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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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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
Chlug
Created by: Berlioze
Pronunciation: Ch lug
Sentence: Bob suddenly began chlugging all the food in our fridge last night!
Etymology: I thought of this as a combination of "late" and "chug", which became "chlug"
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
Bedtimebinge
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: bed-time-binge
Sentence: Joe often became peckish for a quick bite resulting in a bedtimebinge.
Etymology: bedtime + binge
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.
Boltdozer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bowlt/doe/zur
Sentence: As soon as dusk fell he became a boltdozer, wolfing down any junk food in sight - he eventually married a short order chef
Etymology: bolt (to eat hurriedly) + dozer (sleeper)also refers to bulldozer
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COMMENTS:
Nice word: etymologically sound. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:06:00
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Vitotic
Created by: chaok
Pronunciation: Vee-taw-tihk
Sentence: Resisting my vitotic sensations was one of the key ways I lost a lot of my weight.
Etymology: This comes from an episode of "Viva la bam", where Vito lays on a bed and eats several chicken wings as a prank on Johnny Knoxville. Thus, when you are eating in bed you are being like vito.
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)
Remmmmmmmmmm
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: orrrr eeeee emmmmmmm
Sentence: His bouts of remmmmmmmmmmm coincided with bouts of yummnambulation
Etymology: r.e.m MMMMMMMMMM!
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COMMENTS:
Remmmmmmmmerable word! - Nosila, 2009-10-12: 22:19:00
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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)
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