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DEFINITION: v., To eat a strictly regulated diet in order to compensate for a complete lack of control when it comes to drinking. n., A smoker and drinker who becomes a vegan in order to "reverse the damage".
Verboticisms
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Regastrolate
Created by: Nounsense
Pronunciation: rē-gă-strŏ-lāt'
Sentence: After a hedonistic week away in Europe, Helen desperately tried to regastrolate before her parents returned. // The fear of having to use an electrolarynx encouraged Carlos to become a fully-fledged regastrolate.
Etymology: derived from the Greek word gastronomia, γαστρονομία
Sdreegan
Created by: dogran
Pronunciation: sdree-gan
Sentence: Oh don't be such a Sdreegan its only a little animal trans fat i am sure if you drink enough it will evaporate with the alcohol
Etymology:
Equilibationism
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: eh-qui-lie-bay-shen-ism
Sentence: Jen, a strict equilibationist, was a regular at the Salad and Cigar Bar down the street from her office. Each day after work she and her vegan friends would meet during happy hour for organic cocktails, free-range Buffalo Tofu and Celery Crisps.
Etymology: equilibrize: compensate for or counterbalance; make up or adjust for + libation: an alchoholic drink + -ism: a suffix that denotes a distinct system of beliefs, logic or social movement such as vegetarianism, veganism, consumerism, etc.
Vegecontrarian
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vej/eh/contrary/an
Sentence: Mary Mary was quite a strict vegecontrarian, either stuffing her face with fresh veggies or freshly rolled cigarettes, washed down with equal parts of spring water or vodka
Etymology: vegetarian + contrary (contrarian)
Compotsation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kom pote say shun
Sentence: Tara believed that if she ate fruit every time she had a drink, she would find compotsation for her vice. Her theory was that if you drank wine, which was made from fruit, you had to eat fruit to make up for the fruit lost during the fermentation process. Following her logic, one would eat potatoes if drinking vodka; sugar cane if drinking rum; roast corn if drinking bourbon and rice if drinking saki. If she had lived during Prohibition, she would have starved!
Etymology: Compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit) & Compensation (a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)
Alcorexic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: al coh erk sik
Sentence: al was a 22 stone alcorexic, drank beer, wine, gin, vodka and anything they gave out for half price during the happy hour. he ate only aspirin.
Etymology: alocholic, anorexic
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COMMENTS:
scary picture - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:34:00
good word - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:40:00
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Moribanned
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: more I banned
Sentence: Denise was becoming paranoid due to her moribanned state - cigarettes and martini's had taken their toll. By way of compensation she had taken to a strictly ascetic dietary regime, and tried to remind herself of her fathers last words of advice: The more I banned, the more I ...
Etymology: From moribund, as in close to death
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COMMENTS:
I tried to cheapun it up this week, if you catch my drift ... - emdeejay, 2010-02-05: 08:29:00
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Eatonement
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: eet-ohn-muhnt
Sentence: Ken underwent eatonement every year after he and his old highschool buddies had their annnual "live like the 1970's" weekend. After 48 hours of living like he was 16 again he would eatone by eating only rhubarb and radishes for 3 days and having a high colonic.
Etymology: eat + atonement
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-10: 10:18:00
Eatonement is fantastic. I'm still recovering from the 70's - might try Ken's remedy! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:32:00
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Vegecontrarian
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vej/eh/contrary/an
Sentence: Heather was a strict vegecontrarian, either stuffing her face with fresh veggies or freshly rolled cigarettes, washed down with equal parts of spring water or vodka.
Etymology: vegetarian + contrary (contrarian)
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COMMENTS:
Tobacco and fermented fruit are two of my staples. Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:31:00
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Compensot
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kom-pen-sot
Sentence: Finding her liver spots to be totally unacceptable, Sue became a compensot, eating only vegetables and drinking plenty of water through the daylight hours.
Etymology: compensate, sot (drunkard)
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COMMENTS:
Sot is a great word. Haven't heard it in ages. Great combination! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:38:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-10: 10:23:00
Sot is a great word. Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:30:00
Thanks! Sot is one of those words we seemed to have buried years ago. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-10: 19:23:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! And if you haven't noticed yet, let me tell you -- it's "Food Week" at Verbotomy ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-10: 08:45:00
I went to school with people like this.
I used to be a person like this, but I have given up on the vegetables. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James