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DEFINITION: v., To finish your plate and eat all the food in front of you, even when not hungry. n., Compulsive over-consumption of food in order to relieve guilt.
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Seefoodiet
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: seafood-diet
Sentence: Wally wasn't called Wally because his name was Wallace, it was because he resembled a Walrus due to his seefoodiet.
Etymology: An oldy but a goody. I'm on a diet. Oh really, what kind? A seafood diet. I see food and eat it.
Irrefeastable
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: ir-i-FEEST-uh-buh-l
Sentence: Jerry had an irrefeastable urge to scarf down every entree on the buffet.
Etymology: irresistable + feast
Gastronopathic
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My gastronopathic tendencies forces me to clean my plate.
Etymology: Gastronomy + Empathy
Terribleat
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: terr + ih + bleat
Sentence: Look, those poor kids are starving, so the least I can do is terrobleat this food...for them.
Etymology: terrible + eat + guilt, of course
Compleatism
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /kəmˈplidˌɪzṃ/
Sentence: The compleatist was also very lazy, so the nearly empty jar of peanut butter that he couldn't be bothered to scrape out sat in the cupboard for years.
Etymology: complete + eat + -ism
Carepigitis
Created by: Garry
Pronunciation: "Care" "pig" itis
Sentence: My brother,even though he was a lite eater, developed carepigitis on Thanksgiving Day!
Etymology:
Compunctuate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: km punk chu ayt
Sentence: Gary's impulse to compuctuate himself at every meal was no doubt a result of growing up listening to his mother's incessant "Clean up your plate...kids in Africa are starving" rantings.
Etymology: Compunction (a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) & Ate (fed oneself)
Overgluttonizing
Created by: wtwhitaker
Pronunciation: o-vur/glut-tun/is-ing/
Sentence: It is crazy to overgluttonize even when the food isn't yours.
Etymology: over(more) glutton(eating a lot) ize(suffix)
Platronsaint
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: plate/ron/saint
Sentence: St. Josephat is the platronsaint of eating everything that's put in front of you inrespect of those who have less.
Etymology: patron saint + plate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James