Verboticisms

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: fee-dis-tir-ee-ah

Sentence: Buffy's feedysteria started with a hunger to be "sweet and cute". It was compounded by her firmly held belief that "You are what you eat". And so, she restricted her diet to sugar and bunny rabbits. It makes sense she'd say, as she nibbled at her fingernails.

Etymology: feed + hysteria

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dish-po-sessed

Sentence: After Marilyn began to experiment with French cooking she became dishpossessed by the spirit of Julia Child and began to exhibit strange behaviors such as speaking in a high nasal sounding voice and pouring wine into everything she cooked -- even her son's grilled cheese sandwich.

Etymology: dish: food, fare + possessed: inhabited by a demon or evil influence --dispossession: exorcism of evil spirits .......(Julia Child was an incredible woman who worked for the US Department of Information as a spy during WWII and was sent on missions around the world. She met and married her husband who was also in the Information services. After the War the Information Office sent them to France where she fell in love with French cuisine and attended the world famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. After returning to the United States she introduced the art of French cooking to America through her own cooking show from 1966 through the 1980's. She also authored several cook books. She was a large woman and had a unique speaking voice.)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-15: 14:10:00

Tasty word! - Nosila, 2009-07-17: 10:20:00

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Created by: Paloma

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Sentence: Anna started turning into a psychophage when she took the phrase "you are what you eat" to heart as her dietary motto.

Etymology: psych (soul, mind) + phage (eat)

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: men-yoo-morf-oh-sis

Sentence: Her legs turned to jelly as she realised that her menumorphosis was now complete

Etymology: menu (list of things to eat) + morphosis (change)

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Created by: Stevenson0

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: an - om - meal - ee

Sentence: Donald had a strange anomealy. He had an unusual obsession with everything he ate and couldn't stop thinking about his next meal. He analyzed every grain, stalk, leaf and fiber and imagined himself as part of a larger garden. His soul had drifted away to the great garden in the sky.

Etymology: anomaly (A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; Something or someone that is strange or unusual), meal

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great word - porsche, 2009-07-15: 14:17:00

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Created by: shoppingame

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Created by: Jabberwocky

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Sentence: It was embarassing watching her nibbling on a carrot because her relationship with food was so saladacious!

Etymology: salacious + salad

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haha, nice - deadpanwalking, 2006-11-15: 14:11:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: fill - ay - uv - sol

Sentence: JoAnn ordered fillet of sole every time she went to the Shipwreck Restaurant. For days afterwards she felt that she had a filletofsoul because she could not stop thinking about the meal and contemplate her next dining opportunity. These thoughts literally consumed her.....

Etymology: fillet, fillet of sole, soul

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COMMENTS:

I'm voting for you, just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 01:18:00

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Created by: franke

Pronunciation: Food-a-phobic

Sentence: Lindsay sadly realized she came from a foodaphobic family but when challenged in restaurants she burst out singing, "Lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be. Whisper words of wisdom, lettuce be."

Etymology: Food-a-phobia (suffering from irrational fear of eating the wrong food)

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