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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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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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Agelick

Created by: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: ag-eh-lick

Sentence: she was agelicking in my birthday party

Etymology: lick

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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)

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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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Messonthefaceonize

Created by: pictionairhead

Pronunciation: mess-on-the-face-on-ize

Sentence: yo,(messonthefaceonize)!

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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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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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Forcelshint

loosepiece

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.

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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

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Mongualed

Created by: Lyokia

Pronunciation: Mon-gualed

Sentence: She just mongualed the messy eater in the room.

Etymology: From Motion, tongue and signal.

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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

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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

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Orthocue

Created by: Kevcom

Pronunciation: aor-tho-ku

Sentence: "She opened her lips and I thought she was going to kiss me! Instead she was moving her toung side-to-side in a delibarate act of orthocuation because I had food on my cheeks. Perhaps after my face was clean, she would kiss me."

Etymology: ortho (mouth) + cue (gesture)

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Facefoodgesting

Created by: kimbo123

Pronunciation:

Sentence: sarah tried facefoodgesting tom, but he had no clue.

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Dribblelert

Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: drib-ble-lert

Sentence: Claire sent a well executed dribblelert to Tony about the sauce on his face.

Etymology: dribble& lert (alert)

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Souperpoke

petaj

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)

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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.

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Chewclue

Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: tch-ew-k-lou

Sentence: Why didn't you tell me i had food on my face?... Sweety, I tried to give you a "Chewclue" but you thought i was saying "Love you" :)

Etymology: Chew(act of crushing food) + clue(hint)

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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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Facesavory

Created by: Domhain

Pronunciation: face-savory

Sentence: Exhibiting top notch facesavory, Linda saved Jim from an embarrassing moment before his other coworkers noticed that he had delicious frosting all over his soul patch.

Etymology: Face - front of human head Savory - delicious food

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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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Semafood

MrDave2176

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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Gestrickle

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Jes-trik-ul

Sentence: Hoping to silently alert Phil to the jelly around his mouth from the doughnut Mildred gave him a quick gestrickle.

Etymology: Gesture + trickle

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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

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Slobberfisim

Created by: niko23

Pronunciation:

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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

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Foodianslip

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: food/ee/an/slip

Sentence: Janice sent her friend the silent facial foodianslip message across the table to warn her friend of excess crumbs on her face.

Etymology: food + Freudian Slip

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wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-01: 10:47:00

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Slaplick

Created by: looseball

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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

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Warnify

Created by: FreakoSpeako

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I see my dad with all this food on his face so I had to warnify him.

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Tongtofaceing

Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: say tong the to and finally faceing .

Sentence: Stop tongtofaceing !

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Stupartfart

Created by: blackkittynili

Pronunciation: stu-part-fart

Sentence: stupartfart stop it

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Hintism

Created by: Evilshadow

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Foodface

Created by: gcolton

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Lickityspat

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Li-Kuh-Tee-Spa-AT

Sentence: Through her ingenious lickityspat, James was now aware of the egg on his face.

Etymology: Spittle, Spat upon, reviled. Lickimous Androdgenous.

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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)

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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)

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Foodscopism

Created by: Garry

Pronunciation: "Food" "Scope" "Izz-um"

Sentence: "My wife used foodscopism as we sat in Mcdonalds eating fries with lots of ketchup on them."

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Jesture

Created by: Justpeachyy

Pronunciation: Jest ture

Sentence: Thanks for the jesture, you saved me from a huge amount embarrassment!

Etymology: devrived from gesture, however.. saving you from a jester appearance.

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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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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