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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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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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Vegandroid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vēgən-droid
Sentence: In her latest phase, Sally had become a vegandroid, spouting the proper platitudes, only shopping in health food stores and feigning illness at the thought of red meat. The fact that she still smokes does little to curb her verve.
Etymology: Vegan (a person who does not eat or use animal products) + android (in science fiction) a robot with a human appearance)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:31:00
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Veganaholic
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: VEE-Gan-A-Hall-IK
Sentence: John is a veganaholic to make up for his raging alcoholism.
Etymology: contraction of vegan + a(lco)holic
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)
Dietoxify
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: dy eh TOX ih fy
Sentence: From Monday morning till Friday afternoon, Amelia Rait tries to minimize the effects of her weekend binges on beer and bar food by eating only salads, protein shakes, and lots of fruits and vegetables. She believes the high fiber dietoxifies her body. Ironically, her work friends think she is one of the healthiest people they know, and some of them feel vaguely embarrassed every time they eat nachos or fries when she is around.
Etymology: diet + detoxify
Vegescarian
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: vej/i/scare/ian
Sentence: Louise had reason to be worried about her health lately. It seemed the drinking and smoking was finally taking a toll. She knew she had to go for her annual physcial soon, and just the thought of facing her doctor after one year of no change in habits was enough to get her downing another "stiff one." She decided since she had three weeks until the appointment, maybe some juicing, fasting and raw foods would be of some benefit. Yes, she had decided to become a vegescarian even if just until she had all the blood work done.
Etymology: vegetarian + scare To be scared into cleaning up ones diet.
Artichoker
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Arti-cho-ker
Sentence: Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it's benefits?
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Faddict
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fad dikt
Sentence: Beth was a faddict of any new diet that captured her imagination. She truly believed that eating vegan or other extreme diets would offset her dependence on smokes and drink. She would have had better luck on the vice cream diet, if there was such a thing!
Etymology: Fad (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal) & Addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)
Winivorous
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wahy-niv-er-uhs
Sentence: Angie doesn't eat meat. She thinks it's cruel. She doesn't believe in it. She only consumes plants and fruit. And if that fruit happens to be fermented... I guess you could call her winivorous.
Etymology: wine (the fermented juice of grapes) + herbivorous (plant-eating)
Lushtritionist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist
Sentence: Jenny became a lushtritionist who converted to a very strict high protein and vegetable diet to counter attack her litre a day tequila lunches.
Etymology: LUSHTRITIONIST - noun - from LUSH (drunkard; alcoholic; sot) + NUTRITIONIST (the science, or study of nutrition)
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