Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: snack-a-lack

Sentence: Ye old lamente of the dumped: Oh fry, oh fry! my plover has left me for another. Needs must turn to snackalack as a balm for my troubled sole. Modern day translation: Bummer - my girlfriend taken off with my best mate. The only thing that will make me feel better is a roast chicken and some fish. Soul food.

Etymology: snack (tasty morsel) + alack (exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay)

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Created by: zachclute

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: e-mo-shin-take

Sentence: Whenever her in-laws call, she spends at least four days emotiontaking to get over the ordeal.

Etymology: from emotion + intake

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boor-mey

Sentence: Alan doesn't handle the mundane or monotonous well. When he is bored he eats and eats well. No bag of chips for him. When life seems tedious, it's caviar or truffles to make him feel better. Alan's friends refer to him as a boremet.

Etymology: bore (to weary by dullness, tedious repetition) + gourmet (connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mood tree ents

Sentence: Tony consumes moodtrients when dealing with emotional issues. His favourite moodtrition was found in bowls and bowls of cereal. Each mood was reflected in the cereal choice: Lucky Charms when he lost at poker; Cheerios when he was dumping someone;Froot Loops when he felt a little crazy;Alpha-Bits when he felt like spelling;Chex when his bounced;Quaker Oats when he felt like sowing his and Trix when he felt the need to visit the local ladies of the evening.

Etymology: Mood (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;the prevailing psychological state) & Nutrients (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy & build tissue;of or providing nourishment; food)

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Funny! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:06:00

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Created by: EffingCharms

Pronunciation: sad-meal-ing

Sentence: After sadmealing, he forgot that he was upset at his former girlfriend.

Etymology: sad- [the feeling of unhappiness, being unhappy] -mealing [eating, process of eating, eating a meal.]

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: chump-chomp

Sentence: Charlie chumpchomped several helpings of chips after Charlotte dumped him for his best friend Churchill.

Etymology: Chump + chomp. Chump: loser. Chomp: eat; suggests excessive chewing/biting action.

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Created by: deannewby

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: imōshənoōdlz

Sentence: Lance uses food to compensate for failed relationships. His current comfort food? Oodles of Emotionoodles. This has proved to be better for the budget than his prior therapy food, sadfron rice.

Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + noodles (a strip, ring, or tube of pasta or a similar dough, typically made with egg and usually eaten with a sauce or in a soup)

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: smOr-giz-bOrd

Sentence: Selina sat in front of the food she just pulled from the fridge. She is smorgasbored and content to eat her blues away after being dumped by her boyfriend of nine years.

Etymology: smorgasbord, as in buffet/ bored, as in discontent or depressed

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