DEFINITION: To follow a diet with such rigor and fervor that it consumes all your energy, and throws everything, even your desserts, out of proportion.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Fastnatic: /fast – nat – ic/ Amy was such a fastnatic when she was on the Grapefruit Diet that she refused to eat the dessert we had prepared especially for her – fruit salad containing only grapefruit. Etymology: fast (to abstain from food ) + fanatic (marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion) Created by: jesster.
Sorbetriety: /sore-beh-try-ity/ Her decision to ingest only iced fruit puree led to her sorbetriety. Etymology: sobriety + sorbet Created by: Jabberwocky.
Foodoo: /foo-doo/ Having no luck with Atkins, Sue turned to the ancient religion of portion control and fudge avoidance, foodoo. Etymology: food, voodoo Created by: purpleartichokes.
Anoxtremia: // In the throes of anoxtremia, she refused even the butterless popcorn. Etymology: A combination of “anorexia” and the phrase “in extremia”. Created by: weyrlady.
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