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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".
Verboticisms
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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
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)
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
Lushtritionist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist
Sentence: Jenny became a lushtritionist who quite successfully combined a very strict high protein and vegetable diet with her litre a day tequila lunches.
Etymology: LUSHTRITIONIST - noun - from LUSH (drunkard; alcoholic; sot) + NUTRITIONIST (the science, or study of nutrition)
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COMMENTS:
I liked your word because it could easily be a career, a half-assed life coach to the unmotivated and unlikely to change. - davrand, 2018-02-06: 21:24:00
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Ginbunny
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: gin bun ee
Sentence: Patty was an obsessive ginbunny, who stomached natural wheatgrass juice, power cleanses, and the sauna, all so she could enjoy her ciggies and martinis !
Etymology: from "GYMBUNNY" the moder day person who is a compulsive gym goer plus adding Gin to the mix
Compensot
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kom-pen-sot
Sentence: Finding her liver spots to be totally unacceptable, Sue became a compensot, eating only vegetables and drinking plenty of water through the daylight hours.
Etymology: compensate, sot (drunkard)
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COMMENTS:
Sot is a great word. Haven't heard it in ages. Great combination! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:38:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-10: 10:23:00
Sot is a great word. Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:30:00
Thanks! Sot is one of those words we seemed to have buried years ago. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-10: 19:23:00
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Vicetarian
Created by: MadTripper
Pronunciation: vahys-i-tair-ee-uh n
Sentence: Becoming a vicetarian is fairly easy if you don't mind following up a night of vodka shooters with a bed of baby spinach and sprouts.
Etymology: vice vegetarian
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COMMENTS:
Wow, what a phenomenal first word. Welcome. Say hi to Craig. - fourgirls, 2007-10-10: 12:42:00
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Vegetipple
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: vej-TIP-uhl
Sentence: Bob a prodigal son notorious for his late night lavish spending on food and drink; hypocritical for his pious preaching of the importance of daily vegetipple.
Etymology: Blend of VEGETABLE: any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower & TIPPLE: to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
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COMMENTS:
cute - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:32:00
Love it... - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:42:00
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Satisvice
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SAH-tiss-vice
Sentence: Marjory's smoking and drinking habits were noting compared to her particular satisvice of herbal teas and organic foods. Unfortunately Whole Foods didn't sell her brand of cigarettes otherwise she could have shopped there exclusively.
Etymology: Satisfy + vice
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