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DEFINITION: To leave food on your plate, not for the starving children in the world, but so you don't get fat.
Verboticisms
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Stupidexia
Created by: gonzo
Pronunciation: stupi-dexia
Sentence: poor girl! she suffers from stupidexia.
Etymology: stupid anorexia
Sustentashun
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: sus/ten/tay/shun
Sentence: She maintained her skeletal looks by practicing strict sustentashun
Etymology: sustentation + shun
Dietritus
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dye ett ritt uss
Sentence: Her plate was strewn with detritus, as she sat sipping her diet drink and admiring her bone structure reflected in the restaurant window.
Etymology: detritus, diet.
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 05:04:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 13:07:00
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Declean
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: de-clean
Sentence: Dicky decleaned duck to retain a decent figure. He also declined to clean his dish.
Etymology: decline (say no) + lean (no fat) and de (not) + clean (no food on plate)
Waistnot
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: WEYST-not
Sentence: Julie's tendency to waistnot has been complicated in recent years by her insistence that, at a mere 300 lbs., she's fit as a griddlecake.
Etymology: waist + waste not (want not)
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COMMENTS:
she must have a lovely waist (not) - galwaywegian, 2007-07-03: 05:37:00
It was expansive, going out in all directions, but chiefly the east and the waist. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 07:48:00
if it was that expansive she could have tied it in a waistknot - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 09:31:00
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Discislim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dis/ci/slim
Sentence: In order not to get fat, she had to work to discislim her outlook on food, especially desserts.
Etymology: discipline + slim
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COMMENTS:
haha...love it - remistram, 2007-07-03: 15:09:00
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Slimpick
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SLIHM-pihk
Sentence: Alex resolved not to date women who would slimpick fifty-dollar dinners.
Etymology: slim + slim pickins + picky
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 14:13:00
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Abdiceat
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ab + dik + eat
Sentence: I'm just stuffed, I'm going to have to abdiceat.
Etymology: abdicate, with a twist. (What a twist!)
Foodthrift
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfudˌθɹɪft/
Sentence: The sign at the buffet read: "Don't be a foodthrift. Eat all you want, but please, take only what you can eat."
Etymology: Like a spendthrift, but with food.
