Verboticism: Sustentashun
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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Anopitia
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
Discislim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dis/ci/slim
Sentence: In order not to get fat, she had to work to discislim her outlook on food, especially desserts.
Etymology: discipline + slim
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COMMENTS:
haha...love it - remistram, 2007-07-03: 15:09:00
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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.
Celluleftovers
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Sell-yoo-left-oh-verz
Sentence: Margie, wearing her skinny jeans, worriedly decided to leave a few celluleftovers.
Etymology: Cellulite+leftovers
Thinub
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.
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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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!)
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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Waistnot
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: WEYST-not
Sentence: Julie's tendency to waistnot has been complicated in recent years by her insistence that, at a mere 300 lbs., she's fit as a griddlecake.
Etymology: waist + waste not (want not)
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COMMENTS:
she must have a lovely waist (not) - galwaywegian, 2007-07-03: 05:37:00
It was expansive, going out in all directions, but chiefly the east and the waist. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 07:48:00
if it was that expansive she could have tied it in a waistknot - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 09:31:00
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