Verboticism: Foodthrift

'I don't want to get fat'

DEFINITION: To leave food on your plate, not for the starving children in the world, but so you don't get fat.

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Abdiceat

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: ab + dik + eat

Sentence: I'm just stuffed, I'm going to have to abdiceat.

Etymology: abdicate, with a twist. (What a twist!)

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Stupidexia

Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation: stupi-dexia

Sentence: poor girl! she suffers from stupidexia.

Etymology: stupid anorexia

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Antivomit

Created by: evthalia

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Dietritus

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dye ett ritt uss

Sentence: Her plate was strewn with detritus, as she sat sipping her diet drink and admiring her bone structure reflected in the restaurant window.

Etymology: detritus, diet.

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COMMENTS:

Love it. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 05:04:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 13:07:00

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Heftovers

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: heft-o-vurz

Sentence: The food was flabulous, but because she was trying to lose weight, there were plenty of heftovers.

Etymology: heft, leftovers

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 09:37:00

Did she take the heftovers home in a heftybag? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 11:39:00

At the beheft of restaurant management, she carted it home in a taxiflab. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 17:15:00

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Slimpick

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SLIHM-pihk

Sentence: Alex resolved not to date women who would slimpick fifty-dollar dinners.

Etymology: slim + slim pickins + picky

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COMMENTS:

good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 14:13:00

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Parisdiction

Created by: stefanie

Pronunciation: Paris-diction

Sentence: The Parisdiction was killing you.

Etymology: Paris Hilton- meal addiction

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Thinub

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: thin-UB

Sentence: When Mary saw the double-portion of prime rib set in front of her, she thinubbed it immediately, being on a diet.

Etymology: Thin and snub.

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Declean

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: de-clean

Sentence: Dicky decleaned duck to retain a decent figure. He also declined to clean his dish.

Etymology: decline (say no) + lean (no fat) and de (not) + clean (no food on plate)

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Anopitia

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: ah-noh-pih-tzha

Sentence: Anopitia manifests itself in the form of half-eaten dishes on black plates. Anopitia does not include, however, your mom's casserole.

Etymology: anorexia + no[t] pity

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