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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.
Verboticisms
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Nightnibble
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: night + nibble
Sentence: I nightnibble all the time, it's why I'm so fat.
Etymology: Um, night and nibble. Together. I know, it's not very good.
Starvedust
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: starv dust
Sentence: Just as Ernest was trying to drop off in bed, he craved a spread before him. Yes, he pined for pineapple; hankered for ham; ached for anchovies and craved carbohydrates. Just before starvedust, he longed for comfort on a bed of noodles. His pallet met his palate; he cradled an insane need for fast food and in his nest he craved birdsnest soup. Yes, he wanted some food in Ernest!
Etymology: starve (have a craving, appetite, or great desire for; be hungry for) & stardust (a multitude of stars, looking like dust;a dreamy,romantic,sentimental time of the evening, just before total blackness;Minute particles of matter that fall to Earth from the stars.
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COMMENTS:
The strong emotional attraction of Old English words; beautiful combination - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 18:29:00
Cheers, you've brought a tear to my eyes, luckily not my Southern Cross-ed eyes. - Nosila, 2008-07-12: 01:39:00
Bueatifully lyrical!
Top nosh word! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:42:00
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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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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)
Beddingbreakfast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bed ding brek fast
Sentence: When Fireman Joe started his midnight shift rotation, his first meal of the day was usually pizza or other leftovers from his family's dinner. He insisted on eating it in bed before he got up and got ready for work. His wife hated his beddingbreakfast routine, as it gave a whole new meaning to the word bedspread. She looked forward to his rotation on days so their meals could be enjoyed as a family. She also hated getting his salami on her pristine duvet at that time of night.
Etymology: Bedding (coverings that are used on a bed)& Breakfast(the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) & Wordplay on Bed & Breakfast (Accommodation, usually in a private home which includes lodging and first meal of the day)
Bedcrumbs
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bedkrəmz
Sentence: Mary couldn’t understand why Ralph seemed fixated on eating crackers in bed. She finally figured out that he was leaving a trail of bedcrumbs when he got up during the night. She hadn’t realized how advanced his Alzheimer’s had become.
Etymology: bed (a piece of furniture for sleep or rest) + bread crumbs (a storybook technique for retracing your steps)
Slunger
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: slunn-grr
Sentence: He satisfied his slunger with cookies, the crumbs of which made the bed bugs bite.
Etymology: From "sleep/slumber" and "hunger".
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COMMENTS:
I like that! - jedijawa, 2007-03-26: 07:19:00
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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
Scarfolepsy
Created by: nostalgia75
Pronunciation: skahrf-uh-lep-see
Sentence: Jane could no longer stand it. Bob's receding hairline had already strained their marriage, but his scafolepsy was straining her patience past the breaking point; if he ate one more slice of pizza in bed she was going to kill him.
Etymology: scarf: to eat, esp. voraciously + narcolepsy: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
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COMMENTS:
Good word and funny! - hooterbug, 2008-07-11: 10:46:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:28:00
Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00
Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00
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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)
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