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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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Steriliphobe
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Steri-luh-fobe
Sentence: Overly concerned about germs on his food, Jerome became a steriliphobe
Etymology: Sterile - phobia
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
Putensillanimous
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: pyoo-tehn-suh-lan-uh-muhs
Sentence: When Elaine grabbed a fried mozarella stick off the sampler plate without using the fork Jerry had set on it, Jerry slapped her hand and squeeled like a small girl. "Jerry, you're such a putensillanimous little twit!" she replied before licking all his silverware.
Etymology: pusillanimous, utensil
Cutlerextremist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kut ler ex tree mist
Sentence: Freddy was a cutlerextremist. He never used his fingers but only used cutlery to eat all his food. Mona his girlfriend could put up with a lot, but she drew the line when he brought his silverware to eat popcorn at the movie house!
Etymology: Cutlery (silverware, eating utensils) & Extremist (a person who holds extreme views)
Cutleery
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: cut + leer + ee
Sentence: Even though "cutleery" is an adjective, it can be used to describe someone who uses a knife and fork to eat hamburgers, pizza or &etc.
Etymology: cutlery + leery
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COMMENTS:
so many good words today - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-09: 16:20:00
I not sure if he'll be able to cut the mustard! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-09: 18:31:00
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Finigast
Created by: Nonverbal
Pronunciation: fini gast
Sentence:
Etymology: finicky gastronome
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)
Fiddledfoodphobia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fid/dled/food/pho/bia
Sentence: Amy's two afflictions, repulskin and fiddledfoodphobia drove her boyfirend crazy. She couldn't eat at a restaurant unless she visited the kitchen to ensure all the cooks were wearing rubber gloves. Fiddledfoodphobia is a strange, but very common ailment of wash-my-hands-every-three-minutes people.
Etymology: fiddled with + food + phobia
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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COMMENTS:
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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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:
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