Verboticism: Snurge
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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Bedtimebinge
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: bed-time-binge
Sentence: Joe often became peckish for a quick bite resulting in a bedtimebinge.
Etymology: bedtime + binge
Snacklacrity
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: snak-LAK-ri-tee
Sentence: Bob's noshnod-offs, especially his snacklacrity, were a constant source of irritation for Roxie; but, no matter how hard she tried, in the end, she could never resist his bedroom-fries.
Etymology: SNACK: A light meal, eaten between regular meals; ALACRITY: eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal.
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COMMENTS:
love bedroom-fries - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:25:00
I,too, love Bedroom Fries...sounds like a love song! - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:40:00
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Insomniate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-SOM-nee-ayt
Sentence: For the fifth night in a row George's growling stomach kept he and his wife, Gladys, awake and for the fifth night in a row George raided the fridge and insomniate himelf off to dreamland.
Etymology: Blend of 'insomnia' and 'ate'.
Somnophagia
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: sohmm-noe-fay-gee-ah
Sentence: His somnophagia was so severe, he ate through all the cereal in the pantry right before bed each night.
Etymology: Somno- GK sleep (like somnambulism-sleepwalking) Phagia- GK- eat
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COMMENTS:
SOMNOPHAGIA is great! I didn't see your word on "today's words", but on the weekly.
Great work again, vetmommy2 - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:46:00
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Gizzardofnod
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gizərd əv näd
Sentence: Dorothy has a strange affliction. Her system confuses sleepiness for hunger. As soon as she starts to feel drowsy her stomach starts the **feed me** signal. More often than not she gives into the GizzardofNod. Dorothy*s puppy Toto is all too happy join in with the munchings.
Etymology: gizzard (a person\'s stomach) + of (indicating an association between two entities)+ nod (have one\'s head fall forward when drowsy or asleep) Play off of the Wizard of Oz
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COMMENTS:
We're off to see the Gizzard...you're not in KansGas anymore...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-12: 22:18:00
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Munchiephagia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: munchiephagia
Sentence: Slurp n Burp ;) Since he behaved regularly like a victim of munchiephagia he became more and more a bad influence on my own eating-habits...
Etymology: to have the munchies + medical term adephagia = munchiephagia
Boltdozer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bowlt/doe/zur
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:
Nice word: etymologically sound. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:06:00
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Remedygestion
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Rem-i-dih-jes-chuhn
Sentence: After running through the spaghetti fields with his garlic bread umbrella sheltering him from the meatball hail storm in his dream, he awoke with an urgent desire for some remedygestion.
Etymology: REM (sleep)- remedy - ingestion Hmmmm dream food, always low on calories
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COMMENTS:
Love the imagery.. - Nosila, 2011-03-01: 15:18:00
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Sleepapnibble
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: slEEp-ap-nib-ble
Sentence: Jill suffers from sleepapnibble, a sleep eating disorder that has her feasting at all hours of the night.
Etymology: sleep apnea/nibble
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COMMENTS:
Like the connection, the idea that the hunger keeps the sufferer awake. Good stuff! - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-26: 08:01:00
If Jill stops breathing during a sleepapnibble episode it could lead to sleepapnibbledribble - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 15:52:00
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