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'Why do you keep making those stupid faces?'

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.

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Muguendo

Created by: cmseth

Pronunciation: mug-you-endo

Sentence: When Bob drooled frosting on his face while gazing at Carol, Ted used subtle muguendo to clue him in before his wife Alice noticed.

Etymology: mug = face and uendo = innuendo, or hint

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Can also be used in verb form, as in "Alice muguendoed, but Bob was oblivious to her facial contortions." - cmseth, 2007-11-01: 21:27:00

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Cuisign

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: kwi-sahyn

Sentence: Bill tactfully tried using cuisign language to signal to his date that she had a bit of green beans stuck between her front teeth.

Etymology: Cuisine: Latin; coquīna + Sign: Latin; signum

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Semafood

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: SEHM-a-food

Sentence: Martin sat at the table across from his blind date Harriet trying to decide if her facial tics were the result of allergic reaction or just semafood.

Etymology: sema(fore) + food

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excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-11-01: 08:46:00

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Slobberfisim

Created by: niko23

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Slaplick

Created by: looseball

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Particlepantomime

Created by: svnfsvn

Pronunciation: particle pant imime

Sentence: particlepantimime did the trick,no one else noticed his face at the wine tastingparty.

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Tongtofaceing

Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: say tong the to and finally faceing .

Sentence: Stop tongtofaceing !

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Crumaphore

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌməˌfɔɹ/

Sentence: My crumaphore skills were rusty, and I wasn't quite sure if my girlfriend was signaling that I had a bit of sauce just below and to the left of my left nostril or if I had a pickle wedged in my ear.

Etymology: from crumb + semaphore

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Man, I hate when I get ear pickles. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-01: 16:23:00

What?! Speak up! I can't hear you because there's a pickle in my ear! - ErWenn, 2007-11-01: 22:56:00

Classic! - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 17:13:00

I think having a pickle wedged in your ear should be a verbotomy definition.... - yellowbird, 2007-11-08: 14:48:00

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Clandesdine

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: homonym for clandestine

Sentence: Marcel thought Mary was having some sort of seizure, but when he finally realized his chin was covered with sauce he appreciated her clandesdine efforts.

Etymology: blending of clandestine and dine

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Elimaphore

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n., v. intr.) ĭ-lĭm''ə-fōr'

Sentence: Megan used elimapore to indicate the cheesecake blot on her boss's lips, but he only thought she was coming on to him.

Etymology: elim[inate] + semaphore

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:30:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:49:00
Don't forget to add your thoughts to the Verbotomy Birthday Blog. Go to http://www.verbotomy.com/blog. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2014-04-22: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James