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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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Snoggle
Created by: reverb
Pronunciation: snaw-gle
Sentence: Hillary liked Bobby. And she didn't mind sleeping with him except for the fact that he was an habitual snoggler, who'd consume two boxes of cookies, diet coke and small chicken every night while he was sleeping. She didn't mind the crumbs, but she couldn't stand the constant slurping! So she game him an ultimatum. He said he couldn't sleep on an empty stomach. She told him that he would have to sleep in an empty bed.
Etymology: snore + snogger + hog
Apneata
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: ap/neet/a
Sentence: Joe's apneata was becoming so bothersome that Yvonne was considering sleeping on the sofa.
Etymology: apnea: periodic or irregular breathing pattern during sleep. apneata: periodic or irregular eating pattern during sleep. :)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:26:00
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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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Bedsbread
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: bed-s-br-e-d
Sentence: after an attack of bedsbread i clept with jam on my lip.
Etymology:
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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Latapascare
Created by: justj
Pronunciation: lat-uh-pa-scare
Sentence: Joe's latapascare for food at nights, is what is causing the sudden weight gain.
Etymology: lata-"late" pascare"feed"
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COMMENTS:
lol, i like it - justj, 2008-07-12: 23:28:00
MANGA! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:21:00
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Chlug
Created by: Berlioze
Pronunciation: Ch lug
Sentence: Bob suddenly began chlugging all the food in our fridge last night!
Etymology: I thought of this as a combination of "late" and "chug", which became "chlug"
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
Calorzees
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: kal-or-zeez
Sentence: I haven't got the energy to sleep, I think I need some calorzees.
Etymology: calor- comes from calories and -zees comes from 'catchin some z's'.
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COMMENTS:
LOL. Nice one! - obgyn, 2007-03-26: 17:02:00
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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
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