Verboticism: Nomble
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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Fadieting
Created by: wallac44
Pronunciation: fuh-dieting
Sentence: My mother's weight keeps yo-yoing because of all of the fadieting she does.
Etymology: Fad and diet.
Skimcal
Created by: Jmakin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: By skimcaling her dinner Alice got to eat her cake and have it too.
Etymology:
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 Jenny practises. She is a vegetarian who only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals. Vegebation is part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia and prevent wear and tear on teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing.
Etymology: VEGEBATION - noun - fro VEGETARIAN (a person who does not eat meat) + LIBATION (the act of drinking; the drinking of a liquid offering as a religious ritual)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent ento! At least she's not reduced to mastication. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:36:00
Eggcellent - Mustang, 2008-08-13: 08:23:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:27:00
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Gorgery
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: ˈgȯrj-rē
Sentence: Alice was a master of Gorgery. She figured 5 licks off of a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza slice would equate to only 3 hours on the Stairmaster tonight. Well, 2 if you dont swallow the flavorful spit.
Etymology: Blend of "Gorge" An instance of gluttonous eating + "Forgery" to make or imitate falsely with intent to defraud
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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]
Richewalesstic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: rich/chew/a/less/tic
Sentence: The richewalesstic method involves a tic like motion which causes one to chew less and therefore absorb fewer calories.
Etymology: rich + chew + less + tic + ritualistic
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COMMENTS:
Sucking the marrow there owly. Bon apetit! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-14: 11:00:00
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Microgorging
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: my-crow-gore-jing
Sentence: Her sad demise was attributed to MICROGORGING and other questionable habits.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Strongbad RULES ! - metrohumanx, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
Well, no wonder. If she could just wait til the bell rang and remove her meal instead of just shoving the whole oven down her throat, she would have lived to a macro age. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:22:00
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Constipulsion
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: kahn-stih-PUL-zhun
Sentence: Ada's numerous constipulsions meant that the waiter's order read like a manual for diffusing a bomb -- which, in fact, it was.
Etymology: compulsion -- an irrational need to do something; consume -- to use, eat; constipation -- a condition where the digestion is stuck in a particular state. Verb: (irr.) Constipuleat
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COMMENTS:
Too bad you can't enter both the noun and verb forms of the definition! - rephil, 2007-06-20: 10:00:00
I like the sound of both of them! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 10:12:00
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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:
She must have been constantly in a vegebative state - how corny is that? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 10:43:00
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