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I'm looking for a word or short phrase for putting something non-specific in your mouth (not weird, I swear) [RESOLVED]

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00:00 I'M Looking For A Word Or Short Phrase For Putting Something Non-Specific In Your Mouth (Not Wei
00:56 Answer 1 Score 10
01:16 Answer 2 Score 6
01:54 Answer 3 Score 6
02:28 Accepted Answer Score 5
02:45 Answer 5 Score 5
03:18 Thank you

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ANSWER 1

Score 10


I think in the context you describe, the term

introduced substances

is pretty unambiguous.

Merriam-Webster:

introduce definition 4: place, insert




ANSWER 2

Score 6


mouthed

From the verb to mouth

  1. a. transitive. To put or take (something, esp. food) in the mouth; to seize with the mouth; to touch (a thing) with the mouth or lips.

(Oxford English Dictionary)

Compare:

  1. To take in or touch with the mouth

(American Heritage Dictionary)

If you want to refer to something still in the mouth maybe in-mouth.




ANSWER 3

Score 6


You could say 'gustated'.

Strictly that's either a new coinage or a very rarely used form of the word – so you'd need to define it on first use – but 'gustation' is a pretty conventional medical term for the process of tasting using the tongue, and 'gustatory' (related to taste) is a word you'd see in newspapers.

If you want to specifically mean 'put inside the mouth', and not necessarily tasted, the obvious term would just be 'ingested' (or 'orally ingested').




ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 5


I would say exogenous in-mouth substance. Exogenous meaning "originating from outside; derived externally".