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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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Wafoodeet
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.
Prosphorisized
Created by: eezycheez
Pronunciation: pros-for-i-sized
Sentence: Her food prosphorisized her.
Etymology:
Foodsess
Created by: annieb
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'm foodsessing again.
Etymology: from food and obsess, as in, you are so obsessed with your food, it consumes you
Anthelme
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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COMMENTS:
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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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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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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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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Foodzillaed
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: food- zilud
Sentence: being a vegan was most difficult when i was being foodzillaed by tofu
Etymology: godzilla + food
Comments:
- 2008-04-20: 02:43:00
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