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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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Calorzees
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: kal-or-zeez
Sentence: I haven't got the energy to sleep, I think I need some calorzees.
Etymology: calor- comes from calories and -zees comes from 'catchin some z's'.
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COMMENTS:
LOL. Nice one! - obgyn, 2007-03-26: 17:02:00
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Pacipite
Created by: obgyn
Pronunciation: Pass-uh-pites
Sentence: I am getting fat because of my late night pacipites!
Etymology: paci-pacify, to satisfy pites-appetites, desire to eat, hunger
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COMMENTS:
Pacipiety. hehe. - azazn, 2007-03-26: 17:04:00
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Slumbersnack
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Slum-bur-snak
Sentence: Colin woke up with a sudden urge for something to eat, in fact he was so hungry he jumped out of bed and headed straight for the fridge. After a few minutes he had got through half a cooked chicken, four sausage rolls and a large slice of leftover chocolate cake. It wasn't so much a slumbersnack as a full course meal.
Etymology: Slumber(Sleep) + Snack (quantity of food eaten between meals) ORIGIN Dutch from snacken 'to bite'. = Slumbersnack
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COMMENTS:
I'm a slumbersnack and I'm okay I eat all night and I work all day He's a slumbersnack and he's okay He eats all night and he works all day (couldn't resist the Monty Python reference) - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 12:41:00
Was wondering if anyone out there would remember that Monty Python song. - TJayzz, 2008-07-11: 14:09:00
Great! Makes ME want a slumbersnack! - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:39:00
I cut down trees,I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra; I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my old Papa! No, I don't remember it or the Mountie back-up singers at all... - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:55:00
Sorry- I'm deliberately wasting your time. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:48:00
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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
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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Slumberpang
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: slumber-pang
Sentence: Dad says hes like Santa and needs cookies before bed on Christmas, but because he needs these holiday cookies every night of the year, we know its just slumberpangs and not yuletide magic.
Etymology: from slumber + hunger pang
Somnabulunching
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: SOMME-NAB-YOU-LUNCH-ING
Sentence: "Doc, you gotta help me!" Joe said to his psychiatrist. "I wake up and the bed is full of crumbs.I'm putting on weight and i don't remember emptying the refrigerator and cupboard." Doctor Moriarty pressed his fingertips together and, peering over the top of his glasses with a wizened gaze said: "Joe, i've seen this condition before. It's called SOMNABULUNCHING and it strikes far too many people...."
Etymology: SOMNABUlism-sleepwalking+LUNCHING-self explanatory
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COMMENTS:
I'm back,baby! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:33:00
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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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Crumbotomy
Created by: mscoxie
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: comes from immediately realizing that you will have to sweep the crumbs off of the bed as soon as they are done
Nightstoker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: nye/t/stoker
Sentence: He kept it hidden by day but he became the nightstoker at bedtime.
Etymology: night stalker + stoke (feed)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe that's really blood on the pizza and he becomes a Bramnightstoker - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:28:00
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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