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DEFINITION: n. A person who is totally consumed by what they eat. v. To be so focused on your food that it eats away at your soul.
Verboticisms
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Befooded
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Beatrice was utterly befooded by the bountiful birthday banquet before her.
Etymology: bewitched/bothered/bewildered/befuddled/ be-whatevered + food
Nourishmental
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: nur-ish-MENT-al
Sentence: When Snoop went on the Long Beach Diet, that motherf***er went nourishmental with his rider demands.
Etymology: nourishment + mental
Gluttoneed
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: glut ton need
Sentence: Eggbert was consumed by his need for food. It ate away at him and turned him into a gluttoneed. Lettuce learn more: His parents had come here from the Cukeraine and fed him well. It did not help that he worked in a grocery store. He was head of the cabbage dept. and squashed his largesse into a uniform. He took leeks regularly, would always turnip on time and did not earn a large celery. His co-workers thought he was a fungi, even though there was not mushroom for advancement. He would romaine calm in a crisis and peppered his language with some salty phrases. He didn't have many dates and appeared not to carrot all for anything but food. But for all his faults, he was a human bean and did not deserve the beeting he got from the Zucchini Brothers. Poor Eggbert, Rest In Peas!
Etymology: Glutton (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess) & Need (a condition requiring relief;the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior)
Anomealy
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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COMMENTS:
great word - porsche, 2009-07-15: 14:17:00
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Saladacious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sala/day/shush
Sentence: It was embarassing watching her nibbling on a carrot because her relationship with food was so saladacious!
Etymology: salacious (lustful) + salad
Grubsession
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: grəbˈse sh ən
Sentence: Milk is good for you, milk is bad for you. Eggs are wonderful, eggs are terrible. Far too many Americans are obese but artificial sweeteners could cause cancer. The media is sure to jump on every scientific study that comes out. Food, sustenance, vittles, grub, whatever you call it, if you follow along on your home scoresheet you may well develop a grubsession. Hey, maybe this is a syndrome. Can we do a study?
Etymology: grub (food) + obsession (an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person*s mind)
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COMMENTS:
we certainly are grubsessed but now we know we're so full of preservatives that we should last longer - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-15: 14:12:00
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Saladacious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
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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COMMENTS:
haha, nice - deadpanwalking, 2006-11-15: 14:11:00
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Feedysteria
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
Comments:
queeny - 2006-11-15: 10:11:00
ha ha ha , I'll be singing that song all day. Dang, I have verbotomy brain freeze......lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be......errrrr
Jabberwocky - 2006-11-17: 07:11:00
I love OldEnglish's "Susan's final wish to be mummified in bacon was seen by many as proof of her hamorexia."
- 2006-11-18: 16:25:00
Refriedguilt? Sounds like 'tucky fried
Verbotomy - 2009-07-15: 00:05:00
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James