Verboticisms

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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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: diet-tribist

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Etymology: diet + diatribe + ist

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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: bjorn

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Sentence: Beatrice was utterly befooded by the bountiful birthday banquet before her.

Etymology: bewitched/bothered/bewildered/befuddled/ be-whatevered + food

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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: 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

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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: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gore/mi/vat/ed

Sentence: He was totally gourmivated by food of any kind and his 438 pounds was a testament to this addiction.

Etymology: gourmivated - from gourmand (a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess) + dominated (controlled, or governed)

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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: Stevenson0

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