Verboticism: Elepants
DEFINITION: n. The creepy pounds that sneak onto your waist even though you've been exercising and watching what you eat. v. To exercise rigorously, diet fastidiously, and yet still gain weight.
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Fitneglitch
Created by: moondragon
Pronunciation: fit-nuh-glitch
Sentence: There must be some kind of fitneglitch in this exercise plan. My daily work out just seems to make my love handles bigger.
Etymology: A combination of fitness (health) + glitch (error).
Sofanogood
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so fa no gud
Sentence: Dwight's campaign motto to lose weight was (sofasogood) but it was turning into (sofanogood) due to his unexpected weight gain on lettuce leaves alone in the first week.
Etymology: So far so good (optimistic) & Sofa (couch) no good (not for weight loss, anyway!)
Elepants
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: eləpəntz
Sentence: To say that John was large would be an understatement but he knew just where to shop for his stylish clothes. He went to a store that specialized in elepants.
Etymology: elephant (a heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal) + Pants (trousers)
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COMMENTS:
I know that artr used elepants in his sentence but I thought it was so much fun that it needed to compete on its own. :) - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-09: 09:00:00
Thanks for entering elepants. That's the first time I had someone pick up a secondary word from one of my sentences. - artr, 2009-01-09: 18:07:00
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Exerkingsize
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksərkingsīz
Sentence: Despite working out, Randy finds himself an exerkingsize larger.
Etymology: exercise (activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness) + king-size (of a larger size than the standard; very large : a king-sized bed.)
Phalories
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: FAL-OR-EES
Sentence: These 100 calorie packs have added like 500 phalories on me!
Etymology: Phantom Calories
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COMMENTS:
I've never seen a calorie, never felt one, so I think phalories is a perfect word for them! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:31:00
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Enigmass
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: eh-nig-mass
Sentence: All those 100-calorie snack packs were ineffective in helping George lose weight. Each day when he got on the scale, there it was - more enigmass.
Etymology: enigma, mass, ass
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COMMENTS:
Excellent verboticism. George has massive issues to deal with. He probably has indigestion too. ;-) - Mustang, 2008-03-19: 06:45:00
lol - Superb etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:12:00
another good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:47:00
Short & sweet - or, perhaps, I should say: fat & sweet! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-19: 16:34:00
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Rolbax
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: role-backs
Sentence: John couldn't figure out why he had a horrible case of the rolbax. He weighed himself every night before bed and then weighed himself every morning at about 5 pounds more than the previous day's start. He used the weight set day and night for weeks; and was ready to file a complaint to the company until his wife told him he had a horrible midnight snack attack every night...to which John replied, "But I only ate 5 pork chops, two gallons of ice cream and drank half a keg of beer..."
Etymology: roll (to move) + backs (coming back)
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COMMENTS:
Like those rollbacks at Walmart ... that keep creeping up on you! Best part of your words is the 'ax' ... for chopping fat off! Fun Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:15:00
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Lardgesse
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: lard/jes
Sentence: He was know far and wide for his lardgesse
Etymology: lard + largesse
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COMMENTS:
Heh! Love it! - Jamagra, 2008-03-19: 14:09:00
Simple and Super Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:38:00
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Itsfatsyouate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Itz - fats - yoo - ayt
Sentence: When Melvin saw how much 'girth' he'd gained in recent months he muttered to himself while staring, mouth agape, at his reflection in the mirror, "I know itsfatsyouate, you big blob."
Etymology: Play on the word infatuate. Infers being infatuated with rich, fatty foods.