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'I just ate ten bowls of cereal'

DEFINITION: v. To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely. n. Food which is eaten to satisfy emotional cravings.

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Soothey

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: soōðē

Sentence: Marcia wears her heart on her sleeve. This means that all too often she has that heart broken, or at least damaged. Whenever this happens she goes to her coping plan. Though she uses food to comfort herself, she works hard to keep it healthy. To make herself feel better, she will prepare a fruit soothey. She makes a point of using exotic fruits or fruits that are out of season to give herself a sense of importance. It usually just makes her feel broke.

Etymology: soothe (relieve or ease pain) + smoothie (a thick, smooth drink of fresh fruit puréed with milk, yogurt, or ice cream)

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COMMENTS:

Good word! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:03:00

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Smorgasbored

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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Compyfood

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: compyfood

Sentence: When i´m sad, loneley or blue, i always get better with compyfood

Etymology: compensation food

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COMMENTS:

petaj Sounds like an advertisement. - petaj, 2007-03-13: 05:04:00

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Comfeat

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cum-feet

Sentence: After Rachel dumped him Doug indulged in comfeating.

Etymology: contraction of "comfort" and "eat'

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Proznack

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: PROH-snak

Sentence: When his HMO denied his claim for anti-depressants, Terry turned to Proznacking. I hear he is up to 4 boxes of FiddleFaddle a day.

Etymology: Prozac (popular antidepressant) + snack

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2007-03-12: 07:03:00

A vote for effort! :D - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 19:19:00

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Comforteating

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: com-fort-eet-ing

Sentence: It was a vicious circle, he comfortate to fell better, but that made him fat, so he comfortate to feel better...

Etymology: I think I got this one from "Paul McKenna will make you thin!"

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COMMENTS:

Comfort eating is what we would call this verboticism anyway. It's like that other one where there was already a phrase in use (Freudian slip). - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 11:53:00

Can't you be more original then that? Lame - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:03:00

tonya87, that wasn't very encouraging...I didn't mean to start anything. - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 19:19:00

Well, I must say I used that one precisely because there already existed a definition. I think it should be evaluated next to new ones. - allwise, 2007-03-13: 04:50:00

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Fareapy

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: fare-a-py

Sentence: Food endorphins have been recognized by many in the medical community as a legitimate form of fareapy. Sugar, salt and fat, either alone or in combination can help with stress relief. Those fareapy foods that have shown the greatest success treating the following conditions are: 1)RBSO (rejection by significant other) - Captain Crunch or another cereal with no nutritional value except sugar, 2)Employment Fatigue - chips or pretzels with french onion dip and/or nachos with cheese and salsa, 3)EBAS (empty bank account syndrome) - whatever your mother is cooking, 4)TTOTM (that time of the month) - any Ben and Jerrys ice cream and/or chocolate, 5)Road Rage - Twizzlers or another chewy form of candy, 6)POT Stress (parent of teenagers) just clean out the cupboard and eat whatever you find in the back. Fareapy should continue until the patient has finished calling all her or his friends, or slept for over 24 hours. Other treatment options may include 7)Cartoon Network Stimulus or 8)Musication (playing the same sappy song over and over and over) until the patient has has time to heal.

Etymology: Fare: food + therapy: treatment of an illness or physchological condition

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COMMENTS:

Life's not fare...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 19:47:00

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Cannellonely

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ca/na/lone/lee

Sentence: When Sam is blue he scarfs down a huge dish of cannellonely.

Etymology: cannelloni + lonely

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Caloriecrutch

Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: calorie-crutch

Sentence: to get me through a tough spell I used Ben and Jerry's ice cream as a caloriecrutch

Etymology: from the latin word calorie meaning to stuff one's face.

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Sadstain

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sad stayn

Sentence: When Eric's girlfriend dumped him he ate bowls of cereal to sadstain him. He would become Cap'n Crunch, count his Lucky Charms and begin to feel more Special, K. This was how he got his Kix and said his Cheerios to old flames.

Etymology: Sad (unhappy, sorrowful) & Sustain (to provide nourishment)

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Comments:

Osomatic - 2007-03-12: 13:34:00
Oooh! I was trying to think of something for Prozac, and nothing came to mind. Well done!