Verboticisms

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Snapp-pee-tite

Sentence: John's snappetite used to keep him awake at night. Now he has a vending machine installed in his bedroom, to his wife's chagrin.

Etymology: Appetite, and make it snappy!

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COMMENTS:

because he's always hitting her up for change... - Alchemist, 2007-03-26: 12:45:00

clever, clever. - azazn, 2007-03-26: 17:08:00

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: nib L ZZ

Sentence: “Whaaat ‘re ya doinzzzzzzzz?” she quietly hissed into sleep. His thick hand slid out from under her pillow with the remnants of last night’s nibblezzes; he’d been looking forward to the prebed nosh all night. “Tmuck, tmack...”, he nibbledzz straight into zzzz.

Etymology: From: nibble and zz (sleep).

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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)

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: i-der-dine

Sentence: The first time Mary and Moe got intimate she expected him to turn over and start snoring, not to sit up and indulge in a rather noisy spate of solo eiderdining.

Etymology: eiderdown (a heavy quilt) + dine (to make a meal)

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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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Created by: mscoxie

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Etymology: comes from immediately realizing that you will have to sweep the crumbs off of the bed as soon as they are done

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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

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: bed-s-br-e-d

Sentence: after an attack of bedsbread i clept with jam on my lip.

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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

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: snack attack

Sentence: If i go to bed after midnight, almost without fail i experience a snack attack right before i go to sleep. (that's where the weight gain comes in...)

Etymology: sneak/snack attack..... i think it's pretty self-explanatory.

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