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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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Dreambun
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dream-bun
Sentence: Guthrie always succumbed to dreambunning. It led to the collapse of his marriage due to crumbreconcilable differences in the bed room.
Etymology: cream bun (my favourite tuck shop treat when I was a kid) + dream (something one does at bedtime + something one yearns for)
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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Insomniate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-SOM-nee-ayt
Sentence: For the fifth night in a row George's growling stomach kept he and his wife, Gladys, awake and for the fifth night in a row George raided the fridge and insomniate himelf off to dreamland.
Etymology: Blend of 'insomnia' and 'ate'.
Remedygestion
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Rem-i-dih-jes-chuhn
Sentence: After running through the spaghetti fields with his garlic bread umbrella sheltering him from the meatball hail storm in his dream, he awoke with an urgent desire for some remedygestion.
Etymology: REM (sleep)- remedy - ingestion Hmmmm dream food, always low on calories
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COMMENTS:
Love the imagery.. - Nosila, 2011-03-01: 15:18:00
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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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Noctankering
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: nokt-ank-er-ring
Sentence: The constant noctankerings and the free donuts at work were the two biggest factors in Humphrey's weight problem
Etymology: nocturnal + hankering
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like the noctankering turned Humphrey into a tank. - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 00:53:00
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Feedophilia
Created by: sasgod
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Hello, my name is sasgod, i am a feedophiliac
Etymology:
Nappetite
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /NAP-uh-tiyt/
Sentence: Since beginning his diet, Brian would experience cravings every night after climbing into bed each night. Whenever he tried to relax and his mind was otherwise unoccupied, a nappetite would creep up on him. It was not visions of sugarplums dancing in his head, but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc...
Etymology: Nap - to sleep or doze (from Old English, hnappian "to doze, sleep lightly") + Appetite - an instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink (from Old French, apetit "desire for")
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:09:00
"but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc..." Whoa, gonna be one nasty crappetited. :D - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:42:00
ok..typo...I meant crappetite. - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:43:00
The Cake Walk, the Pasta Doble, the Peppermint Twist, the Grape Stomp, The I Hop, The Rumba Coke, the Nacho cha cha cha, the Beer Belly Dance...not to mention Liverdance! - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:48:00
And LUNCHBREAK DANCING.... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:35:00
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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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Yumber
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: \ˈyəm-bər\
Sentence: Connie woke abruptly by the sounds of her husband Fred noshing away at 1:00am. He looked at her and grinned through bites, "Pizza!, it's what for YUMBER!"
Etymology: Combination of YUM + Slumber
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