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DEFINITION: v. To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption. n. Pleasure derived from the consumption of sweets.
Verboticisms
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Confectionism
Created by: blake
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Its really sad what Jim's confectionism has done to that family.
Etymology:
Chumching
Created by: zoltan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was chumching my cotton candy.
Etymology:
Glucoverdose
Created by: DoctorManhattan
Pronunciation: 'glü-'kO-v&r-"dOs
Sentence: "If you eat all those deep-fried Twinkies, you're going to glucoverdose."
Etymology: From Greek "gleukos" meaning "sweet wine" + from Old English "over" + from Greek and Latin "dosis" meaning "gift".
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COMMENTS:
Deep fried twinkies? That sounds good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-15: 17:25:00
I know. There was this restaurant in L.A. that would sell them, but every time we went there they were closed for one reason or another (family emergencies (heart attacks?), etc.) and then they finally closed permanently, so I never got a chance to try o - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:35:00
ne. By all reports, they were exquisite, though. Guess I'll have to try it myself one of these days. - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:36:00
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Glybation
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: glycemic & masterbation
Exaggereat
Created by: Terrorvomit
Pronunciation: eg-zaj-er-eet
Sentence: He tends to exaggereat when he gets nervous.
Etymology: exaggerate + eat
Canfrenzdy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: can-frenz-dee
Sentence: His canfrenzdy reached an embarrassing point when he was seen eating the half-eaten donuts from the meeting that had been discarded and thrown in the waste bin.
Etymology: candy + frenzy (as in craze, delirium, hysteria)
Pleasurfeit
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation: Pless - ur - fit
Sentence: In a moment of pleasurfeit, Mike "took twenty," eating four "Take5" bars.
Etymology: Pleasure + surfeit
Comments:
wyzowl - 2006-12-15: 01:28:00
Gluttony has made it so. Eating at any time in excess of your body needs is gluttony.
Fleury - 2006-12-15: 02:36:00
Yes, I used 'overindolcevita' for http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=kiss already. Sorry, but it just seemed so apt for this one as well.
i spelled my word wrong! how do i change it?
- 2006-12-15: 07:50:00
Hi Loosepeice, We are adding a VSEC (Verboticism Spelling, Editing and Correction) feature this weekend... ~ James
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:51:00
aw, someone already made "Gluephoria"...why can I never think of something original? It always seems like someone beats me to the punch...I guess I should get up earlier. :D
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:53:00
btw, There's no way to change/retract a word, is there?
Hi warped, Not yet... but soon! ~ James
Seems the early verb catches the worm voting wise, eh?
ArosaMike - 2006-12-17: 18:55:00
Woohoo! I made a 100% unique word :D Get in ;)
Works well as a noun, but as a verb...?
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