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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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Snacklacrity
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: snak-LAK-ri-tee
Sentence: Bob's noshnod-offs, especially his snacklacrity, were a constant source of irritation for Roxie; but, no matter how hard she tried, in the end, she could never resist his bedroom-fries.
Etymology: SNACK: A light meal, eaten between regular meals; ALACRITY: eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal.
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COMMENTS:
love bedroom-fries - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:25:00
I,too, love Bedroom Fries...sounds like a love song! - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:40:00
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Boltdozer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bowlt/dozer
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:
I hope he keeps a dump truck beside the bed - porsche, 2007-03-26: 12:24:00
ha ha - as long as the manufacturer is caterpillar (stress on the cater) - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:34:00
Isn't tht what you rest your head on while consuming the catering? - petaj, 2007-03-27: 04:44:00
pillar - very funny - you have a wicked sense of humour Petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 06:15:00
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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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Crepizzulation
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: cre-pizza-lation
Sentence: Crepizzulation led Bob to pick up some twilight pizza.
Etymology: "Crepuscular" + "pizza" + appropriate suffixes.
Nocturnosh
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: nok-TER-nosh
Sentence: After accepting that she was a habitual nocturnosher, Monica finally broke down and just put a mini-fridge in her bedroom.
Etymology: Nocturnal + nosh
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COMMENTS:
She sounds like a real nocturnoff. - petaj, 2007-03-26: 06:26:00
Well, since her husband works at night court (he is a nocturney), Monica is so lonely... - Alchemist, 2007-03-26: 07:35:00
A mim-fridge? It's classier than the vending machine I suggested... - Discoveria, 2007-03-26: 12:13:00
*mini-fridge - Discoveria, 2007-03-26: 12:13:00
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Moonchies
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: moon/cheez
Sentence: It was just around midnight when Joe had a full attack of the moonchies, that irresistible urge to chow down and send himself to dreamland on a full stomach.
Etymology: MOONCHIES - noun - from MOON + MUNCHIES (food suitable, or meant for snacking)
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COMMENTS:
hey hey we're the Moonchies - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:27:00
Did Queen Victoria have moonchies with Munshi? Excellent blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:08:00
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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
Latapascare
Created by: justj
Pronunciation: lat-uh-pa-scare
Sentence: Joe's latapascare for food at nights, is what is causing the sudden weight gain.
Etymology: lata-"late" pascare"feed"
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COMMENTS:
lol, i like it - justj, 2008-07-12: 23:28:00
MANGA! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:21:00
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Bedtimebinge
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: bed-time-binge
Sentence: Joe often became peckish for a quick bite resulting in a bedtimebinge.
Etymology: bedtime + binge
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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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