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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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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
Chugchow
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)
Beddingbreakfast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bed ding brek fast
Sentence: When Fireman Joe started his midnight shift rotation, his first meal of the day was usually pizza or other leftovers from his family's dinner. He insisted on eating it in bed before he got up and got ready for work. His wife hated his beddingbreakfast routine, as it gave a whole new meaning to the word bedspread. She looked forward to his rotation on days so their meals could be enjoyed as a family. She also hated getting his salami on her pristine duvet at that time of night.
Etymology: Bedding (coverings that are used on a bed)& Breakfast(the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) & Wordplay on Bed & Breakfast (Accommodation, usually in a private home which includes lodging and first meal of the day)
Hiberneating
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hye burn eee ting
Sentence: She hated his hiberneating. He would go to sleep afterwards, but his gut would talk all night
Etymology: hibernating, eating
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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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'.
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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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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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
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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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