Verboticism: Hypnoshsis
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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Munchillies
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: mun chill eees
Sentence: Frank often had the munchillies where he would bring spicy snacks to bed.
Etymology: from munchies and chillies
Snackzzzs
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snakzzzs
Sentence: Lolita always snackzzzs. Barny doesn't know if she is awake or sleeping but she suddenly jumps out of bed and returns with leftovers. Sometimes he isn't sure whether she is snoring or chewing.
Etymology: snack, zzzs
Snackattack
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: snack attack
Sentence: If i go to bed after midnight, almost without fail i experience a snack attack right before i go to sleep. (that's where the weight gain comes in...)
Etymology: sneak/snack attack..... i think it's pretty self-explanatory.
Bedmaseating
Created by: arlouxo
Pronunciation: bed/mass/eating
Sentence: You better not be bedmaseating again!
Etymology: bed: cuz ur in ur bed / mass: cuz ur most likely to be eating a lot / eating: cuz ur eating
Nocturnalnosh
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nok - TERN - uhl - nosh
Sentence: Brent was voracious and his appetite reared it's head at the most inopportune times, especially at bed time, and he always succumbed to temptation, sometimes even at the expense of a romantic interlude with his wife, Brenda.
Etymology: Blend of 'nocturnal' (active at night) and 'nosh' (to snack or eat between meals)
Slunchies
Created by: sunny09
Pronunciation: slunch-eeze
Sentence: the only problem with slunchies is falling asleep with food in your mouth
Etymology: slumber, munchies.
Beddingbreakfast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bed ding brek fast
Sentence: When Fireman Joe started his midnight shift rotation, his first meal of the day was usually pizza or other leftovers from his family's dinner. He insisted on eating it in bed before he got up and got ready for work. His wife hated his beddingbreakfast routine, as it gave a whole new meaning to the word bedspread. She looked forward to his rotation on days so their meals could be enjoyed as a family. She also hated getting his salami on her pristine duvet at that time of night.
Etymology: Bedding (coverings that are used on a bed)& Breakfast(the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) & Wordplay on Bed & Breakfast (Accommodation, usually in a private home which includes lodging and first meal of the day)
Nappetite
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /NAP-uh-tiyt/
Sentence: Since beginning his diet, Brian would experience cravings every night after climbing into bed each night. Whenever he tried to relax and his mind was otherwise unoccupied, a nappetite would creep up on him. It was not visions of sugarplums dancing in his head, but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc...
Etymology: Nap - to sleep or doze (from Old English, hnappian "to doze, sleep lightly") + Appetite - an instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink (from Old French, apetit "desire for")
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:09:00
"but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc..." Whoa, gonna be one nasty crappetited. :D - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:42:00
ok..typo...I meant crappetite. - lumina, 2008-07-11: 20:43:00
The Cake Walk, the Pasta Doble, the Peppermint Twist, the Grape Stomp, The I Hop, The Rumba Coke, the Nacho cha cha cha, the Beer Belly Dance...not to mention Liverdance! - Nosila, 2008-07-11: 22:48:00
And LUNCHBREAK DANCING.... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:35:00
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Boltdozer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bowlt/dozer
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:
I hope he keeps a dump truck beside the bed - porsche, 2007-03-26: 12:24:00
ha ha - as long as the manufacturer is caterpillar (stress on the cater) - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:34:00
Isn't tht what you rest your head on while consuming the catering? - petaj, 2007-03-27: 04:44:00
pillar - very funny - you have a wicked sense of humour Petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-27: 06:15:00
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Chugchow
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: [CHUHG-chou]
Sentence: Danny gave into his urge to break his diet, and left bed to go have some chugchow.
Etymology: From chug (AmerE; a large gulp/swallow) and chow (AmerE; food)