Verboticisms

Created by: weyrlady

Pronunciation: wa-food-eat

Sentence: Sadly, Farmer Bob had already been whafoodeeted by the time the state troopers arrived on the scene.

Etymology: Ardent meat lovers have a saying when it comes to vegetables - "That's not food, that's what food eats!" It's always made me laugh, anyway.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈanˌθelm/

Sentence: After eating nothing but carrots for a week, the yellow tint of his skin betrayed the fact that he was slowly being anthelmed by them.

Etymology: From Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who originally said "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es," ("Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,") from which we get the phrase "You are what you eat."

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you're a very smart guy ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 13:15:00

Would it decrease your opinion of my intelligence to learn that I only know this quote because it shows up at the beginning of every episode of Iron Chef? - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 21:37:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: food-ish

Sentence: My son has an artichoke foodish. He arranges the leaves on his plate in a lovely flower pattern prior to eating them.

Etymology: fetish, food

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Didn't I submit this word a long time ago? http://verbotomy.com/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=4112 - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:44:00

Wow. You sure did! I guess it only picks up duplicates from the day's word? Hey, you got 29 pts for it. I didn't get any :( Sorry 'bout that ErWenn. I'll try to think of something else. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 13:53:00

OK - changed. Hope no one already did this one, you can only change your word once now. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-05: 14:24:00

What's the big deal? We don't own these things. A couple of weeks ago I used 'youthanasia' on the Monday and somebody used the same word for the Thursday puzzle of the same week. I'm 100% sure it was innocently done then and also here. - Stevenson0, 2007-07-05: 20:42:00

I wasn't actually offended that you picked the same word. Just surprised. In fact, I had to go look it up to make sure that it wasn't somebody else who came up with that word. I didn't expect you to change your word. Also, since my word was "grubsess" and yours was "grubsessed," I don't think the automatic thingy would catch it anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 21:39:00

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Created by: eezycheez

Pronunciation: pros-for-i-sized

Sentence: Her food prosphorisized her.

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: r-uh-v-er-s-kuhn-soo-mm-d

Sentence: Mary burst into tears as she realized that her rabbit had been reverseconsumed by the carrot she had given it.

Etymology: From the word reverse meaning opposite which comes from the latin root reversus meaning to turn back and the word consume meaning to eat or devour from the latin root consumere meaning to use up, eat or waste

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Created by: HALibut

Pronunciation: aw-tuh-vĭt-oo-uh-mawr-fuh-sis

Sentence: Growing up his mother forced him to eat so many vegetables he was always afraid he would autovictuamorphosize into a turnip.

Etymology: < Gk autós (self) + victu (nourishment) + mórphōsis (to shape)

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Why is it that turnips are so inherently funny? Carrots and cabbage can make a good joke, but it's hard to make a bad joke if it has the word "turnip" in it. - ErWenn, 2007-07-05: 12:40:00

One of life's mysteries - HALibut, 2007-07-05: 13:20:00

I dunno, I think rutabagas are funnier that turnips. And bok choy is a gut buster, no matter how you slice it. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-05: 13:21:00

Artichokes are no laughing matter, however. - Clayton, 2007-07-05: 17:44:00

Purple artichokes can be, though. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-05: 19:45:00

However, it is better to be a turnip then a squash... just saying! - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:10:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: die + eat

Sentence: She never thinks about anything but food... she's on a dieeat.

Etymology: die + eat

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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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Got Milk? - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 20:14:00

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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.

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: suhp-STEYJD

Sentence: Joe knew he was supstaged the instant he climbed out of the cryo-chamber and came face to face with Floyd, the 800 year old man-eating turnip.

Etymology: sup + upstaged

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that must have been Purple Floyd, Pink's brother - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-05: 09:33:00

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