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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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Telemorsenate
Created by: Cheeser
Pronunciation: tele-morse-en-ate
Sentence: I tried to telemorsenate him prior to him entering the interview, but alas, the directors were to be treated to a visual remnant of his cornflakes.
Etymology: tele - from afar morse - morsel
Gesticulcake
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jest/ik/ul/cake
Sentence: I licked off all my lipstick trying to get rid of an unidentifiable crumb only to discover that it was the person behind me who my friend was gesticulcaking at.
Etymology: gesticulate + cake
Chowrade
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Chow+rade
Sentence: When Bob started to grubspeckulate, Roxie thought that he had a fishbone stuck in his throat. But Bob's gesticulation was just a chowrade to tell her she had some anchovy on her face.
Etymology: Chowrade (chow (food) & charade
Facefoodgesting
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation:
Sentence: sarah tried facefoodgesting tom, but he had no clue.
Etymology:
Caratitas
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: car-ra-tee-tas
Sentence: Susan mad caratitas to Sam when she noticed the blue icing hanging from his nostrils.
Etymology: Cara=(spanish for face) titas =(no idea, but if your mexican, you'll understand)
Gresticulate
Created by: Carlyumz
Pronunciation: gress-tick-u-late
Sentence: Despite my many attempts to gresticulate, Frank was still oblivious to the piece of mint sauce hanging precariously from his nose.
Etymology: Grub(food) + Gesticulate(to signal)
Digesticulate
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: die jest ick ewe late
Sentence: He mistook her digesticulations for a desire to lick his face. Why he should have acted on instinct at this point, when he had never had a trustworthy hunch in his life was extraordinary, but not nearly as extraordinary as the ensuing violence.
Etymology: digest, gesticulate, as in gesticulate to someone that they should digest the food they're wearing.
Souperpoke
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: super-poke
Sentence: Despite her expansive souperpokes Manny persisted conversing with the dribble of pumpkin soup glistening in his beard.
Etymology: soup + poke + superpoke (Facebook users know about this)
Indicrumbcate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-di-kruhm-keyt
Sentence: Since she thought Herb was a dweeb, she refused to indicrumbcate to him that he had parsley and basil entangled in his braces.
Etymology: indicate + crumb
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:30:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
Verbotomy - 2007-11-01: 02:49:00
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Verbotomy - 2014-04-22: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James