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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.
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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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COMMENTS:
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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Signalood
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: cigna-lude
Sentence: she used every imaginable signalood to show him how sloppy he was.
Etymology: Signal+food
Particlepantomime
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: particle pant imime
Sentence: particlepantimime did the trick,no one else noticed his face at the wine tastingparty.
Etymology:
Messonthefaceonize
Created by: pictionairhead
Pronunciation: mess-on-the-face-on-ize
Sentence: yo,(messonthefaceonize)!
Etymology:
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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Gagticulation
Created by: heartnsoul
Pronunciation: gag-tik-u-la-shun
Sentence: On their one month anniversary, Tidy Tina ran away in horror when her cake-faced boyfriend, Big Bob, thought her facial gagticulations were romantic invitations.
Etymology: gag (the response)+ gesticulation (the signals)
Forcelshint
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation: FOR-sell-shint
Sentence: Marjory always found social occasions with Gerry to be stressful. His table manners were terrible and his enduring habit of troughing his food ensured that Marjory felt compelled to forcelshint at him for the rest of the evening. Gerry however always seemed blind to Marjory's panic, and was happy to remain at the bottom of the social ladder. Perhaps if he understood the delicate nature of the forcelshint, they would be accepted into the social circles Marjory dreamed of.
Etymology: this is derived from when a person with a morsel on the face, needs a silent hint to remove it. forcel - Morsel, face. shint - silent, hint.
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
Clingo
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: klin-go
Sentence: He obviously couldn't feel the icing solidifying and cracking on his face, so Sue tried using clingo and tidbidioms to alert him to his plight.
Etymology: cling, lingo
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James