mouthfeel

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The Word of the Day for January 11 is: 

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.

Did you know?
          Do you sometimes find yourself trying to describe a concept or 
phenomenon for which you don't have a word? In such cases, it is not unusual 
for people to coin neologisms (new words or expressions) to describe such 
concepts or phenomena -- the pink glow on the underside of gray clouds right 
before sunset, for example, or the sensation created in the mouth by a 
particular item of food or drink. Indeed, this latter concept has already been 
given a name, "mouthfeel," a simple combination of "mouth" and "feel" that can 
be used to describe the creamy warmth of a mushroom soup or the dry, velvety 
sensation of a pinot noir. This coinage is relatively new; its earliest known 
use dates back only to 1951.





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