{"id":400,"date":"2008-07-15T11:16:54","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T15:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2008-07-15T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T15:16:54","slug":"slumbersnack-what-are-you-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=400","title":{"rendered":"Slumbersnack: What are you doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/bed.gif\" alt=\"What are you doing?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Slumbersnack<\/strong>:  \/<em>Slum-bur-snak<\/em>\/ Colin woke up with a sudden urge for  something to eat, in fact he was so hungry he jumped out of bed and headed straight for the fridge.  After a few minutes he had got through half a cooked chicken, four sausage rolls and a large slice of leftover chocolate cake. It wasn&#8217;t so much a slumbersnack as a full course meal. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Slumber(Sleep) + Snack (quantity of food eaten between meals) ORIGIN Dutch from snacken &#8216;to bite&#8217;. = Slumbersnack <em>Created by:<\/em> TJayzz.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Slumbersnack:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 12:41:00<\/em> <br \/>I&#8217;m a slumbersnack and I&#8217;m okay<br \/>\nI eat all night and I work all day<br \/>\n     He&#8217;s a slumbersnack and he&#8217;s okay<br \/>\n     He eats all night and he works all day (couldn&#8217;t resist the Monty Python reference)\n<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=TJayzz\">TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 14:09:00<\/em> <br \/>Was wondering if anyone out there would remember that Monty Python song.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 20:39:00<\/em> <br \/>Great!  Makes ME want a slumbersnack!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 22:55:00<\/em> <br \/>I cut down trees,I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra; I wish I&#8217;d been a girlie, just like my old Papa!   No, I don&#8217;t remember it or the Mountie back-up singers at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-13: 21:48:00<\/em> <br \/>Sorry- I&#8217;m deliberately wasting your time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nappetite<\/strong>:  \/<em>-NAP-uh-tiyt-<\/em>\/ Since beginning his diet, Brian would experience cravings every night after climbing into bed each night.  Whenever he tried to relax and his mind was otherwise unoccupied, a nappetite would creep up on him.  It was not visions of sugarplums dancing in his head, but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc&#8230;   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Nap &#8211; to sleep or doze (from Old English, hnappian &#8220;to doze, sleep lightly&#8221;) + Appetite &#8211; an instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink (from Old French, apetit &#8220;desire for&#8221;) <em>Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Nappetite:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 19:09:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 20:42:00<\/em> <br \/>&#8220;but the pizza polka, the fried-chicken fandango, the sandwich samba, the chili dog cha-cha, the taco tango, etc&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whoa, gonna be one nasty crappetited. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 20:43:00<\/em> <br \/>ok..typo&#8230;I meant crappetite.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 22:48:00<\/em> <br \/>The Cake Walk, the Pasta Doble, the Peppermint Twist, the Grape Stomp, The I Hop, The Rumba Coke, the Nacho cha cha cha, the Beer Belly Dance&#8230;not to mention Liverdance! <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-13: 21:35:00<\/em> <br \/>And LUNCHBREAK DANCING&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Scarfolepsy<\/strong>:  \/<em>skahrf-uh-lep-see<\/em>\/ Jane could no longer stand it.  Bob&#8217;s receding hairline had already strained their marriage, but his scafolepsy was straining her patience past the breaking point; if he ate one more slice of pizza in bed she was going to kill him. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  scarf: to eat, esp. voraciously +<br \/>\nnarcolepsy: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.  <em>Created by:<\/em> nostalgia75.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Scarfolepsy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=hooterbug\">hooterbug<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 10:46:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word and funny!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 14:28:00<\/em> <br \/>funny<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 19:10:00<\/em> <br \/>Scarf out!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 19:10:00<\/em> <br \/>Scarf out!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Snacklacrity<\/strong>:  \/<em>snak-LAK-ri-tee<\/em>\/ Bob&#8217;s noshnod-offs, especially his snacklacrity, were a constant source of irritation for Roxie; but, no matter how hard she tried, in the end, she could never resist his bedroom-fries. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  SNACK: A light meal, eaten between regular meals; ALACRITY: eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Snacklacrity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 14:25:00<\/em> <br \/>love bedroom-fries<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-11: 22:40:00<\/em> <br \/>I,too, love Bedroom Fries&#8230;sounds like a love song!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=bed\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=bed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-07-11: 20:40:00<\/em><br \/>\nOmg&#8230;I laughed out loud on this one!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Slumbersnack: \/Slum-bur-snak\/ Colin woke up with a sudden urge for something to eat, in fact he was so hungry he jumped out of bed and headed straight for the fridge. After a few minutes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=400\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slumbersnack: What are you doing?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}