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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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Fretiquette
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fret ik eht
Sentence: His fretiquette derived from a summer camp where as a child he saw a cook with the personal hygiene of an epidemic.
Etymology: fret etiquette
Iltactillian
Created by: dogran
Pronunciation: IL-TACT-Il-IAN
Sentence: See Fred over there, He's Iltactillian, very unfortunate for his wife.
Etymology: tactile-touch + negative prefix + suffix
Implementill
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: im plem ent ill
Sentence: George's insistance on eating all his foods with a knife, spoon and/or fork was considered instrumentill by his friends. His phobia about not touching his food was especially painful to watch when he ate popcorn, chocolate bars and mixed nuts.
Etymology: Implement (utensil,piece of equipment used as a means to an effect)&Ill (sick;not well;unfavourable;with disapproval) - WordPlay on instrumental (serving or acting as a means or aid)
Fingerprude
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fing-er-prood
Sentence: Everyone at the bar stared at the fingerprude who asked for cutlery to eat her buffalo wings, celery and dip. "I just did my hair, nails and makeup and I don't want to look silly," she told them.
Etymology: wordplay on finger food-- prude: a person excessively concerned about propriety or decorum
Wannastupid
Created by: ambercriss
Pronunciation: won-na-stew-pid
Sentence: he is certainly a wannastupid.
Etymology:
Digitrauma
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dijitroumə
Sentence: Wendell suffers digitrauma whenever he imagines people in the restaurant kitchen touching his food. The advertising slogan for KFC gives him a major case of the heebie-jeebies. He can’t even bring himself to say it out loud.
Etymology: digit (a finger) + trauma (a deeply distressing or disturbing experience)
Analutensive
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: AY-nuhl-yoo-TEHN-siv
Sentence: He was so analutensive, he brought out his own sterile pack of silverware at the Ethiopian restaurant, where he was meeting his fiance's parents for the first time. Soon thereafter, his embarrassed fiance ripped him a new one, and the next day he underwent cutlerectal surgery. (cutlery + colorectal)
Etymology: anal-retentive + utensil
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COMMENTS:
You got to the BOTTOM of things Scrab! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-09: 09:54:00
very clarsey - rikboyee, 2007-10-09: 19:13:00
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Finigast
Created by: Nonverbal
Pronunciation: fini gast
Sentence:
Etymology: finicky gastronome
Digitrepidation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dijittrepidāshən
Sentence: Rob has a bad case of digitrepidation. He fears the sight of fingers. If he had his way everybody would be required to wear mittens like he does. Even the mention of finger food gives him the heebie-jeebies.
Etymology: digit (a finger (including the thumb) or toe) + trepidation (a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen)
Comments:
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.
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.
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
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James