Verboticism: Mastorexia
DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
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Healthfatty
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Health/fatty [say what you see]
Sentence: Darwin was the ultimate healthfatty, he had tried the fadkins, he had tried joining weightworshippers and he had even tried the latest celeb diet craze of masdietication, chewing each mouthful 87.2 times before spitting it out. When he told his friends he was trying the grow your own gruyere diet they decided it was time for another intervention...
Etymology: Suggestion of health plus faddy/fully/fatty with overtonnes of the eat fat to lose fat movement...
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COMMENTS:
Maybe it's because I'm not a Londoner, but I like to pronounce this like a Londoner jew know? Helfatty, init! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 12:39:00
are your jockeychews too tight scrabby? If anything i'd thought it could rhyme with chapati mmm there probably is a gluten free healthfatty chapati... - pungineer, 2008-08-13: 12:45:00
Jockeychews too tight:) Funny punny. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 13:26:00
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Gastrowonky
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ga-stro-wong-kee
Sentence: Jill's diet has gone completely gastrowonky. She's decided to only eat things that start with the letter "G". Most of her friends pass on offers to join her for a breakfast of grapefruit with grated cheese. They run the other way when she mentions garlic granola.
Etymology: gastronomic (the art or science of good eating) + wonky (askew)
Gourmandate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: goŏrmändāt
Sentence: Rudy has tried every diet that has come down the pike. The latest? The gourmandate. You eat as many dates as you possibly can on the theory that you overwhelm the digestive system so that it can’t possibly process the excess. Has he lost any weight? What do you think?
Etymology: gourmand (a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much) + mandate (an official order or commission to do something) + date (a sweet, dark brown, fruit)
Eatiosyndiet
Created by: diplogreeable
Pronunciation: eet-ee-o-sin-dy-et
Sentence: Kelly was clearly experiencing a case of eatiosyndiet as she ritualistically averted the cheese in her omelette in order to eat a low fat meal.
Etymology: Eat + idiosyncrasy + diet
Idiosyncrasticate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: id-ee-uh-sing-KRAS-ti-keyt
Sentence: Timothy's obsessive idiosyncrastication bordered on the pigoutlandish.
Etymology: idiosyncrasy + masticate
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COMMENTS:
He sounds like a compulsive obnoxious when it comes to food. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 04:01:00
Timothy should get together with Galwaywegian's character - sort of a Jack Sprat scenario - they'd chew and lick the platter clean - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 09:07:00
Timothy could masticate And Gal could lick and suck And so betwixt the two of them The lunch was out of luck - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:29:00
Timothy could eat a cake, and Gal could lick the bowl. But neither did so modestly. They had no self-control. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 17:19:00
Timothy could chew like mad, and Gal would snort it up.
Chomp, grind, smack, slurp, lick, sip, sup. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:29:00
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Jockeychew
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Jaw/key/ch/uh
Sentence: As Dan cuddingly jockeychewed his way through the McD menu he masticated over a day when bacon would be served as a condiment and elasticated waistbands were a retro fashion accessory.
Etymology: Jockeychew v. Spicey mix of 1. Jockey n. (Usually weight conscious) person who rides on the back of an animal. 2. Chew v. to masticate.
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COMMENTS:
Do you want a PhD with that? - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 12:41:00
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Vegebation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: veg/uh/bey/shun
Sentence: Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Tiffany practises. She only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals to prevent wear and tear on her teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing. Vegebation is also part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia.
Etymology: vegetarian + libation; vegebation -n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
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COMMENTS:
veganomics - Nosila, 2010-01-14: 15:49:00
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Unoreclexia
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: uhn - noh - reh - klehk - sha
Sentence: Dianne's unoreclexic behavior has led a lot of unoreclexia believers and a lot of doctors to question her reasons for her peculiar diet. She'd rather drink a soda through the nose or die. Upon hearing this, one particular doctor-- Dr. Pepper-- went mad.
Etymology: un [opposite of] + anorexia [loss of appetite and inability to eat] + eclectic [choosy; discriminating]
Biziet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: biz-eye-it
Sentence: She just couldn't understand why she couldn't lose those last 2 pounds no matter what biziet she adopted.
Etymology: bizarre (very strange or unusual, esp. so as to cause interest or amusement) + diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons)
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COMMENTS:
Very compact! Like it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:56:00
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