M-W Word of the Day

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

M-W Word of the Day: mouthfeel

mouthfeel \MOWTH-feel\ noun

: the sensation created by food or drink in the mouth

Example sentence:
The excessive carbonation in the beer gives it a prickly mouthfeel that detracts from its otherwise pleasing taste.

[mrkelley23]

And what exactly was your motivation in posting this, hmmmm?

Trying to entice the more juvenile among us to make feeble attempts at humor?

Or, should I say, humortempts?

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

And what exactly was your motivation in posting this, hmmmm?

Trying to entice the more juvenile among us to make feeble attempts at humor?

Or, should I say, humortempts?

I just thought that it was a funny word.

It's sounds Orwellian, but then it isn't.

[silvercamaro]

I've seen this word in descriptions of chocolate, particularly in reference to the amount of cocoa butter that remains in the final product.





Okay, so you guys read lolcats for entertainment. I'm doing academic research on chocolate around the world. Some of the descriptions of the better products are food porn.

[ulysses5019]

apropos of nothing.....other than improving my post count.....








IDIOT SIGHTING :






We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a "large" enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not." Four is larger than two.."     

We haven't used Sears repair since.

IDIOT SIGHTING
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's take-out window and I gave the clerk a $5 bill. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her a quarter. Sh e said, "you gave me too much money." I said, "Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar bill back."  She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I did so, and he handed me back the quarter, and said we're sorry but they could not do that kind of thing." The clerk then proceeded to give me back $1 and 75 cents in change.

Do not confuse the clerks at McD's.



IDIOT SIGHTING:
I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here!   I don't think this is a good place for  them to be crossing anymore."




IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE:
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceburg lettuce.
From Kansas City 



IDIOT SIGHTING :
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which I rep lied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded,
"That's why we ask."

Happened in Birmingham , Ala 


IDIOT SIGHTING :
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with a coworker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the ligh t is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?!"

She was a probation officer in Wichita , KS .




IDIOT SIGHTING:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker. She was leaving the company due to "downsizing." Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another word was spoken. We all just l ooked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.

This was a lunch at Texas Instruments.

  


IDIOT SIGHTING :
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the sake of her l ife, couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.

A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office, no less.



IDIOT SIGHTING :
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the drivers side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "its open!" His reply, "I know. I already got that side."

This was at the Ford dealership in Canton , Mississippi




STAY ALERT!

They walk among us... and the scary part is that they VOTE and REPRODUCE and our enemies know it!!!

[andrewjackson]

Food engineers use this word a lot.

I seem to remember it being used quite a bit when Olestra was introduced because it has a mouthfeel very close to regular fat.

[gsabc]

Food engineers use this word a lot.

I seem to remember it being used quite a bit when Olestra was introduced because it has a mouthfeel very close to regular fat.

GW works for the company that developed Olestra. "Mouthfeel" is a term well-known to us, through our friends in the group who did some of the work.

To a labrador retriever, EVERYTHING has good mouthfeel.

[tanstaafl2]

Food engineers use this word a lot.

I seem to remember it being used quite a bit when Olestra was introduced because it has a mouthfeel very close to regular fat.

As I recall it was the other end of the GI tract that was at risk for not feeling so good with Olestra. I wonder what that might be called...

[wbtravis007]

Now all of a sudden I have a hankering for a pimiento taco.

[ne1410s]

As I recall it was the other end of the GI tract that was at risk for not feeling so good with Olestra. I wonder what that might be called...

I think they stated that there might be some "anal leakage" associated with its use. That has a nice ring to it...

[Vails]

As I recall it was the other end of the GI tract that was at risk for not feeling so good with Olestra. I wonder what that might be called...

....Bowelslide.