Dedicated to the language of the future:
Cementos (noun) What Mentos transmogrify into after 3 weeks in your glove compartment (C. Shamis)
Dementos (noun) Temporary state of insanity when facing a troubling situation without proper Mentos backup.(Slavadore Ortiz)
Empowermento (noun) The state or condition of being empowered by freshness. (Patricia Lee)
FAFOL (acronym) Fresh And Full Of Life
Fermentos (verb) Attempting to be FAFOL while intoxicated.(C. Shamis)
Freshity (noun) sexual arousal caused by stimulation of the fresh nature. (Katherine Ewald)
Halimentosis (noun) The fresh breath one receives after enjoying a Mento. (Dan Benge)
Lamentos (adj) State of mind when realizing you have mistakenly left your Mentos in your *other* coat or pants (C. Shamis)
LYLAF (acronym) Love Ya Like A Freshmaker (Katherine "Rosie Perez" Ewald)
Mentobsession: (noun) An uncontrollable urge of popping mentos in one after another, finding the pack empty. (Joey Tanney)
Mentocide (verb) The act of eating the last Mento from pack, effectively killing it off. (Alex Gordon)--from the Internet Underground article Are We Not Mentos--see section 6b)
Mentodramatics (noun) The overwrought emotion one feels when wronged, leading to the desire to down a Mento and correct the situation. (Alex Gordon--from the IU article)
Mentofallaphobia (Verb) The fear of squeezing a Mentos out of the pack, and having it shoot out across the room. (Joey Tanney)
Mentoite (proper noun) A person who achieves Freshness on a regular basis. (Alex Gordon--but NOT from the IU article)
Mentonopoly (verb) The act of buying up all the Mentos from a single store. (Alex Gordon from the IU article)
Mentopause (noun) The amount of time between eating Mentos. (Alex Gordon from the article)
Mentophile (proper noun) A person (like yourself) who understands the many entertainment aspects of Mentos, and their all-important contribution to Western Civilization as we know it.
Mentorabilia (noun) The unexpected Mentos you find in your pocket that have fallen out of the pack.
Mentorandum (verb) The act of alerting other people that a Mentos commercial is on.
Mentos-a-trois (verb) Eating three Mentos at once.
Mentosis (noun) The state of being mesmerized by someone who has just eaten a Mento. (Richard)
Mentosophy (proper noun) The Study of Mentos.
Mentosterone (noun) The quality of Mentos which can sometimes give you a surge of virility, well-being and freshness. (Scott Malm)
Mentostopheles (proper noun) A person who uses Mentos for evil means rather than Freshness)
Mentowledgement (noun) The knowing look an adult gives a teen who does something crazy under the influence of Mentos.
Momentos (noun) A roll of Mentos obtained in another country as a souvenir. (by Richard)
Supplementos (adj) Discovering that there is one more Mento in the tube, when you thought you had already eaten them all. (C. Shamis)
Tubing (verb) A traditional, ceremonial salute in which one raises his/her roll of Mentos in a display of undeniable freshness. (Eric Smith)
YIF (acronym) Yours In Freshness (by Fran Pelzman Liscio)
Pluralization:
It seems to be a continuing controversy about Mentos...is one confection a "Mento" or a "Mentos"? Many of our readers voiced their opinion on this topic, and the majority said that they prefer saying "One Mento".
However, according to official Van Melle literature we were lucky enough to come across, "One piece of candy is equal to one Mentos."
This threw the Gathering into a tizzy, and MaintainerKev came up with a theory:
Years ago, when the Xerox corporation began to manufacture photocopiers, their name became synonymous with photocopies. Still today, even though there are dozens of brands of copiers on the market, you hear people saying, "Hey, I need this Xeroxed" or "Hey, could you Xerox this" or "Hey, I Xeroxed my aunt, wanna see?" The Xerox company name has become a verb in the English Language, though Mr. Xerox never intended it to happen this way.
We see this happening with Mentos as we head into the millenium. Due to the strange ways the English language works, "one Mento" simply sounds more aesthetically pleasing than "one Mentos." So, while it may be "correct" to say "A Mentos," it certainly isn't wrong to refer to one confection as a "Mento".
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