DEFINITION: v. To pig out at your desk right before a business lunch, so you’ll be satisfied with a salad and water at the restaurant, and create the impression that you’re not a glutton. n., A secret snack taken to strengthen one’s resolve not to eat too much while others are watching.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Preat: /preet/ When Dorothy knew the gang was going out for lunch at work, she would always preat at her desk. Whether a donut or a sandwich, this allowed her the chance to just nibble at a house salad and water. Her boss thought she ate like a bird and loved the fact that she cost him very little at these bashes. He just could never figure out why she was not skinnier… Etymology: pre (before;in advance of) & Eat (eat a meal; take a meal) Created by: Nosila.
Prelimingest: /prilimənjest/ Gloria always keeps a stock of snack foods her desk drawer to ensure she won’t be caught hungry for a business lunch. Her plan is to prilimənjest so that she can appear delicate and demure. Strangely, she doesn’t go to business lunches very often but has to replenish her stash weekly. Etymology: preliminary (denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important) + ingest (take food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing it) Created by: artr.
Sneack: /sneek/ Angela was unaware of the office lunch that day and panicked because she had no sneack food at her desk. Etymology: Sneak – to do something secretly. Snack – a quick bit of food. Created by: Biscotti.
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