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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.
Verboticisms
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Morselcode
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: mor-sul-cohd
Sentence: i was saved from embarrasment by a nice piece of morselcode from my sister
Etymology: morsel, morse code
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COMMENTS:
Perfect! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-01: 04:43:00
Hope you repaid your sister with a diamante brooch or similar siBling! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-01: 07:58:00
SOS - stop our slob? - heartnsoul, 2007-11-01: 08:25:00
Brilliant! - Domhain, 2007-11-01: 09:25:00
ah - Inspector Morselcode no doubt - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-01: 10:50:00
Simply the best! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-01: 20:48:00
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Souperpoke
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: super-poke
Sentence: Despite her expansive souperpokes Manny persisted conversing with the dribble of pumpkin soup glistening in his beard.
Etymology: soup + poke + superpoke (Facebook users know about this)
Orthocue
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: aor-tho-ku
Sentence: "She opened her lips and I thought she was going to kiss me! Instead she was moving her toung side-to-side in a delibarate act of orthocuation because I had food on my cheeks. Perhaps after my face was clean, she would kiss me."
Etymology: ortho (mouth) + cue (gesture)
Chewclue
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: tch-ew-k-lou
Sentence: Why didn't you tell me i had food on my face?... Sweety, I tried to give you a "Chewclue" but you thought i was saying "Love you" :)
Etymology: Chew(act of crushing food) + clue(hint)
Gresticulate
Created by: Carlyumz
Pronunciation: gress-tick-u-late
Sentence: Despite my many attempts to gresticulate, Frank was still oblivious to the piece of mint sauce hanging precariously from his nose.
Etymology: Grub(food) + Gesticulate(to signal)
Dribblelert
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: drib-ble-lert
Sentence: Claire sent a well executed dribblelert to Tony about the sauce on his face.
Etymology: dribble& lert (alert)
Agelick
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: ag-eh-lick
Sentence: she was agelicking in my birthday party
Etymology: lick
Particlepantomime
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: particle pant imime
Sentence: particlepantimime did the trick,no one else noticed his face at the wine tastingparty.
Etymology:
Gestrickle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Jes-trik-ul
Sentence: Hoping to silently alert Phil to the jelly around his mouth from the doughnut Mildred gave him a quick gestrickle.
Etymology: Gesture + trickle
Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James