DEFINITION: n. A person who is totally consumed by what they eat. v. To be so focused on your food that it eats away at your soul.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Gluttoneed: /glut ton need/ Eggbert was consumed by his need for food. It ate away at him and turned him into a gluttoneed. Lettuce learn more: His parents had come here from the Cukeraine and fed him well. It did not help that he worked in a grocery store. He was head of the cabbage dept. and squashed his largesse into a uniform. He took leeks regularly, would always turnip on time and did not earn a large celery. His co-workers thought he was a fungi, even though there was not mushroom for advancement. He would romaine calm in a crisis and peppered his language with some salty phrases. He didn’t have many dates and appeared not to carrot all for anything but food. But for all his faults, he was a human bean and did not deserve the beeting he got from the Zucchini Brothers. Poor Eggbert, Rest In Peas! Etymology: Glutton (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess) & Need (a condition requiring relief;the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior) Created by: Nosila.
Anomealy: /an – om – meal – ee/ Donald had a strange anomealy. He had an unusual obsession with everything he ate and couldn’t stop thinking about his next meal. He analyzed every grain, stalk, leaf and fiber and imagined himself as part of a larger garden. His soul had drifted away to the great garden in the sky. Etymology: anomaly (A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; Something or someone that is strange or unusual), meal Created by: rombus.
Comments on Anomealy:
porsche, 2009-07-15: 14:17:00
great word
Dishpossessed: /dish-po-sessed/ After Marilyn began to experiment with French cooking she became dishpossessed by the spirit of Julia Child and began to exhibit strange behaviors such as speaking in a high nasal sounding voice and pouring wine into everything she cooked — even her son’s grilled cheese sandwich. Etymology: dish: food, fare + possessed: inhabited by a demon or evil influence –dispossession: exorcism of evil spirits …….(Julia Child was an incredible woman who worked for the US Department of Information as a spy during WWII and was sent on missions around the world. She met and married her husband who was also in the Information services. After the War the Information Office sent them to France where she fell in love with French cuisine and attended the world famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. After returning to the United States she introduced the art of French cooking to America through her own cooking show from 1966 through the 1980’s. She also authored several cook books. She was a large woman and had a unique speaking voice.) Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Dishpossessed:
Jabberwocky, 2009-07-15: 14:10:00
funnyNosila, 2009-07-17: 10:20:00
Tasty word!
Gourmivated: /gore-mi-vat-ed/ He was totally gourmivated by food of any kind and his 438 pounds was a testament to this addiction.
Etymology: gourmivated – from gourmand (a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess) + dominated (controlled, or governed) Created by: Stevenson0.
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