DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for “health reasons”.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Nomble: /nomm-ball/ I love to eat grapes coated in cream cheese and chocolate, but so I don’t absorb the fat, I have to nomble it. Etymology: nom (slang for ‘eat’; as in ‘om nom nom’.) + nibble + gobble = nomble Created by: Rhyme79.
Comments on Nomble:
hyperborean, 2012-10-15: 10:37:00
Fun word!
Treadmealing: // Harold hadn’t lost any weight treadmealing because as his mileage increased so did the elaborateness of his buffets. Etymology: sounds like treadmill: the exercise machine.
tread (to walk) + meal (portion of food taken at one time) Created by: hyperborean.
Gorgemony: /GORJ-eh-mone-ey/ Clarissa is a gorgemony devotee who engages in a ritualistic ‘dining’ wherein she endlessly and vigorously eats huge amounts of granola bars, a variety of nuts and dried fruits and other organic foods that she believes will insure her lasting health and vitality. Etymology: Blend of the words ‘gorge’ (v. to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively) and ‘ceremony’ (n. any formal act or observance, especially a meaningless one) Created by: Mustang.
Gastrowonky: /ga-stro-wong-kee/ Jill’s diet has gone completely gastrowonky. She’s decided to only eat things that start with the letter “G”. Most of her friends pass on offers to join her for a breakfast of grapefruit with grated cheese. They run the other way when she mentions garlic granola. Etymology: gastronomic (the art or science of good eating) + wonky (askew) Created by: artr.
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