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chomp
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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vi. 1. To lose ; specifically, to chew on something of which more was bitten
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off than one can. Probably related to gnashing of teeth. 2. To bite the bag;
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See bagbiter. A hand gesture commonly accompanies this. To perform it, hold
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the four fingers together and place the thumb against their tips. Now open
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and close your hand rapidly to suggest a biting action (much like what
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Pac-Man does in the classic video game, though this pantomime seems to
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predate that). The gesture alone means chomp chomp (see Verb Doubling in the
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Jargon Construction section of the Prependices). The hand may be pointed at
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the object of complaint, and for real emphasis you can use both hands at
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once. Doing this to a person is equivalent to saying You chomper! If you
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point the gesture at yourself, it is a humble but humorous admission of some
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failure. You might do this if someone told you that a program you had
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written had failed in some surprising way and you felt dumb for not having
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anticipated it.
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