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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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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/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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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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Sleepapnibble
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: slEEp-ap-nib-ble
Sentence: Jill suffers from sleepapnibble, a sleep eating disorder that has her feasting at all hours of the night.
Etymology: sleep apnea/nibble
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COMMENTS:
Like the connection, the idea that the hunger keeps the sufferer awake. Good stuff! - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-26: 08:01:00
If Jill stops breathing during a sleepapnibble episode it could lead to sleepapnibbledribble - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 15:52:00
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Gizzardofnod
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gizərd əv näd
Sentence: Dorothy has a strange affliction. Her system confuses sleepiness for hunger. As soon as she starts to feel drowsy her stomach starts the **feed me** signal. More often than not she gives into the GizzardofNod. Dorothy*s puppy Toto is all too happy join in with the munchings.
Etymology: gizzard (a person\'s stomach) + of (indicating an association between two entities)+ nod (have one\'s head fall forward when drowsy or asleep) Play off of the Wizard of Oz
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COMMENTS:
We're off to see the Gizzard...you're not in KansGas anymore...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-12: 22:18:00
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Grubstruck
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: grub-struk
Sentence: At two in the morning Doug was suddenly grubstruck and had to hurry off to the fridge to fix himself a teetering dagwood.
Etymology: "grub", as in food; "struck" as in a blow
Gastromnia
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌɡæsˈtɹɑmniə/
Sentence: The five pounds I put back on is probably due to some combination of gastromnia and the fact that I've recently learned how to bake.
Etymology: From gastro- and insomnia
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COMMENTS:
One letter away from gastromania...hmmm... - Discoveria, 2007-03-26: 12:12:00
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Reposerepast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree poze ree past
Sentence: No matter how well Reggie ate all day, he had to have a reposerepast in bed at night. Regina, his long suffering wife, was by now used to him eating everything from main course options to snacks and finger food at bedtime. His bad habit led him to have very lively dreams and nightmares, not to mention food particles on their bedding. More than one night she had to try and rest in peas...
Etymology: Repose (lie in a comfortable resting position;lie in a horizontal position) & Repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
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COMMENTS:
"rest in peas" - clever! - splendiction, 2009-10-12: 22:29:00
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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