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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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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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Compiefood

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: compie food

Sentence: if there is no sex i will take compiefood

Etymology: compensation food

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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

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Munchiephagia

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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Nocyearn

Created by: riflesandkids74

Pronunciation: nahk-yurn

Sentence: Julia's frustration with Geoff were most apparent in the mornings, when she would brush the crumbs out of her hair from his nocyearn of the previous night.

Etymology: nocturnal and yearn

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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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Yumber

hooterbug

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

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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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Scarfolepsy

nostalgia75

Created by: nostalgia75

Pronunciation: skahrf-uh-lep-see

Sentence: Jane could no longer stand it. Bob's receding hairline had already strained their marriage, but his scafolepsy was straining her patience past the breaking point; if he ate one more slice of pizza in bed she was going to kill him.

Etymology: scarf: to eat, esp. voraciously + narcolepsy: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.

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COMMENTS:

hooterbug Good word and funny! - hooterbug, 2008-07-11: 10:46:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:28:00

Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00

Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00

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Slunchies

Created by: sunny09

Pronunciation: slunch-eeze

Sentence: the only problem with slunchies is falling asleep with food in your mouth

Etymology: slumber, munchies.

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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