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DEFINITION: n. A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. v. To eat food while lying in bed.
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Chugchow
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: [CHUHG-chou]
Sentence: Danny gave into his urge to break his diet, and left bed to go have some chugchow.
Etymology: From chug (AmerE; a large gulp/swallow) and chow (AmerE; food)
Insomniate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-SOM-nee-ayt
Sentence: For the fifth night in a row George's growling stomach kept he and his wife, Gladys, awake and for the fifth night in a row George raided the fridge and insomniate himelf off to dreamland.
Etymology: Blend of 'insomnia' and 'ate'.
Foodplight
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: food-plite
Sentence: Right before bedtime, I was faced with a foodplight. I knew that my gritfit would leave me feeling hungregret in the morning, but I was so sparetired that I couldn't help from pulling into McDonalds and ordering a slumberger. With cheezzzzzzzz.
Etymology: food fight, plight
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COMMENTS:
How about some dozenuts for dessert? Ah nothing like a RESTaurant for those late night munchies. - petaj, 2007-03-26: 06:29:00
My favorite is pizzzzzzza. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-26: 09:01:00
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Noctogestion
Created by: hockml
Pronunciation: nock-toe-jes-chin
Sentence: Each night before he fell asleep, he was overcome by a fit of noctogestion that necessitated he wander from the bedroom to the kitchen in search of some food.
Etymology: noct, meaning "of the night" and gestion, such as digestion
Napsnack
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nap snak
Sentence: When Vanessa asked Hungry Harry what he was doing bringing pizza to bed, he told her he need fatty food to sleep properly. He called it his napsnack. She thought it was more like a siesta fiesta when washed down with his usual beer, Snooze Booze.
Etymology: Nap (a period of time spent sleeping) & Snack (a light informal meal) and Wordplay on Knapsack
Munchiephagia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: munchiephagia
Sentence: Slurp n Burp ;) Since he behaved regularly like a victim of munchiephagia he became more and more a bad influence on my own eating-habits...
Etymology: to have the munchies + medical term adephagia = munchiephagia
Snackzzzs
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snakzzzs
Sentence: Lolita always snackzzzs. Barny doesn't know if she is awake or sleeping but she suddenly jumps out of bed and returns with leftovers. Sometimes he isn't sure whether she is snoring or chewing.
Etymology: snack, zzzs
Hypnoshsis
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: hihp-NOSH-sihs
Sentence: Alex kept a large bag of cashews on the bedstand to sate fits of hypnoshsis.
Etymology: hypno- ("sleep") + nosh ("quick snack") + hypnosis (sublimated state in which one can be persuaded to act uncontrollably)
Snackomania
Created by: airlie
Pronunciation: snak-uh-MAY-nee-ah
Sentence: It wasn't that he dull. It wasn't that he was bald, yet hairy at the same time. It wasn't even that he snored and smacked his lips when he ate. It was that he ate impulsively and urgently, and so often in bed that drove the poor woman mad. Thomas's frequent pre-slumber snackomania irritated the living daylights out of Miriam, more than the crumbs that ended up in the bed. His nocturnal tachyphagus tendencies were really trying her patience... Rat poison featured too often in her dreames. Something had to give...
Etymology: SNACK: a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, esp. one eaten between regular meals, + MANIA: an exaggerated desire or enthusiasm for.
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COMMENTS:
You crack me up, airlie. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:38:00
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Remedygestion
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Rem-i-dih-jes-chuhn
Sentence: After running through the spaghetti fields with his garlic bread umbrella sheltering him from the meatball hail storm in his dream, he awoke with an urgent desire for some remedygestion.
Etymology: REM (sleep)- remedy - ingestion Hmmmm dream food, always low on calories
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COMMENTS:
Love the imagery.. - Nosila, 2011-03-01: 15:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
lumina - 2008-07-11: 20:40:00
Omg...I laughed out loud on this one!
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James