Verboticisms

Created by: Double

Pronunciation: hippo-krunk

Sentence: Mandy, a typical hypocrunk, scolded Jim about eating his "artery-clogging" fried chicken as she swilled down her fifth martini.

Etymology: Hypocrite + Crunk

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Created by: MadTripper

Pronunciation: vahys-i-tair-ee-uh n

Sentence: Becoming a vicetarian is fairly easy if you don't mind following up a night of vodka shooters with a bed of baby spinach and sprouts.

Etymology: vice vegetarian

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Wow, what a phenomenal first word. Welcome. Say hi to Craig. - fourgirls, 2007-10-10: 12:42:00

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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.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vee gan ee bree ayt

Sentence: Marsha's system to offset her drinking and smoking vices was to veganebriate herself. For each piece of lettuce, she would take a drink from her cocktail glass. This worked fine until the day in Mexico when she accidentally drank the worm in the tequila bottle...

Etymology: Vegan (one whose strict diet consists of no animal or dairy foods) & Inebriate (a chronic drinker;become drunk or drink excessively)

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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

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: vej-TIP-uhl

Sentence: Bob a prodigal son notorious for his late night lavish spending on food and drink; hypocritical for his pious preaching of the importance of daily vegetipple.

Etymology: Blend of VEGETABLE: any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower & TIPPLE: to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.

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COMMENTS:

cute - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:32:00

Love it... - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:42:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lo kal hol ik

Sentence: GiGi had many nicknames to describe her favourite hobby. She was The Intoxicator; RUMblestiltskin;Ginger Beer;LagerFelt;Catch Her In The Rye;Cider Inside Her;Bloody Mary;Tequila Sheila;Margarita;Smartini;Elaine Boozler;Sake2Me;Sherry Trifle;Crackling Rosie and Plonko Blondco among others. In order to maintain her liquid lifestyle, she had become a lowcalholic to offset her regime. She ate only salads and the olives, pickled onions, pineapple spears, lime slices and maraschino cherries that adorned her potent potables, to ensure she was getting enough fibre in her diet. Little did GiGi know that when she next went to visit her doctor, she would be performing a solo number in her own production of "Liverdance"!

Etymology: low-cal (having relatively few calories) & alcoholic (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

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Created by: notnaught

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Created by: Roosje

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Sentence: The contrajunkie was fond of the smokey restaurant but couldn't stand the smell of the freshly baked muffins.

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Created by: vmalcolm

Pronunciation: /ædipəkrit/

Sentence: Oh! Come on Anne, you're such an addipocrite. Do you really think that by stop eating fats you'll gain all the health you've lost in the past last 10 years of your life?

Etymology: ADDIPOCRITE. From Addict (one who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity) + Hypocrite (a person given to hypocrisy)

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very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:29:00

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