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Dieeat
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: die + eat
Sentence: She never thinks about anything but food... she's on a dieeat.
Etymology: die + eat
Metamorphigest
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: Me-ta-mor-phi-gest
Sentence: With the new Hollywood diet, Sally eventually metamorphigested into air.
Etymology: Metamorphosis + digest
Dietphobic
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: DI-et-FOB-ik
Sentence: Jenny had become dietphobic at age thirteen, never realising that all the 'cool' girls were anorexic.
Etymology: diet - relating to one's intake of food phobic - the fear of an object or concept
Consommated
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: con/sum/ated
Sentence: After falling into a batch of boiling consomme, he became consommated.
Etymology: consume + consomme + ate
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COMMENTS:
Stock up on boullion...good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 01:20:00
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Engrocered
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: engrossed
Sentence: "Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden.
Etymology: engross + grocery
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COMMENTS:
"Lettuce Prey" intoned the minister. "It is so sad that a member of our flock has been engrocered in her vegetable garden. - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
Sigh - petaj, 2007-07-05: 02:58:00
"herd" you the first time - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:56:00
Can you rephrase that in grosser terms? - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 06:46:00
Why, I artichoke you, but I'm too busy munching on my freshly picked lettuce. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 07:23:00
At least lettuce isn't as cucumbersome to manipulate grammatically. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:37:00
I love a gramma pie. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 02:18:00
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Figsation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: figg say shun
Sentence: She found it difficult to put words to her figsation. "Figs move me" she would state simply. And they did, regularly.
Etymology: fixation, figs.
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COMMENTS:
It made her meloncholy - petaj, 2007-07-05: 04:49:00
but not meloncolic - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 05:57:00
and I bet her best friend was Prunella - they probably moved in the same circle - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 06:06:00
Did you know that diarrhea is a genetic condition? It runs in your jeans. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:48:00
I mean "genes." Damn you, puns that only really work spoken out loud! Hm...I wonder if there are any good puns based on homonyms instead of homophones, so that they only work when written, and not when spoken. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:49:00
jeans is much funnier - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:20:00
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Victualvoracity
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Vick-tyoo-all-vohr-ass-it-tee
Sentence: The mad cow was stricken with a sudden wave of victualvoracity.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Got Milk? - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:14:00
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Consumifood
Created by: Kiki1234
Pronunciation: con-sum-i-food
Sentence: she never stops thinking about what she's eating, she's one of those consumifood people
Etymology: consume - I - food
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COMMENTS:
heehee - Kiki1234, 2007-07-09: 21:20:00
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Retrograze
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: REHT-troh-grayz
Sentence: Alex's attempt at retrograzing cow's brains proved unsuccessful--he was no smarter.
Etymology: retrograde (backwards) + graze
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COMMENTS:
no wonder he's cowed by his girlfriends - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:25:00
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Vegerized
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: OBITUARY:The gardener was found vegerized after the revolt in the community garden. Fed up with her relentless squeezing, touching and pillaging, the greens, beans and tomatoes attacked, leaving nothing but her bones. In lieu of flowers, please donate organic fertilizer to your politician of choice.
Etymology:
Comments:
- 2008-04-20: 02:43:00
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