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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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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.
Discreat
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diss creet
Sentence: she tried to discreat but the mayo-on-shiffon look gave it away.
Etymology: discrete, eat
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COMMENTS:
brevity is the soul of wit ... I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:52:00
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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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Prevour
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pre-VOW-er
Sentence: Having an abnormally huge appetite Miranda found it socially necessary to prevour on office lunch days so as to be able to restrict her food intake at the weekly office lunch.
Etymology: Blend of the 'pre' (prefix meaning before) and 'devour' (to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously)
Sneack
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: sneek
Sentence: Angela was unaware of the office lunch that day and panicked because she had no sneack food at her desk.
Etymology: Sneak - to do something secretly. Snack - a quick bit of food.
Prepast
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: pree-past
Sentence: Jill read that having a small prepast before a party would keep her from the embarassment of eating too much. So she kept a box of donuts and a bag of chips in her drawer to nibble on before a business lunch so that she would make a good impression by eating a light, healthy meal.
Etymology: pre: (prefix) before, earlier or prepartory+ prepare: make ready beforehand for a specific purpose such as an event or occation + repast: a meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal.
Deviousuprevious
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: dee-vee-us-sup-pree-vee-us
Sentence: I came upon Geraldine in the ladies washroom. Running late for the annual Employee Appreciation Luncheon, it was odd to observe the deviousuprevious behavior she exhibited. I saw her hunched over the wastebasket and moved closer to get a better look. She was stuffing cheese cubes and crackers into her mouth at a furious rate of speed. Being well known for her survivalist approach to eating, I now knew her secret.
Etymology: Devious (sneaky, sly, covert, stealthy) + sup (to take a small amount of food or drink, to take supper) + previous (prior to, before)
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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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)
Gnawhide
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: naw - hide
Sentence: Rusty was gaining quite a reputation. His coworkers secretly called him "ol' gnawhide" as they had caught him at his desk, in the supply closet, in the washroom and even in the stairwell, eating ribs, chicken and turkey legs before luncheon/meetings with the Board of Directors. Because he wanted to maintain the carefully crafted personna of "health nut", representing that he only ate fruit, berries and nuts, he found it necessary to cater to his inner-carnivore when he knew that he would not have access to his favorites for the rest of the day.
Etymology: Gnaw (to chew or bite on with the teeth), Hide (to conceal or cover up).
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COMMENTS:
Great, now I have the Rawhide song going through my head: "Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those hot doggies rollin', Rawhide! Good word though... - Nosila, 2008-11-12: 21:54:00
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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