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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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Messonthefaceonize

Created by: pictionairhead

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

Sentence: yo,(messonthefaceonize)!

Etymology:

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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."

Etymology:

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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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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