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DEFINITION: v., To finish your plate and eat all the food in front of you, even when not hungry. n., Compulsive over-consumption of food in order to relieve guilt.
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Crammiserate
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (tr. v.) krām-mĭz'-ə-rāt'; (n.) krām-mĭz'-ə-rāt'-ər
Sentence: Even though I had eaten dinner, we ordered three pizzas and I crammiserated with Jackie's loss of her cat.
Etymology: cram = (to overfeed) + [com]miserate = (to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for)
Chowbella
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: choubelə
Sentence: In a slightly misguided act of atonement, Gerry started the Double Clean Plate Club. When he was a kid his mother had always pushed him to clean his plate for the starving children of the world. Now with the thought that more is better, members gorge themselves with what Gerry calls chowbella, beautiful food. So far he and his club members have raised a lot more blood pressures than dollars. Next week*s gourmand-a-thon may change that.
Etymology: chow (food) + bella (beautiful - Italian)
Carepigitis
Created by: Garry
Pronunciation: "Care" "pig" itis
Sentence: My brother,even though he was a lite eater, developed carepigitis on Thanksgiving Day!
Etymology:
Starveating
Created by: mustkeepsanity
Pronunciation: star-vee-ting
Sentence: Andrew starveats any leftovers. The resulting stomach aches help him commiserate with those who have nothing to eat.
Etymology: Starving, Eating
Gastroguiltology
Created by: wjames
Pronunciation: gastro-guilt-ology
Sentence: Jim's large stomach was not the result a high consumption of beer, as most people thought. It was his practice of gastroguiltology passed down to him by his depression-era parents.
Etymology: Gastronomic - guilt (science of)
Obligeater
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: ob-lig-eet-er
Sentence: Although the servings were huge, obligeater that he was, Doug polished off everything on the plate
Etymology: obligate, eater
Foodanism
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /fu:dənɪzəm/
Sentence: "Brothers and Sisters, this is a proposal for you to stop feeling that guilt when a piece of chicken has been left on the plate and you have no freezer... Convert to Foodanism, feel the spirituality of an empty plate..." "By foodanizing everything you'll feel the relief... the calm... Eat! Consume!"
Etymology: FOODANISM. From Food (A specified kind of nourishment) + ISM (suff. Doctrine; theory; system of principles)
Appenitite
Created by: tehbeks
Pronunciation: ah peh nuh tite
Sentence: Robert had skipped church that morning, so he decided to perform his appenitence with gusto at brunch.
Etymology: appetite + penitence
Gulpability
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: gulp/a/bill/i/tee
Sentence: Dave's gulpability was uncontested. He felt he had to finish every last drop of food or drink so that it would not go to waste - unfortunately it went to waist.
Etymology: culpability + gulp
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COMMENTS:
Big Gulpability an new 7-Eleven drink! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-12: 09:55:00
Very good word blend with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-14: 19:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James