DEFINITION: v. tr., 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 when others are watching.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Stealthyeater: /stel thee eet ter/ Stella was a Stealthyeater. Before the weekly department group lunches onm Fridays at various popular but caloric eateries, she would eat something healthy and filling, so that all she would order when she was out for lunch was a salad. Todd was wise to her and mocked her, but he was secretly a stealthyeater, too, who filled himself with fruit and grains before joining his workmates, who appeared to absorb most of their calories by liquid methods! Etymology: Stealthy (marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed) & Eater (someone who consumes food for nourishmen)& Healthy Eater ( having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease & someone who consumes food for nourishment) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Stealthyeater:
TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:26:00
Good word
Premasticator: /pre-mas-ti-kator/ susan was accused of being a premasticator by billy who had witnessed her shoveling anything from ho-ho’s to hot pockets into her face before the office lunch,he offered the tattered remains of a pizza bagle as evidence of the carniage. Etymology: pre-to come before., masticate- to chew,or eat. Created by: day4ghee.
Comments on Premasticator:
TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:28:00
Goo oneTJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:29:00
Sorry Good one!Mustang, 2008-11-12: 18:25:00
Excellent!metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:43:00
No, it WAS a goo one. Very nice.mweinmann, 2008-11-14: 07:52:00
I like it….
Previgorge: /PRE-veh-gorj/ Sandra had a ‘secret’ technique to avoid eating large meals at company gatherings that she called previgorge and though she knew that others in the office knew of her habit, she continued with the practice hoping that influential people at company luncheons would be impressed with her ‘sensible self control’. Etymology: Blend of ‘previous’ (coming or occurring before something else; prior) and ‘gorge’ (a gluttonous meal)
Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Previgorge:
OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-13: 02:37:00
Great word
Preglut: /prē glət/ Marcy had an image to uphold. Whenever she was going to lunch with a client she would preglut from her in-desk snack stash. Few would guess that she had more Ho Hos than Santa. Etymology: pre (before) + gluttony (habitual greed or excess in eating) Created by: artr.
Comments on Preglut:
wayoffcenter, 2008-11-12: 07:47:00
Simple. To the point.Jabberwocky, 2008-11-12: 09:10:00
like it
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