Verboticisms

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Dye-et-tick-yoo-less

Sentence: Suzie is just too dieticulous, she said to buy new spoons because she could smell carbohydrates on the ones we have.

Etymology: Diet (certain foods one eats) + meticulous (rigorous)

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Created by: Wordhewer

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Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: pree-empt-iv-or-ous

Sentence: Julie was so preemptivorous that she would throw herself on OTHER'S desserts to save them from over-indulging.

Etymology: pre-emptive + vorous (as in "omnivorous," "carnivorous," etc.)

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: fast - nat - ic

Sentence: Amy was such a fastnatic when she was on the Grapefruit Diet that she refused to eat the dessert we had prepared especially for her - fruit salad containing only grapefruit.

Etymology: fast (to abstain from food ) + fanatic (marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion)

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: lie-poe-blow-shun

Sentence: Because she knew there would be cake at the birthday party, Suzy declined the invitation blaming her lipoblowtion. Afterwards, she immediately went to the gym, swearing the invitation alone made her gain 2 pounds.

Etymology: From "liposuction." In context, "blow" signifies the tendancy to blow the fear of fat/lipo out of proportion.

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Created by: HALibut

Pronunciation: Hahy-pur-buh-lim-ee-uh

Sentence: We began to suspect Susan was hyperbolemic when even a mini-muffin would send her quickly scurrying to the restroom.

Etymology: Hyperbole (exaggeration) + bulimia (eating disorder)

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COMMENTS:

We began to suspect Susan was hyperbolemic when even a mini-muffin would send her quickly scurrying to the restroom. - HALibut, 2007-07-23: 12:49:00

sheesh I went commentose again - HALibut, 2007-07-23: 12:51:00

That's becoming one of the more amusing features about verbotomy. I can't wait to see who does it, and keep hoping it won't be me. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:02:00

good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 16:46:00

Honest, I hadn't seen this one when I created mine. - petaj, 2007-07-23: 23:49:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: neur/ex/ic

Sentence: She was a text book neurexic, totally obsessed with losing her appetite.

Etymology: neurotic + anorexic

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sore/beh/try/ity

Sentence: Her decision to ingest only iced fruit puree led to her sorbetriety.

Etymology: sobriety + sorbet

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I'd say a sorbet made from melon balls would be quite sobering indeed. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-23: 20:13:00

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Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: Ka-me-cake-zee

Sentence: The woman kamicakezed with such fervor that breadcrumbs looked like cupcakes, chocolate syrup looked like oil, and even the parsley gracing her plate looked like the Jolly Green Giant.

Etymology: "kamikaze" + "cake" + some fudging of the word type

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Created by: Maryxxlol

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Sentence: I cant stop doing diets! i'm a dietolic!

Etymology: Cant stop doing diets

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