Verboticism: Tugarasm

DEFINITION: v. To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption. n. Pleasure derived from the consumption of sweets.

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Humanature

Created by: Bernmeister

Pronunciation:

Sentence: 'John succumbed to a bout of humanature as he polished off the last donut'

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Glucoverdose

Created by: DoctorManhattan

Pronunciation: 'glü-'kO-v&r-"dOs

Sentence: "If you eat all those deep-fried Twinkies, you're going to glucoverdose."

Etymology: From Greek "gleukos" meaning "sweet wine" + from Old English "over" + from Greek and Latin "dosis" meaning "gift".

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Deep fried twinkies? That sounds good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-15: 17:25:00

I know. There was this restaurant in L.A. that would sell them, but every time we went there they were closed for one reason or another (family emergencies (heart attacks?), etc.) and then they finally closed permanently, so I never got a chance to try o - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:35:00

ne. By all reports, they were exquisite, though. Guess I'll have to try it myself one of these days. - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:36:00

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Canennite

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: cane-en-nite

Sentence: Mary didn't know why... Was it DNA? Or was it the will of God? ...But she felt like a biologially programmed canennite. Sadly, at 32 years of age, she weighed over 200 pounds and had no teeth.

Etymology: sugar cane with the biblical twist

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