, he had accidentally caught the roof of his mouth with one of the sharp edges. His eyes would not stop watering for half an hour and he was only able to eat ice-cream for the rest of the week!
Etymology: Palate(the roof of the mouth) + Sore(a raw and painful place on the body) = Palateisaur
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COMMENTS:
funny - sounds like a new species of dinosaur - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-23: 10:52:00
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Doritow
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: doh-reet-ow
Sentence: Bill suffered a major doritow when one corner of his nacho-cheese flavored torilla chip got wedged under his toung and another corner jammed into the roof of his mouth as he bit down on it.
Etymology: Doritos: A brand of flavored tortilla chips. + ow: an interjection that denotes pain.
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.
Slashticate
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SLASH-ti-cayt
Sentence: Karen enjoyed her Cap'n Crunch, but those first few bites of the golden sweet cereal were tricky. If you took too big a mouthful before they had soggied up some they would slashticate the roof of your mouth to ribbons.
Etymology: Slash + (Mas)ticate [chew]
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-27: 20:19:00
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Chipuncture
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: ˈchip-ˈpəŋk-chər
Sentence: Jane had a rather embarrassing visit to the emergency room, for a rather nasty chipunture wound in her pallet.
Etymology: Chip: a small thin slice of food. Puncture: a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing.
Pointidbit
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: poin-tid-bit
Sentence: Kimberly never bought rock candy without buying orajel or anbesol. She knew the sugary pointidbits would scrape their way across the roof of her mouth while she scarfed them down, but the sweet thorsels were too much to resist, so she tried only to alleviate the symptoms rather than prevent them. About the side effect: "Oh, it's the greatest tongue scrapper around" she explained to Zinnia while drooling blood, "it's done wonders for my breath."
Etymology: pointed (has a sharp point) + tidbit (small piece of a food)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by xirtam. Thank you xirtam. ~ James