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'Why are you licking your pizza?'

DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".

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Nutrabingo

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: new-tra-bing-o; new-tra-binj

Sentence: Hamish didn't know Nutrabingo was the latest fad in dieting. It made eating a game. Yes, a game! The player, or eater, could play solitarily or with others. The game involved gathering bits of nutrition of as many colors as possible on a base of pizza crust and licking them off. Extra points were given for foods of secondary colors. Points were lost if any of the crust was eaten. Whoever got full first yelled "Nutrabingo!" And everyone laughed which is good for digestion. You could laugh, too, even if you were eating alone. It was a complicated and ever-evolving game, but very rewarding as the pizza base could be used over and over again. Even so, Cerise couldn't blame Hamish--she had just found out about Nutrabinging herself. She loved the game almost as much as she loved playing Verbotomy.

Etymology: nutrabingo: noun, from a combination of nutrition + the game of Bingo; nutrabinge: verb, from a combination of nutrition and binge

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metrohumanx That pepperoni was a little gamey... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:28:00

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Abnibble

sanssouci

Created by: sanssouci

Pronunciation: Ab Nib Ball

Sentence: It is really difficult to live with Kate, especially her abnibble attitude to food and diet, she scrutinises every single thing I attempt to eat.

Etymology: Abnormal + Nibble = Abnibble Abnormal, not the usual, extremely or excessively large. Nibble, to take a small bite, to eat or chew small amounts.

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Liet

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: lie-et

Sentence: she only ate fruit flavoured ice cream because she was on a very strict liet

Etymology: lie, diet

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Maybe she's not getting enough lietary supplicants. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 03:44:00

petaj Probably reading too many literary supplements from the Medical journals. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 03:58:00

too many books spoil the broth - rikboyee, 2007-06-20: 05:27:00

Too many books in the kitchen. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 07:06:00

petaj Yet many hands make liet work. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 08:14:00

and in ice cream many calories liet in weight - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 12:18:00

and in ice cream many calories liet in weight - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 12:19:00

This may be the shortest verboticism ever...is it? - ErWenn, 2007-06-20: 12:22:00

Gets my vote. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 21:33:00

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Rationormity

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: ra-shon-or-mi-ti

Sentence: Gilda justified her eating habits thus: "If one grapefruit is good for you, two must be gooder!" However, the application of this rationormity to all food groups led her to become a food groupie of huge (pro)portions!

Etymology: ration + rationalize + enormity

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COMMENTS:

petaj Just as well Gilda was not the treasurer. Her rationomics would have sent them broke. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 22:37:00

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Microgorging

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: my-crow-gore-jing

Sentence: Her sad demise was attributed to MICROGORGING and other questionable habits.

Etymology:

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metrohumanx Strongbad RULES ! - metrohumanx, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00

petaj Well, no wonder. If she could just wait til the bell rang and remove her meal instead of just shoving the whole oven down her throat, she would have lived to a macro age. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:22:00

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Lickosuction

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: lik o suk shun

Sentence: Her Catholic upbringing had programmed her to believe that acts were only sinful when you took pleasure in them, so she applied the same logic to eating, figuring that you wouldn't get fat if you didn't enjoy the food. Her lickosuction technique unfortunately had the opposite effect, as it didn't involve chewing, which was the only calorie burning part of the process.

Etymology: liposuction, lick, suction

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COMMENTS:

Obviously, she was a Cathaholick. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:11:00

it made eating salad difficult because she was a romaine catholick - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 09:31:00

Life would have been easier if she were Chewish. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:40:00

foodha would say that the existance of her cheeseburger would be moo. - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 10:07:00

and Gibran would say 'Beauty is eternity grazing at itself in a mirror' - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:05:00

petaj And the love of honey is the pursuit of all weevils. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:08:00

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Nomble

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: nomm-ball

Sentence: I love to eat grapes coated in cream cheese and chocolate, but so I don't absorb the fat, I have to nomble it.

Etymology: nom (slang for 'eat'; as in 'om nom nom'.) + nibble + gobble = nomble

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hyperborean Fun word! - hyperborean, 2012-10-15: 10:37:00

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Healteat

Created by: cococo

Pronunciation: heal - teet

Sentence: I'm healteating very often because I want to lose weight.

Etymology: health + eat

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Skimcal

Created by: Jmakin

Pronunciation:

Sentence: By skimcaling her dinner Alice got to eat her cake and have it too.

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Munchrite

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: munch - ryt

Sentence: Marissa was very much involved in munchrite; a ceremonial 'dining' wherein she would endlessly and devotedly chomp on granola bars, a variety of nuts and dried fruits and other organic foods that she believed would insure her lasting health and vitality.

Etymology: Blend of 'munch' (to snack esp. extensively or frequently) and 'rite' (a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use)

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COMMENTS:

right on the mark - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:31:00

metrohumanx And don't forget the entrail mix. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:57:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-20: 01:30:00
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback. It may be science fiction, but when Rob gets rolling you can't help but laugh at the details of our daily lives -- like eating pizza. Rollback's pizza moment starts off with, "She was used to the way her husband ate pizza, but couldn't actually say she liked it", and then jumps right into the gory details. Thanks Rob! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-20: 04:41:00
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