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'Ewhh! You're eating chocolate-covered ants with a knife and fork!?'

DEFINITION: v., To use a knife and fork to eat foods like hamburgers, pizza, or pigeon wings, which are customarily consumed using one's hands. n., A person who is afraid to eat food touched by human hands.

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Digitaintophobia

Created by: tehbeks

Pronunciation: [dɪdɜɪtəntəfoubijə]

Sentence: His digitaintophobia was so bad he would faint at the sight of mixed nuts on a bar.

Etymology: digit-taint-phobia from latin and greek

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Paralytidigitation

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: para-lit-a-dij-eh-TAY-shun

Sentence: Peter's paralytidigitation was nearly debilitating. Were it not for his utensilization he would not be able to feed himself. Now all he had to do was to get over his creeping fear of the machines that prepared his food. utensilization = using utensils to eat

Etymology: Paralyize + digit + -ation. I first encountered this watching people eat from the buffet on cruise ships.

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Finigast

Created by: Nonverbal

Pronunciation: fini gast

Sentence:

Etymology: finicky gastronome

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Silverwaristocrat

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: sil ver wayr ISS toe crat

Sentence: He was a silverwaristocrat like his father before him. Not only was he born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he insisted on being fed with it as soon as he was offered solid food. His first sentence was, "Eww, no touch my food!"

Etymology: silverware + aristocrat

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COMMENTS:

Unforkettable! - Nosila, 2010-02-04: 23:54:00

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Incophalangist

Created by: deaninc

Pronunciation: in-ko-fo-lan-jest

Sentence: he's the incopholangist

Etymology: phalangy pertains to fingers, the prefix -co- refers to being against ones order, and -in- carries the negative

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Hypercutlerize

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: hi per cut ler aiz

Sentence: It was always fun to nudge him because when Doug ate popcorn he tended to hypercutlerize and use a fork.

Etymology: hyper + cutlery

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COMMENTS:

forkenstein - Nosila, 2010-02-04: 23:55:00

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Silverwary

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sil-ver-wair-ee

Sentence: i knew when he brought a knife and fork to pizza hut that he must be quite silverwary

Etymology: silverware, wary

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I especially like this one because in a way, it's similar to mine (cutleery). - Osomatic, 2007-10-09: 14:23:00

Sounds like he's a bit of silvertail to me! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-09: 18:38:00

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Cutler

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: KUTT-lurr

Sentence: Richard was such a cutler that he once tried to eat popcorn with a knife and fork when we went to the cinema.

Etymology: cutlery - y, sounds like butler

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Utensilizer

Created by: fourgirls

Pronunciation: Ū-tĕn-sĭl-īzĕr

Sentence: Look at Craig. After graduating from finishing school, he can't seem to stop himself from utensilizing his potato wedges.

Etymology:

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Snobisisim

Created by: bigdude1o1

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-09: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

remistram - 2007-10-09: 09:59:00
I actually got the idea from a Seinfeld episode, the one where Elaine witnesses her boss Mr. Pitt eating a Snickers bar with a knife & fork.

MrDave2176 MrDave2176 - 2007-10-09: 10:53:00
I saw this in action on cruise ships with people who refused to eat from the buffet because all those dirty people" had touched the food.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-09: 23:22:00
I was thinking of using a chocolate bar in the comic, but then I remembered this girl from grade school who ate ants. Of course, she used her fingers. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-04: 00:14:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James