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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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Compiefood

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: compie food

Sentence: if there is no sex i will take compiefood

Etymology: compensation food

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Hypnoshsis

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: hihp-NOSH-sihs

Sentence: Alex kept a large bag of cashews on the bedstand to sate fits of hypnoshsis.

Etymology: hypno- ("sleep") + nosh ("quick snack") + hypnosis (sublimated state in which one can be persuaded to act uncontrollably)

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Snackzzzs

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: snakzzzs

Sentence: Lolita always snackzzzs. Barny doesn't know if she is awake or sleeping but she suddenly jumps out of bed and returns with leftovers. Sometimes he isn't sure whether she is snoring or chewing.

Etymology: snack, zzzs

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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

metrohumanx Bueatifully lyrical! Top nosh word! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:42:00

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Vitotic

Created by: chaok

Pronunciation: Vee-taw-tihk

Sentence: Resisting my vitotic sensations was one of the key ways I lost a lot of my weight.

Etymology: This comes from an episode of "Viva la bam", where Vito lays on a bed and eats several chicken wings as a prank on Johnny Knoxville. Thus, when you are eating in bed you are being like vito.

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Eiderdine

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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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Bedtimebinge

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: bed-time-binge

Sentence: Joe often became peckish for a quick bite resulting in a bedtimebinge.

Etymology: bedtime + binge

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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

metrohumanx And LUNCHBREAK DANCING.... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:35:00

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Munchevensdrome

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /munch-evens-drome/

Sentence: "After a night out on the town she was suffering from a severe case of munchevensdrome, and so headed for the nearest kebab shop."

Etymology: Munchies + evening + syndrome

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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.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-26: 00:23:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-12: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James