Verboticism: Calorieism

'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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Calorieism

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Calorieism

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kal-or-ee-is-um

Sentence: Sure Bev was a calorieist, but at least she wasn't a racist like her fat friend Nora.

Etymology: calorie (food) + ism (as in hatred or intolerance for)

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COMMENTS:

it sounds like a new religion.... i like it - gonzo, 2007-07-03: 14:37:00

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Clandesdine

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: clan-dess-dine

Sentence: she liked to lose weight in a clandesdine way

Etymology: clandestine, dine

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COMMENTS:

how unromantic! as bad as a candlelessdine. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 05:03:00

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Etheremeal

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: e/ther/ee/meel

Sentence: Ooh I am just so divinely delicate and dainty. My tiny frame can only sustain an etheremeal.

Etymology: ethereal + meal

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Foodthrift

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈfudˌθɹɪft/

Sentence: The sign at the buffet read: "Don't be a foodthrift. Eat all you want, but please, take only what you can eat."

Etymology: Like a spendthrift, but with food.

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Plateakiy

Created by: fefefeha7

Pronunciation: Plate-a-key

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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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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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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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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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Stupidexia

Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation: stupi-dexia

Sentence: poor girl! she suffers from stupidexia.

Etymology: stupid anorexia

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