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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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Microgorging
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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COMMENTS:
Strongbad RULES ! - metrohumanx, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
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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Vegebation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: veg/uh/bey/shun
Sentence: Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Jenny practises. She is a vegetarian who only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals. Vegebation is part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia and prevent wear and tear on teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing.
Etymology: VEGEBATION - noun - fro VEGETARIAN (a person who does not eat meat) + LIBATION (the act of drinking; the drinking of a liquid offering as a religious ritual)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent ento! At least she's not reduced to mastication. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:36:00
Eggcellent - Mustang, 2008-08-13: 08:23:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:27:00
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Mastorexia
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mast-or-ex-eya
Sentence: When her friends realized that she always chewed all her food 500 times a bite - they sat her down and tried to get her to acknowledge her severe case of mastorexia.
Etymology: MAST from masticate (to chew) + OREXIA from anorexia nervosa (the eating disorder)
Idiosyncrasticate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: id-ee-uh-sing-KRAS-ti-keyt
Sentence: Timothy's obsessive idiosyncrastication bordered on the pigoutlandish.
Etymology: idiosyncrasy + masticate
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COMMENTS:
He sounds like a compulsive obnoxious when it comes to food. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 04:01:00
Timothy should get together with Galwaywegian's character - sort of a Jack Sprat scenario - they'd chew and lick the platter clean - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 09:07:00
Timothy could masticate And Gal could lick and suck And so betwixt the two of them The lunch was out of luck - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:29:00
Timothy could eat a cake, and Gal could lick the bowl. But neither did so modestly. They had no self-control. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 17:19:00
Timothy could chew like mad, and Gal would snort it up.
Chomp, grind, smack, slurp, lick, sip, sup. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:29:00
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Anorexeating
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: an or ex ee ting
Sentence:
Etymology:
Insuffergest
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: in-suffer-gest
Sentence: I hate having to insuffergest.
Etymology: insufficient + insufferable + suffer +ingest
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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COMMENTS:
Maybe she's not getting enough lietary supplicants. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 03:44:00
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
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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Idiosyncaloric
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: id-eo-sin-ca-lore-ic
Sentence: Her eating regimen was very idiosyncaloric - it insisted she only consume dairy and candy.
Etymology: IDIOSYN (from idiosyncratic - peculiar to the individual) + CALORIC
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COMMENTS:
sounds good to me - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 12:45:00
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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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