Verboticism: Beddybite
DEFINITION: n. A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. v. To eat food while lying in bed.
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Slumbersnack
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Slum-bur-snak
Sentence: Colin woke up with a sudden urge for something to eat, in fact he was so hungry he jumped out of bed and headed straight for the fridge. After a few minutes he had got through half a cooked chicken, four sausage rolls and a large slice of leftover chocolate cake. It wasn't so much a slumbersnack as a full course meal.
Etymology: Slumber(Sleep) + Snack (quantity of food eaten between meals) ORIGIN Dutch from snacken 'to bite'. = Slumbersnack
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COMMENTS:
I'm a slumbersnack and I'm okay I eat all night and I work all day He's a slumbersnack and he's okay He eats all night and he works all day (couldn't resist the Monty Python reference) - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 12:41:00
Was wondering if anyone out there would remember that Monty Python song. - TJayzz, 2008-07-11: 14:09:00
Great! Makes ME want a slumbersnack! - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:39:00
I cut down trees,I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra; I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my old Papa! No, I don't remember it or the Mountie back-up singers at all... - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:55:00
Sorry- I'm deliberately wasting your time. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:48:00
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Nocturnibble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nok-tur-nib-uhl
Sentence: Joan just can't understand Jerry's need to eat in bed. His nocturnibble habit may well be why she is considering separate beds in her redecorating plan.
Etymology: nocturnal (of or pertaining to the night) + nibble (small morsel or bit)
Soporifeast
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sop or if eest
Sentence: his soporifeasts helped him sleep, but his breath ensured his partner stayed awake for hours
Etymology: soporific, feast
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COMMENTS:
This is soporlative, gets my vote! - Alchemist, 2007-03-26: 10:04:00
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Snurge
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Snuh-urge
Sentence: Last night my pregnant wife had a snuge for ice cream.
Etymology: Sn(ack)+ Urge
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COMMENTS:
Simple, but good. - ErWenn, 2007-03-27: 02:20:00
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Slunchies
Created by: sunny09
Pronunciation: slunch-eeze
Sentence: the only problem with slunchies is falling asleep with food in your mouth
Etymology: slumber, munchies.
Nightstoker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: nye/t/stoker
Sentence: He kept it hidden by day but he became the nightstoker at bedtime.
Etymology: night stalker + stoke (feed)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe that's really blood on the pizza and he becomes a Bramnightstoker - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:28:00
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Hypnoshsis
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: hihp-NOSH-sihs
Sentence: Alex kept a large bag of cashews on the bedstand to sate fits of hypnoshsis.
Etymology: hypno- ("sleep") + nosh ("quick snack") + hypnosis (sublimated state in which one can be persuaded to act uncontrollably)
Reposerepast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree poze ree past
Sentence: No matter how well Reggie ate all day, he had to have a reposerepast in bed at night. Regina, his long suffering wife, was by now used to him eating everything from main course options to snacks and finger food at bedtime. His bad habit led him to have very lively dreams and nightmares, not to mention food particles on their bedding. More than one night she had to try and rest in peas...
Etymology: Repose (lie in a comfortable resting position;lie in a horizontal position) & Repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
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COMMENTS:
"rest in peas" - clever! - splendiction, 2009-10-12: 22:29:00
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Napsnack
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nap snak
Sentence: When Vanessa asked Hungry Harry what he was doing bringing pizza to bed, he told her he need fatty food to sleep properly. He called it his napsnack. She thought it was more like a siesta fiesta when washed down with his usual beer, Snooze Booze.
Etymology: Nap (a period of time spent sleeping) & Snack (a light informal meal) and Wordplay on Knapsack
Boltdozer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bowlt/dozer
Sentence: As soon as dusk fell he became a boltdozer, wolfing down any junk food in sight - he eventually married a short order chef
Etymology: bolt (to eat hurriedly) + dozer (sleeper)also refers to bulldozer
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COMMENTS:
I hope he keeps a dump truck beside the bed - porsche, 2007-03-26: 12:24:00
ha ha - as long as the manufacturer is caterpillar (stress on the cater) - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:34:00
Isn't tht what you rest your head on while consuming the catering? - petaj, 2007-03-27: 04:44:00
pillar - very funny - you have a wicked sense of humour Petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 06:15:00
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