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DEFINITION: v., To eat a strictly regulated diet in order to compensate for a complete lack of control when it comes to drinking. n., A smoker and drinker who becomes a vegan in order to "reverse the damage".
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Consumabstainer
Created by: davrand
Pronunciation: kənˈsjuːməbˈsteɪnə
Sentence: Ellen accepted my Eggplant Parmesan, since we were going to the gym later.
Etymology: From consumer, a person that eats something, and abstainer, a person who restrains themselves from enjoying something.
Smokaholigan
Created by: Kat43
Pronunciation: Smoke-A-Hol-i-gan
Sentence: She had to go for an annual check up, but was still drinking and smoking, so she decided to become a Smokaholigan, which is an alcoholic, a smoker, and a vegan all in one
Etymology:
Proteinanasty
Created by: ambercriss
Pronunciation: pro-teen-a-nah-ste
Sentence: she is a proteinanasty
Etymology:
Regastrolate
Created by: Nounsense
Pronunciation: rē-gă-strŏ-lāt'
Sentence: After a hedonistic week away in Europe, Helen desperately tried to regastrolate before her parents returned. // The fear of having to use an electrolarynx encouraged Carlos to become a fully-fledged regastrolate.
Etymology: derived from the Greek word gastronomia, γαστρονομία
Compotsation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kom pote say shun
Sentence: Tara believed that if she ate fruit every time she had a drink, she would find compotsation for her vice. Her theory was that if you drank wine, which was made from fruit, you had to eat fruit to make up for the fruit lost during the fermentation process. Following her logic, one would eat potatoes if drinking vodka; sugar cane if drinking rum; roast corn if drinking bourbon and rice if drinking saki. If she had lived during Prohibition, she would have starved!
Etymology: Compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit) & Compensation (a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)
Selectivore
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: Sel-ek-ti-vor
Sentence: As a selectivore Rachel would only eat the edemame at the party but get plastered on the scotch.
Etymology: selective + vore
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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2010-02-05: 17:19:00
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Veganebriate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vee gan ee bree ayt
Sentence: Marsha's system to offset her drinking and smoking vices was to veganebriate herself. For each piece of lettuce, she would take a drink from her cocktail glass. This worked fine until the day in Mexico when she accidentally drank the worm in the tequila bottle...
Etymology: Vegan (one whose strict diet consists of no animal or dairy foods) & Inebriate (a chronic drinker;become drunk or drink excessively)
Vegescarian
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: vej/i/scare/ian
Sentence: Louise had reason to be worried about her health lately. It seemed the drinking and smoking was finally taking a toll. She knew she had to go for her annual physcial soon, and just the thought of facing her doctor after one year of no change in habits was enough to get her downing another "stiff one." She decided since she had three weeks until the appointment, maybe some juicing, fasting and raw foods would be of some benefit. Yes, she had decided to become a vegescarian even if just until she had all the blood work done.
Etymology: vegetarian + scare To be scared into cleaning up ones diet.
Hypocrunk
Created by: Double
Pronunciation: hippo-krunk
Sentence: Mandy, a typical hypocrunk, scolded Jim about eating his "artery-clogging" fried chicken as she swilled down her fifth martini.
Etymology: Hypocrite + Crunk
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! And if you haven't noticed yet, let me tell you -- it's "Food Week" at Verbotomy ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-10: 08:45:00
I went to school with people like this.
I used to be a person like this, but I have given up on the vegetables. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James