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DEFINITION: v. To pig out at your desk right before a business lunch, so you'll be satisfied with a salad and water at the restaurant, and create the impression that you're not a glutton. n., A secret snack taken to strengthen one's resolve not to eat too much while others are watching.
Verboticisms
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Treacheat
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: treach-cheat - verb treach-cheat-ing - noun
Sentence: Crammity Jane hid often so she could treacheat without being seen.
Etymology: treach from treachery ... cheat for not wanting others to see her eating ... eat for eating. Add an 'ing' to make it a noun.
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COMMENTS:
Cryptojane with cramability! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-15: 16:45:00
a nice furtive word. I'm saying it quickly and it sounds even sneakier! - bananabender, 2008-01-15: 22:43:00
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Sneakpigout
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sneek pig owt
Sentence: What a Boar! Peggy was doing her usual sneakpigout at her desk before the big lunch out with the bosses. Apparently it was in honor of the new guy (hunk), Les Piggott. Just as she was cramming a big chunk of pizza into her cake-hole, the honoree stopped by her pen. He told her she was sow lovely and looked swill. He offered to give her a ride on his hog. She herd the haunting music of Swine Lake and then before she knew it they were porking each other in her sty and missed the lunch completely. She became Miss Piggy and he was the Loin King. Afterwards, news of their cloven encounter was bacon the rounds at work.
Etymology: Sneak (clandestine;secret;put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner) & Pig Out (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself) Play on Sneak Peak.
Chowcanery
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: chow/can/er/y
Sentence: Jenny was a master at chowcanery to avoid eating in front of her co-workers.
Etymology: CHOWCANERY - noun - from CHOW (food) + CHICANERY (evasion, or deception used to trick, or deceive someone)
Prepbinge
Created by: Seiya
Pronunciation: Prep-binj
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'preparation' and 'binge-eating.'
Prelimingest
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prilimənjest
Sentence: Gloria always keeps a stock of snack foods her desk drawer to ensure she won’t be caught hungry for a business lunch. Her plan is to prilimənjest so that she can appear delicate and demure. Strangely, she doesn’t go to business lunches very often but has to replenish her stash weekly.
Etymology: preliminary (denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important) + ingest (take food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing it)
Preglut
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prē glət
Sentence: Marcy had an image to uphold. Whenever she was going to lunch with a client she would preglut from her in-desk snack stash. Few would guess that she had more Ho Hos than Santa.
Etymology: pre (before) + gluttony (habitual greed or excess in eating)
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COMMENTS:
Simple. To the point. - wayoffcenter, 2008-11-12: 07:47:00
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-12: 09:10:00
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Premasticator
Created by: day4ghee
Pronunciation: pre-mas-ti-kator
Sentence: susan was accused of being a premasticator by billy who had witnessed her shoveling anything from ho-ho's to hot pockets into her face before the office lunch,he offered the tattered remains of a pizza bagle as evidence of the carniage.
Etymology: pre-to come before., masticate- to chew,or eat.
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COMMENTS:
Goo one - TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:28:00
Sorry Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:29:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-11-12: 18:25:00
No, it WAS a goo one. Very nice. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:43:00
I like it.... - mweinmann, 2008-11-14: 07:52:00
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Previgorge
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: PRE-veh-gorj
Sentence: Sandra had a 'secret' technique to avoid eating large meals at company gatherings that she called previgorge and though she knew that others in the office knew of her habit, she continued with the practice hoping that influential people at company luncheons would be impressed with her 'sensible self control'.
Etymology: Blend of 'previous' (coming or occurring before something else; prior) and 'gorge' (a gluttonous meal)
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COMMENTS:
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-13: 02:37:00
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Preat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: preet
Sentence: When Dorothy knew the gang was going out for lunch at work, she would always preat at her desk. Whether a donut or a sandwich, this allowed her the chance to just nibble at a house salad and water. Her boss thought she ate like a bird and loved the fact that she cost him very little at these bashes. He just could never figure out why she was not skinnier...
Etymology: pre (before;in advance of) & Eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-15: 10:12:00
Thanks for the fun definition, remistram. Great job on all the verboticisms by all the verbotomists ... what a fun one for us all!
Jabberwocky - 2008-01-15: 10:17:00
Her her - oops I meant hear hear (my mouth was full as I'm snacking at my desk)
Thanks for all the tasty words! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James