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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".
Verboticisms
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Biziet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: biz-eye-it
Sentence: She just couldn't understand why she couldn't lose those last 2 pounds no matter what biziet she adopted.
Etymology: bizarre (very strange or unusual, esp. so as to cause interest or amusement) + diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons)
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COMMENTS:
Very compact! Like it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:56:00
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Abnibble
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.
Safepecks
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: safe-pex
Sentence: After failing on both the Fatkins Diet and SlimFat, Louise tried practicing Safepecks, slowly nibbling on small bits of food. Unfortunately, for her, it only meant that it took her two hours to finish off the entire pizza.
Etymology: safe sex, peck
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COMMENTS:
It's important to use condiments. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 05:56:00
especially if you're a dominoatrix - galwaywegian, 2007-06-20: 06:41:00
You guys are hot and cheesy today! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 06:49:00
Saucy, even. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 07:08:00
Pizza with condiments - sounds like sheaths on toast. The Welsh like a rarebit, and salesmen like to celibate. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 08:24:00
Louise was a Pizza Slut. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 08:54:00
A crusty, hand-tossed Pizza Slut. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 17:23:00
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Gastrowonky
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ga-stro-wong-kee
Sentence: Jill's diet has gone completely gastrowonky. She's decided to only eat things that start with the letter "G". Most of her friends pass on offers to join her for a breakfast of grapefruit with grated cheese. They run the other way when she mentions garlic granola.
Etymology: gastronomic (the art or science of good eating) + wonky (askew)
Snibbler
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: sni/bler
Sentence: In an attempt to lose 15 pounds in one week, the week before her wedding of course, Jan joined her sister's online weight loss support group and was now an official snibbler. Snibblers believe that as long as you snack and nibble from the plates of those around you and NEVER make a plate for yourself, the embarrassment alone will be a great motivator, as well as the many times your hand will be slapped away.
Etymology: Snack Nibble
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COMMENTS:
How can I join? - readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 18:01:00
It's like when you eat alone in the dark...no one sees so it does not count! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 00:34:00
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Chompeculiarity
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: chomp + peculiarity
Sentence: He's got some chompeculiarities, for instance, he squishes his bread flat before eating it.
Etymology: chomp + peculiarity
Glutsploit
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /glʌtsplɔɪt/
Sentence: He spent much effort tyring to glutsploit his diets and fitnesse his exercise schemes, searching for a lazy way to lose weight. He did succeed in losing weight, but in the end, his complicated methods involved more work than he would have spent on calorie-counting and daily exercise. Some think that his weight loss was due more to the extreme stress caused by his methods than it was to the methods themselves.
Etymology: From glut + exploit
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COMMENTS:
Wow - no wonder it took you so long to get that sentence out - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 12:36:00
That actually only took a few minutes. I just had to go teach my classes for the day beforehand, and I wanted to get a word out first in hopes of gleaning some morning votes. - ErWenn, 2007-06-20: 18:01:00
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Jockeychew
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Jaw/key/ch/uh
Sentence: As Dan cuddingly jockeychewed his way through the McD menu he masticated over a day when bacon would be served as a condiment and elasticated waistbands were a retro fashion accessory.
Etymology: Jockeychew v. Spicey mix of 1. Jockey n. (Usually weight conscious) person who rides on the back of an animal. 2. Chew v. to masticate.
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COMMENTS:
Do you want a PhD with that? - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 12:41:00
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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
And the love of honey is the pursuit of all weevils. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:08:00
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Comments:
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
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